SERVICE SITES
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps partners with community organizations, agencies and programs that we call “Service Sites.” These sites are nonprofit works that are interested in obtaining an Ignatian Volunteer to serve with them 2-days a week (or the equivalent).
Why ask for an Ignatian Volunteer?
Some Service Sites have work that they wish they had the staff to do but lack the funding for. Other sites have identified a need but want to test the waters first before committing to hiring someone to meet that need. Ignatian Volunteers are not paid for their work.
Many IVC partner Service Sites have specific needs and desired sets of skills for which they need a volunteer. While IVC cannot absolutely promise to find an Ignatian Volunteer for every Service Site, two factors are worth noting: Ignatian Volunteers come from a variety of walks of life and IVC generally recruits year-round for new Volunteers.
It is not uncommon for Service Sites to request additional Ignatian Volunteers after its first year as an IVC partner. About 90% of Ignatian Volunteers have college degrees, and 60% percent have post-graduate degrees. Some Ignatian Volunteers use their professional skills in for a Service Site’s benefit while other Ignatian Volunteers are open to new works, offering themselves to where they are most needed and using their transferable skills for the mission of the Service Site.
The benefits of an Ignatian Volunteer
Ignatian Volunteers are:
Experienced – Ignatian Volunteers have experience in the workplace, are accustomed to resolving problems, interfacing with others, reporting to supervisors and/or supervising others and, most of all, using their life-long talents wisely and effectively.
Committed – Ignatian Volunteer commit to work with and support the needs of materially poor people, two days a week, ten months of the year, sharing their unique skills that contribute to the organization’s mission.
Reliable – Ignatian Volunteers have a sense of maturity and dependability that allow them to take on substantial responsibilities at their service sites.
Supported – The IVC program provides a range of spiritual supports to help sustain the Volunteer throughout the year. Volunteers have personal, one-on-one and region-wide activities which help them find the meaning in their volunteer service.
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