Rainbow depends on community advocates like you to support various aspects of our operations and has a variety of year-round and seasonal volunteering opportunities available. If interested, please contact volunteer@rainbowservicesdv.org
Support survivors and their children in fleeing crisis and establishing independent lives free from abuse. Please note, direct interaction with survivors and their children and/or working at our shelter locations requires completion of the Domestic Violence 40-hour Advocate Training offered by community agencies (e.g. Casa de la Familia).
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The Community Resource Center is our main office and destination for survivors seeking supportive services such as case management, housing advocacy, and legal services in a non-shelter setting. Open from 8:30am to 5pm Monday through Friday, the site hosts one-on-one meetings with support service advocates as well as weekly support groups with childcare available for those who attend.
We encourage you and fellow advocates to host gatherings, work events, and drop-off stations to collect much needed essential items and gift cards for our survivors. Aligned with our trauma-informed values, we kindly ask advocates to consider providing gift cards to support survivor empowerment and choice when purchasing food, essential items, and holiday gifts for their families. Some current needs include:
Rainbow receives donations of gift cards to help empower families, streamline distribution, and reduce physical inventory at our sites during the holiday season. Donations can be dropped off at our community resource center below. E-gift cards can be sent electronically to giftcards@rainbowservicesdv.org.
Online donations are also accepted. If you are interested in sponsoring a family directly, please contact brenda.magid@rainbowservicesdv.org for more information.
DONATE NOWFor the safety of our survivors, all volunteer opportunities involving direct interactions with survivors, their children, or our confidential shelter sites require the completion of the Domestic Violence 40-hour Advocate Training offered through local domestic violence agencies such as Casa de la Familia. Further, volunteers must complete a background check, a negative TB test, resume, and a completed volunteer application. For more information, please contact Christina Talleda at christina.talleda@rainbowservicesdv.org.
