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Program Overview
The NPHY Volunteer Program is a unique and meaningful volunteer based program designed to help
youth realize and achieve their dreams. This program promotes self-sufficiency, stronger independence
and reduced isolation through on-going support. In achieving these goals, NPHY seeks to break the
cycle of homelessness as well as delinquency from continuing in the lives of youth. This program
will also provide a meaningful volunteer opportunity for people wanting to give back and make a
difference in their community.
The overall purpose of the NPHY Volunteer Program is to provide education and prevention services
to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk, of sexual exploitation
or abuse while also offering opportunities for dedicated people who are willing to donate their time to
help us fulfill our mission of ending homelessness among Nevada's youth.
NPHY offers four main volunteer opportunities:
Feel Good Fridays
The goal of Feel Good Fridays, which will be held EVERY Friday, is to
establish and build a trusting relationship between street youth and
outreach staff by providing resources as needed in targeted areas.
Outreach workers and volunteers will provide support services that will
assist youth in moving and adjusting to a safe, and appropriate,
alternative living arrangement in order to fulfill our mission to
"eliminate homelessness among Nevada's youth."
There are two parts to the program. One is setting up a table where
resources will be handed out. There, staff and volunteers will provide
homemade goods while also handing out outreach packets consisting of
toiletries, snack food items, water, lip balm, lotion, soap, shampoo,
and any other basic need necessities. Each outreach packet will also
have information about Safe Place, NPHY programs, and other community
resources which might help end these youth's situations of homelessness.
Personnel on hand will also be available to answer any questions youth
might have about services available in the community.
The second part of the program will be to canvass the neighborhood about
our event and other NPHY services. NPHY volunteers will hand out
informational flyers to inform the community about services available
and to let them know the NPHY outreach team will be there every Friday.
Feel Good Fridays will be held EVERY Friday of every month. We will meet
at the south east corner of Maryland Pkwy and Reno (next to 7-11) at
3:30PM. There is a mandatory training session that will be offered at
that time. Feel Good Friday will conclude at 5:00PM.
Below are the volunteer opportunities offered under Feel Good Fridays:
- Participate in Feel Good Friday outreach events - By helping setup/clean up, handing out basic needs items, or circulating NPHY flyers throughout the surrounding neighborhood.
- Bring homemade goods, such as cookies and/or lemonade and ice tea during the summer and soup and hot chocolate during the winter.
Life Skills
Every Friday at 5:00 p.m. NPHY hosts a one-hour class devoted to empowering and educating youth.
Life Skills is a chance to teach our youth the skills they'll need to progress and move closer toward
self-sufficiency. Classes could include anything from teaching personal budgeting, filling out job
applications, building resumes to car maintenance and cooking skills. We are asking volunteers who
are interested and qualified to teach specific subjects to please contact Larry Lovelett for an
approved list of Life Skills topics or to propose a potential topic. All Life Skills volunteers
will required to pass a background check.
Small Group Activities
Under this category small volunteer groups can help NPHY with a number of different small group
projects and act as extra man power around the Safe Place Drop-In Center. Due to the size of our
organization, there is much to be done and not enough time to do it. That is why we are calling
on the community for help. Right now NPHY is looking for small groups to help in the following areas:
Bag Stuffing
Help staff and fellow volunteers create outreach packets for NPHY outreach events. Come prepared to help fill zip lock bags
with NPHY information cards, snack food items, lotion, shampoo, soap, chap stick, and other basic necessitates. Bag stuffing
sessions will be held on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Safe Place Drop-In Center located
at 4800 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite E, Las Vegas, NV 89119. If you can't make this time please contact Larry Lovelett to make other arrangements.
Grandparents in the Audience
Many youth in our program lack a family support system. With someone in the stands to cheer for a winning touchdown or to give
a hug after receiving their high school diploma could make a big difference in their life. With your help we can fulfill that role.
Please join NPHY staff and fellow volunteers at sporting events, concerts, art shows or any other youth-centered activities to give
these young people the support only a family can offer.
If you are interested in participating in any of the above opportunities with NPHY please
click here or contact Larry Lovelett at llovelett@nphy.org
or by phone at 702-383-1332.
Click here to submit a volunteer form.
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