Needs From: Get Connected - Volunteer Fox Cities

Reach attends many outreach and informational events in our community. Volunteers can help by sharing their experiences with our agency and providing the community with information about who we are and what we do. These community events typically occur on week nights and weekends.

Reach Counseling's Prevention Education program is active in 71 schools in Winnebago County and has recently expanded to include Outagamie and Calumet County schools. We have a K-12 curriculum for sexual violence to educate about and prevent child sexual abuse in our community. Volunteer Educators will be trained in each grade level and will present within the schools. Additional training will be provided to answer questions from the students and respond if they disclose sexual abuse.

We are looking for a volunteer to assist us at our front desk! 

You would be answering phones, checking people in for their appointments, managing and accessing therapist's Google calendars, provide clients information about Reach, and possible filing and other office work such as making copies, shredding documents, etc.

Ideal volunteer will have a positive personality and be able to work well in a fast paced environment as well as have a basic knowledge of Google Docs and Calendars.

REACH will provide all training materials and lead the training process.

Open volunteer shift hours:

8:30am – 4:30pm Monday – Friday based on the availability of the volunteer.

Reach Counseling provides crisis intervention and emotional support 24/7 to survivors of sexual assault and their friends/family with the help of Volunteer Victim Advocates. Volunteer Advocates are on call nights, weekends, and holidays when the Reach office is closed.

Volunteer Advocates are trained to provide emotional support, crisis intervention, information and resources to survivors of sexual abuse and assault in Winnebago County. Advocates provide these services over the phone or in person at a local hospital. Advocates work alongside medical and legal professionals to ensure survivors are supported while navigating these processes, reducing further trauma and re-victimization while tending to a survivor’s emotional needs. 

Advocates will work with nurses and law enforcement to provide wrap-around, compassionate care while a survivor receives a forensic exam and/or gives a statement to the police. Advocates respond to Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh and occasionally ThedaCare in Appleton when the survivor is from Winnebago County. 

Advocates must have a driver's license, car insurance and vehicle while on call. Advocates take calls through their own phones and never have to be at the Reach office while on call. Advocates must be aware they will hear details of sexual abuse and assault and should know how hearing these stories will impact them. Advocates are in charge of how many and which shifts they take and the schedule is very flexible.