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People's Resource Center
201 S. Naperville Road
Wheaton, IL 60187

PRC Southeast
649 Blackhawk Drive
Westmont, IL 60559

Phone: (630) 682-5402
Fax: (630) 682-5412
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Volunteer Application Form

 

 

1. General Information

 
Name  Telephone
Address 
Email 
City  State
Zip  Please note: All applicants are required to sign a waiver form. Additionally, if under 18, both you and your parent must sign your waiver..
 

2. Grant Information

 
For Grant writing purposes we would like to be able to report the following:
Birth Date (Month / Day / Year) /  / 
Are you a client of People's Resource Center?
Race
*As a PRC volunteer, you will be able to sign in and out, as well as receive additional info, by using our touch screen monitor that is located just outside the Reception Desk at our main center in Wheaton. Since we have over 800 volunteers, please choose a 5- or 6-digit number, not beginning with zero, that you wish to use to sign in and out at the PRC. You will be contacted via phone if the number you choose is already in use.
Affiliation with People's Resource Center
How did you hear about our organization?
Are you volunteering as part of a group?
If yes (above) - What Group?
Are you volunteering as part of a court order?
Are you volunteering as part of a school service project?
Employer (If Applicable)
 Corporate Affiliation (If Applicable)
Describe any limitations that would affect/interfere with your volunteering
 
 

3. Foreign Languages

 
Please indicate all foreign languages you know, indicate for each if you can speak,
read and/or write it, and indicate how well (fluent, good, fair)
 
 

4. Skills/Experience/Interests

 
What Skills or Experience Do You Want to Offer People's Resource Center?
Personal Interests
What do you hope to gain from volunteering?
When can you begin volunteering?
 
 

5. Emergency Information

 
In case of emergency, please notify:
Name
 Number
 Relationship
 
 

6. Volunteer Opportunities

 
Please indicate the location at which you would like to volunteer:
 
 
Food Market --Westmont
 
We need volunteers to:
-Sort food donations
-Stock shelves
-Welcome clients to the food market and provide instructions
-Assist clients with shopping
-Load groceries into client's cars
-Corral and/or load shopping carts


-Unload and stock food from weekly shipment to PRC
-Pick up donations at area retailers. Must be able to drive own van or be able to drive PRC cargo van. Food market director will discuss.
 
 
Registration—Westmont
**Applicants must be able to attend a specialized computer training class. Applicants must be able to commit to volunteering one shift per week for a minimum 6 months.**
 
We need volunteers to:
-Check in and greet clients
-Use computer to access registration information
-Complete paperwork
-Provide limited referrals
 
 
Clothes Connection—Westmont - Opportunity unavailable to new volunteers at this time
 
We need volunteers to:
-Greet and check in clients
-Sort through clothing donations
-Hang up and fold clothes
-Assist clients with shopping
-Bag clothes for clients
 
 
Food Market -- Main Building in Wheaton
 
We need volunteers to:
Sort food donations
Stock shelves
-Welcome clients to the food market and provide instructions
-Assist clients with shopping
-Load groceries into client's cars
-Corral and/or load shopping carts




-Unload and stock food from weekly shipment to PRC
-Pick up donations at area retailers. Must be able to drive own van or be able to drive PRC cargo van. Food market director will discuss.
 
 
Registration—Wheaton
**Applicants must be able to attend a specialized computer training class. Applicants must be able to commit to volunteering one shift per week for a minimum 6 months.**
 
We need volunteers to:
-Check in and greet clients
-Use computer to access registration information
-Complete paperwork
-Provide limited referrals



 
 
Clothes Connection—Wheaton
 
We need volunteers to:
-Greet and check in clients
-Sort through clothing donations
-Hang up and fold clothes
-Assist clients with shopping
-Bag clothes for clients



 
 
Adult and Family Literacy
**All tutors must attend a 2.5-hour orientation before volunteering.**
**All tutors must be able to commit to volunteering one shift per week for a one year minimum.**
 
We need volunteers to:


 
 
Community Technology Center (CTC)
**All applicants must be able to commit to volunteering one shift per week for minimum 6 months.**

We need volunteers to:
Help as a computer service representative (CSR): Work directly with clients consulting on PRC computer classes and free computer program; work with simple Access database.
 
If you check the above item, a computer-specific Volunteer Preference Form will appear on your screen after you submit this form. Please fill out and submit this form as well.
 
 
Computer Training
**Classes meet once per week for 1.5 hours, and sessions last for 7 weeks.**
 
We need volunteers to:
Teach computer skills from basic to advanced levels in a classroom setting. Usually nights and weekends.
 
If you check the above item, a computer-specific Volunteer Preference Form will appear on your screen after you submit this form. Please fill out and submit this form as well.
 
 
Computer Access - Opportunity unavailable to new volunteers at this time
 
We need volunteers to:


 
If you check one or more of the above items, a computer-specific Volunteer Preference Form will appear on your screen after you submit this form. Please fill out and submit this form as well.
 
 
Job Assistance
 
**All applicants must have background in human resources, hiring, and/or management and a history of successful employment.**
**All applicants must be able to commit to volunteering one shift per week for minimum 6 months.**

We need volunteers to:
Work one-on-one with clients on resumes, job searches, interviewing skills and career development through to successful hiring (times and locations vary)
 
 
Art Programs
 
We need volunteers to:



Other
Preferred responsibility


 Other:

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