Our volunteers are all semi-retired or retired from various careers and backgrounds. For this reason, they bring a wonderful kaleidoscope of experience to share. Among our volunteers, we have:
- Four attorneys doing pro-bono legal aid along with a former CPA at St. Vincent de Paul Village, a homeless shelter for women, men, and children.
- A retired middle school teacher who is back in the classroom mentoring youth in the barrio at Nativity Prep.
- A marketing communications manager who thinks globally but acts locally by volunteering at Catholic Relief Services.
- An experienced rental properties manager along with a husband/wife, attorney/teacher team who wear several hats at the Community Resource Center.
- A program analyst who now keeps the office of the Director of Catholic Charities Homeless Women’s Services running smoothly.
- A senior claims adjuster and an interior designer who oversee the clothing distribution and the thrift store at the Brother Benno Foundation.
- A higher education budget director, musician, and teacher who serves at Survivors of Torture, International.
- A former marketing associate, musician, and spiritual reflector who empowers homeless women through The Tomorrow Project at Catholic Charities.
- A former senior electronics executive and retired Navy Captain who both serve at Catholic Charities Case Management in assisting individuals seeking help to survive.
- A 27-year SD County employee at Health and Human Services who is now feeding the hungry through Harvest Christian Fellowship.
- An attorney and college professor along with a former City of Seattle budgeting director who provide pro-bono legal services and mentoring at Casa Cornelia Law Center for victims of human and civil rights violations.
- A professor of world religions who teaches yoga to homeless women at Rachel’s Women’s Center, a Catholic Charities shelter.
- A physics, math, theology major who teaches nutrition and flower arranging to pregnant homeless women at St. Clare’s.
- An experienced, bilingual public relations executive who now serves to mentor refugees and their young children through Catholic Charities Parents as Teachers program.
- A nurse and a risk management specialist who comfort and teach immigrant witnesses held as detainees by Immigration at a Catholic Charities safe house.
- A retired administrative assistant and a California Workman’s Compensation adjuster who coordinates and teaches ESL for Catholic Charities Refugees
- A former nurse, founding regional director for IVC, and member of the Regional Council who advocates for social justice at the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
- A former prison chaplain, a government consultant, and a bilingual music teacher who serve at two of Catholic Charities Food Resource Centers
- And four other talented volunteers who are discerning where their talents can best be used.
Many agencies are waiting for new IVC volunteers. Think it over. Pray. Are you 50 or older? --- Got time? --- Got talent? --- Give back! --- The benefits are out of this world!
