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Jobs/Volunteer
POTENTIAL PROGRAMS
AND ROLES FOR YMCA VOLUNTEERS
The basic definition
of a YMCA volunteer is "anyone who willingly gives time to
help the YMCA accomplish its mission without getting paid by the
YMCA." In the Y movement, we have five categories of volunteers:
1. Program
volunteers help lead programs or assist in delivering programs (e.g.,
a program instructor, coach, aide or member of a program advisory
council). This category also includes those who offer community
service as participants in a YMCA program (e.g., the members of
a Hi-Y club, or school-age children who interact with adults as
part of an intergenerational buddy program).
2. Support
volunteers serve in the office, at the front desk, in the locker
room, or on the grounds.
3. Fundraising
volunteers raise money by working in annual, sustaining, capital,
or other special campaigns; working on endowment development; or
by working at or running special events.
4. Policy volunteers
serve on the Y's board of directors, on a committee, or task force.
5. Managerial
volunteers help manage and administer YMCA operations and programs
(e.g., a pro-bono accountant or P.R. specialist).
Please note
that young people can serve in all of the above capacities as long
as, like adults, they have the proper skills, training, and supervision.
They are probably most likely to serve as program volunteers-doing
anything from cleaning up rivers as part of a YMCA Earth Service
Corps program to teaching aerobics to serving as a counselor-in-training
at camp. It's less likely that they would serve as managerial volunteers,
though it's entirely possible.
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