VOLUNTEER
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
TJC’s volunteers are an important part of the fabric of our team. We always have new opportunities for you to get involved in our work — so you’re sure to find an opportunity that works for your schedule and your interests! From healthcare policy advocacy to office administration, we need volunteers of all skill-sets to become a part of the TJC family.
To sign up for any of our volunteer opportunities listed above, fill out this form. We’re excited to have you on our team. Happy volunteering!
Administrative Volunteer
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TJ is looking for a volunteer who wants to help vulnerable families by answering calls coming in to TJC. You would answer the TJC Office line, field questions, particularly from potential clients, and transfer calls as appropriate. This would include occasionally greeting visitors to the office.
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Hours per week: 2 – 3 hours shifts would be preferable
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Medicaid Expansion and Defense Advocacy Volunteer
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We are currently looking for an additional MED team weekly volunteer who can support with our grassroots advocacy work. This will involve calling advocates in our network so that we can get more people involved and strengthen our network. We hope that you will join our volunteer team!
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Hours per week: 5-15
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Casework Client Survey Volunteer
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The TJC casework team is seeking volunteers to work alongside our casework team helping former clients. You would reach out to past clients to check in and see how they are doing after working with TJC. Depending on the client’s situation you could coordinate with TJC advocates and attorneys to figure out the best way to help them. This is an exciting way to see the kind of work we do!
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Hours per week: Flexible
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Spanish-speaking Volunteer
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Are you fluent in Spanish and English? Help us better serve the Spanish-speaking population in Tennessee. Tasks may include translation of documents and materials, intake interviews with potential clients, and outreach.
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Development Committee Member
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We are looking for passionate and capable volunteers to join our Development Committee. The Development Committee meets on the first Thursday of every other month. The Committee helps engage our board and the community around fundraising tasks and events such as our Raising the Bar firm pledge program and year-end giving.
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This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute your ideas to TJC, and meet our board members. Many previous Development Committee board members have moved onto our Board of Directors as well. If you have experience in Fundraising, Marketing, Event Planning, Corporate Giving, Graphic Design, or related areas it is a plus.
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Fundraising Campaign Volunteers
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We host several exciting fundraising campaigns during the year. During fundraising campaigns, we often need help with short-term tasks such as helping address envelopes, sorting data, and calling donors.
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If you are interested in helping on a short-term project, please let us know your availability and any tasks that might interest you. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to help, but can only commit a few days out of the year.
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WIC Informational Brochures
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The Nutrition Team serves as an essential resource for Tennessee partners who are looking for more information about nutrition programs. We provide technical assistance to hundreds of providers annually who then serve thousands of people in need. Our brochures are an important part of this work as they provide concise, accessible information to participants, but we can’t fold the large volume of trifolds without your help. This project entails helping assemble our trifold on the WIC program and grouping them into clusters that we can give to partners.
Hours per week: Flexible
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State County Fact Sheet Updates
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Part of the Nutrition Team’s work is speaking to legislators about the importance of nutrition programs and the prevalence of food insecurity in Tennessee. One of the most effective ways to persuade legislators to get involved with anti-hunger initiatives is by providing food insecurity fact sheets tailored to their district. This project entails updating our Tennessee county fact sheets in Microsoft Office with the most up to date information.
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Hours per week: Flexible
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WIC Surveys
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Tennessee has one of the lowest WIC participation rates in the country at 43%, meaning that only 43% of individuals eligible for the program are actually receiving benefits. The Nutrition Team is working on a project to improve this participation rate, but we need to understand the problem before we can solve it. This project entails contacting people who are eligible for but not participating in the WIC program and surveying them using prewritten questions to help us better understand why the participation rate is so low.
Hours per week: Flexible