Standard Volunteer Positions

There are a wide variety of volunteer positions available. Some volunteers help in our kitchens by serving hot meals, while others provide valuable administrative assistance in our offices. Some even take our youth out on recreational outings.

You must be at least 26 to apply for one of these positions. We also require a one-year volunteer commitment. This is because it’s important for both our volunteers and our youth. The one-year commitment allows volunteers to learn and use the skills important to youth interaction, and allows youth (who are usually not very trusting of adults) to become comfortable interacting with our volunteers.

Volunteer Groups and Volunteers Under the Age of 26

These positions often focus on an event or short-term project. For example, one of the most important projects we carry out is our Thank-A-Thon. At our Thank-A-Thon evenings, volunteers get together to phone donors and say “thank you”, all in a fun environment. We also have golf tournaments or other large fundraisers once a year where we’ll need people to help with the day’s activities.

Alongside these event-based opportunities is one that is always ongoing. Our largest one-off volunteer position is to sort clothes for our clothing room. The clothing room is there for youth who arrive at our door who might need a nice pair of pants for a job interview, or even just something to keep warm in. We get a large number of clothing donations, but only about 1/3 of them are suitable for youth. Volunteers help us sort and organize these donations.

Mentorship at Covenant House

Our Mentorship Program gives youth the opportunity to develop healthy and trusting one-to-one relationships with responsible adults. Mentors are adult role-models that commit to supporting a young person to achieve their goals over the course of one year. We will provide orientation, training and personalized matching. If you have questions, please contact our Mentorship Coordinator, at mentorship@covenanthousebc.org

The Mentorship Program is not currently accepting applications.

Apply to Volunteer

Depending on which position you’re interested in, you can download our:

1. Standard Volunteers application form
2. Group Volunteers application form
3. Thank-A-Thon Volunteers application form
4. If you are under 19 and wish to volunteer for a Thank-a-Thon, please also fill out a parental consent form

Email us if you have any questions about volunteering: volunteer@covenanthousebc.org

Current Volunteer Openings:

Thank-A-Thon

Availability: Please contact Tobi Newman tnewman@covenanthousebc.org to arrange a day and time frame to join us at our 1302 Seymour Street location.

Duties: Volunteers call our donors to say “Thank You” for supporting Covenant House Vancouver. We are primarily privately funded and it is important to us to contact our donors and thank them personally for the difference they make in our young peoples’ lives. Learn more here.