It’s National Volunteer Week
April 27th - May 3rd is National Volunteer Week, a week created in 1974 to recognize and celebrate volunteerism. Since our launch in February 2007, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline our volunteers have given about 1,800 hours, equivalent to 19,000 dollars in value. Most of our volunteers serve as Peer Advocates, and are between the ages of 16-24. Not only do they complete a 40 hour training, and take calls and chats from those that contact the helpline, but they are also involved in community outreach - they volunteer to recruit other volunteers and promote the helpline at community events in Austin. Recently, our volunteers have participated on behalf of the helpline at the University of Texas Take Back the Night rally and the annual Walk for SafePlace (a local domestic violence shelter).
We appreciate our volunteers all of the time, but we’ll be taking extra steps to appreciate them this week. And if you’re in Austin and interested in volunteer opportunities, visit the Get Involved section of our website for more information.
