CONTACT US TO VOLUNTEER

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Click the link below to sign up to volunteer. 

Sign Up to Volunteer

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You'll need to make a free account, and we will reach out to you with more information about applying once you sign up. 

​Contact the Global Friends Coalition office at 701-746-8233 or email [email protected] if you have any questions.

INTERESTING IN SERVING ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS?

Our Board of Directors help steer the organization's strategy. While applications are accepted, encouraged, and processed on a rolling-basis throughout the year, the Board of Directors typically selects members each fall, unless a special circumstance arises (i.e. loss of a current board member during their term). Please apply at your earliest convenience so that we can reach out and begin the process.

APPLY TO JOIN OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

We have an extremely diverse group of volunteers from the Greater Grand Forks area working with Global Friends Coalition. One thing we hear over again from our volunteers is that they always look forward to their weekly visits with their New American Friends. Volunteers participate in one of our three programs by attending, hosting and tutoring/mentoring.

• Refugee Resettlement
  • ​Donate household items or a gift to purchase items
  • Pick up furniture and household items
  • Help move and setup a new apartment
  • Transport new families to go grocery shopping or go to appointments
  • Tutor new families with English language learning
  • Mentor new families and help them settle in to their new home and community
• New American Integration
  • Mentor families and help them achieve their individualized goals
  • Tutor in area high schools with English learners

GROUP INVOLVEMENT

If you have a group of people, an organization, or a church that would like to get involved in helping to welcome newly arriving refugees, please contact us at 701-746-8233 or [email protected] for more information or to setup a time to visit about how you can help.

Opportunities include:

• "Co-sponsor" a family: work with our resettlement staff to ensure an arriving family has all required household items and furniture and help move all items into the apartment
• Household item collection: organize an item drive within your group to collect the necessary household items and furniture to furnish an apartment
• Move-in help: help our resettlement staff move furniture from storage into an apartment being setup for a new family
• Fundraise for our resettlement program
• Volunteer with a new family as a team

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OUR PROGRAMS

FAMILY MENTORS AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM

Volunteers of all ages go to the homes of New Americans to be part of the Family Mentors and Adult Education Program. The goal is to help New Americans with English language learning and provide friendship. Volunteers can work individually, with a partner, or even with their whole family. We ask all volunteers to commit to at least 6 months of service, for a minimum of one hour a week (occasionally needing to reschedule or skip a week is acceptable). We find tutoring and mentoring is most effective when a New American has someone consistently visiting their home for a sustained period of time.

RESILIENT YOUTH PROGRAM

Volunteers are matched with English language learners at schools through the Resilient Youth Program. Volunteers assist with homework, help build English skills and confidence, and serve as positive role models. Joining in on different field trips is an option. Volunteers are asked to commit at least an hour per week for six months (with the understanding that you might need to miss occasionally).
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM

Global Friends Coalition helps Greater Grand Forks in its path to becoming a place where mutual regard is prized by providing the broader community opportunities to better understand and to interact with its New American residents. Each year, Global Friends hosts or co-hosts a number of community events and also supports various cultural events and honors requests from community groups to make presentations at its gatherings to better educate their members. In addition, Global Friends partners with local organizations on projects aimed at supporting New Americans. 

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