Volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering with The Hope Center at Pullen, please email us at volunteer@hopecenteratpullen.org.

Transportation Volunteers

The Hope Center at Pullen runs an internship program that places youth aging out of foster care in paid positions at area businesses and nonprofits.  Through the summer we need volunteers to support these young people by driving them to and/or from their internships so that they can gain the work experience they need to become self-sufficient.

Email volunteer@hopecenteratpullen.org to learn more about becoming a Transportation Volunteer.

Academic Mentor

Academic mentors make a one-year commitment to meet one-on-one with a student every week to enhance the student’s academic skills and promote productive academic habits.  Providing help with homework and assisting with test preparation, academic mentors encourage student to become independent learners.

Email volunteer@hopecenteratpullen.org to learn more about becoming an Academic Mentor.

Mentor

Volunteer mentors make a one-year commitment to a young person to be their friend, life guide, and advocate. A mentor shows these young people that they are not alone—someone cares. What makes this such a powerful relationship is that the youth realize the mentor is there of their own accord—not paid to be there, as so many other adults in their lives are.

Email volunteer@hopecenteratpullen.org to learn more about becoming a Mentor.

Special Events

Our special events are an important part of our fundraising efforts throughout the year and we need help organizing the events, including soliciting sponsorships, obtaining silent auction items for the Raising Hope Gala, helping with décor for events, and other types of support.

Host a Donation Drive

Welcome Home Baskets

Our  clients love the Welcome Home Baskets supplied by our volunteers. Individuals, groups and businesses can hold drive to collect and deliver items for young adults to have when they move into their first apartment. These baskets contain the essentials: kitchen supplies like pots and pan, cups, plates, bowls, silverware, cutting boards, mixing bowls, and other kitchen essentials; cleaning supplies like household cleaners, paper products, brooms, and buckets; bath towels and wash cloths, shower curtain liners; pillows, sheets, and blankets; a first aid kit and many other items a young adult needs to help them maintain their home.

Gift Cards

We are always in need of gift cards to help our clients with everyday expenses. Individuals, groups and businesses can hold a drive to collect gift cards. We are especially in need of Visa, Walmart, grocery store, and gas cards.

Donate a Meal

We are looking for volunteers who would like to “Adopt a Wednesday” by donating a lunch (serving 10-15) for our young people who will be attending class at the Hope Center. These classes are held on the first Wednesday of each month and center around building healthy relationships, building and maintaining community, financial skill-building, mental and physical health, communication skills, and everyday life skills they need as they transition to independence. For more details and to sign up, please click here.
 

“I lived in a group home for 4 years. It was a good experience. They taught you independent skills and how to live on your own. They helped you get your driver’s license. But when you age out they are just done with you, they don’t help you anymore and you are just out on your own. It was very hard to leave. It was kind of sad for me because I was leaving and I didn’t want to leave. I should have stayed and gotten the help I needed. Instead they sent me to my mom who I didn’t know anymore.”

Our collaborative is helping this young woman pursue her passion in the customer service field by connecting her to the services she needs, including housing and education, as well as employment. Our collaborative includes The United Way of the Greater Triangle, Wake County Human Services, Fostering Bright Futures at Wake Tech, EDSI Tomorrow’s Leaders, Families Together, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, and SAFEchild. Together, we work with our young people to not only help prepare them with the skills they need to live independent lives before they age out of foster care, but also provide wrap-around services after they age out so that they have the support they need as they transition to adulthood.

“I lived in a group home for 4 years. It was a good experience. They taught you independent skills and how to live on your own. They helped you get your driver’s license. But when you age out they are just done with you, they don’t help you anymore and you are just out on your own. It was very hard to leave. It was kind of sad for me because I was leaving and I didn’t want to leave. I should have stayed and gotten the help I needed. Instead they sent me to my mom who I didn’t know anymore.”

Our collaborative is helping this young woman pursue her passion in the customer service field by connecting her to the services she needs, including housing and education, as well as employment. Our collaborative includes The United Way of the Greater Triangle, Wake County Human Services, Fostering Bright Futures at Wake Tech, EDSI Tomorrow’s Leaders, Families Together, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, and SAFEchild. Together, we work with our young people to not only help prepare them with the skills they need to live independent lives before they age out of foster care, but also provide wrap-around services after they age out so that they have the support they need as they transition to adulthood.

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