Volunteers are a critical part of the Heartland Family Service team. We rely on our volunteers to diversify and expand the services we can offer to our clients, as well as to promote and raise funds for the agency. Volunteers are a key resource in fulfilling our mission to strengthen individuals and families in our community through education, counseling and support services.
Without the help of our loyal volunteers, Heartland Family Service would be unable to provide the type of services that we have for 135 years. In 2009 alone, a total of 875 volunteers provided assistance that is equal to $300,174. These figures illustrate how volunteers extend our capacity to reach more people than our staff alone could ever serve.
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Thanks to Our 2010 Volunteers! Click here to view the 2010 HFS Volunteers.
Quick Ways to Volunteer
- Organize a baby shower for an expecting mother at our Family Works or Safe Haven Shelter
- Plan a birthday party for a child at one of our shelters
- Plan and conduct an arts and crafts class
- Paint a room at one of our locations
- Be a career speaker for the girls at our Solomon Center
- Provide a meal for one of our shelters
- Prepare special treats for a celebration in our Senior Center
- Teach a life skill to residents at a shelter
- Organize a Wish List collection
Your help is needed! If you can volunteer in any of these areas contact us at (402) 552-7418 or send us an email.
Click here to read about some of our amazing volunteers.
Heartland Family Service Friends Guild
Do you enjoy the company of smart women? You’ll join a couple hundred or more as a member of our Friends Guild.
The Friends Guild functions as an auxiliary organization and component of our board of directors to broaden awareness of Heartland Family Service and to assist with its activities. You can join as a member, do nothing else, and know your membership fee is helping our clients. Or get involved by joining a committee to conduct more than a dozen special events, youth groups, program projects and client support activities. If you are interested in leadership, the Guild Board is comprised of about 30 members who get up close and personal with the staff and programs and make big things happen. Last year, this group raised more than $205,000 to support the activities and programs for our Solomon Girls and Senior Center, the Adopt-A-Family project, the children in our emergency shelters, and the women and children in our Safe Haven domestic abuse shelter.
Make new friends while you make a difference.
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Heartland 21•40
Heartland 21•40 supports the mission of Heartland Family Service through service, advocacy and financial support.
Heartland 21•40 was established to provide opportunities for metro-area professionals ages 21 to 40 to network with other young professionals and to develop new skills as they become involved in their community through volunteerism. Through activities, special events and fundraising, Heartland 21•40 members increase awareness and financial support for the programs and services provided by Heartland Family Service, providing a foundation of support that is necessary to achieve the mission of the agency: to strengthen individuals and families in our community through education, counseling and support. Join the 21•40!
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Junior Friends
Earn community service hours with Junior Friends! If you are a high school student looking for volunteer opportunities, you are in the right place.
Junior Friends is a group of socially mature teens who want to deepen their commitment to volunteerism. The group communicates primarily via its Facebook page, and meets monthly beginning in August. Smaller projects are conducted during the school year, but the biggest annual project is the Senior Prom in April—a dinner dance for senior citizens. The Junior Friends help organize the event, including entertainment, decorations, prom photos, and the selection of a Prom King and Queen. But the most fun for the seniors is the dancing. They love the slow dancing, the line dancing, the hokey-pokey and Chicken Dance, and the flat-out rock ‘n roll–and if you are a willing dance partner, they will tire you out! Join the Junior Friends. Visit us on Facebook or send us an email.
Student League
The Student League was created to honor families who have been active in helping the social service community and who want to pass that legacy onto their children. Student members, all in ninth grade, are introduced to the social service community through the mission and services of our agency. The students gain practical leadership experience and develop a personal commitment to volunteering by participating in this “hands on” curriculum.
Join the Student League! Visit us on Facebook or for more information send us an email.
