Volunteer

Lend your time and talents so together we can strengthen Southern Nevada. We need ongoing volunteers, one-time special event volunteers and welcome young adults as volunteers as long as they’re 15 years of age or older.

As a volunteer, you’ll enhance the wellness of local families, maybe even your own neighbors. Volunteering can also improve your life. Here’s how:

Build your network of professional and personal contacts
Sharpen your abilities and gain marketable job skills
Explore personal hobbies and activities
Gain confidence as a leader
Fulfill service requirements
Create memories while making a positive impact in a welcoming environment

Questions? Contact Breezy Bolden, Chief Operating Officer, at bbolden@lasvegasymca.org or (702) 476-6747.

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The YMCA of Southern Nevada is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. We provide a wide range of programs and services to meet the needs of our community. As a nonprofit and cause-driven organization, we rely on the support of volunteers to deliver a high-quality experience for all – regardless of income or ability. In that effort, the YMCA of Southern Nevada is pleased to offer a volunteer program!

Through this program, selected volunteers will:

Participate in diversified and hands-on experiences that will help them gain valuable school service hours (if applicable) and develop their resumes.
Gain knowledge and transform that knowledge into action.
Cultivate professional skills such as adaptability, responsibility, creativity, leadership, and communication.
Explore different career pathways.
Think larger than themselves by resolving real-world issues.
Develop a professional network.

A Y volunteer’s journey begins with an interview, wherein they will collaborate with their volunteer coordinator to mesh the Y’s needs with their goals and interests. Examples of duties include:

Youth & Family Department: Assist with program and event facilitation, which includes leading youth and families in such activities as homework help, games, crafts, science projects, face painting, and the like.
Sports Department: Serve as an assistant sports coach (e.g., soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc…).
Aquatics Department: Greet, check-in, and direct swim lesson participants.
Membership Department: Serve as a gym monitor, greet patrons, and assist with the towel service.
Health & Wellness: Assist with leading Y Kids Fitness classes and maintaining equipment.
Administration: Filing, data entry, researching, and transcribing voicemails.
Facility Aide: Clean and organize spaces and equipment, decorate facility areas, and setting up spaces for programs and events.
Large-Scale Community Events: Help with crowd management or lead various activity stations such as games, face painting, corn hole, cake walks, crafts, and the like. The Y hosts at least four large-scale community events each year and we need your help to make them successful!
Togetherhood: Serve on a committee that meets monthly to evaluate and respond to community volunteerism needs. Examples of past projects include a Western High School clean-up, a preschooler-senior craft collaboration, and adopting families for Christmas.