Interested in Volunteering for Sylvia's Place?
Sylvia's Place is looking for people who want to give back to their communities. 
 
Being a home environment, there are many opportunities at Sylvia's Place for those willing to be a part of helping our women and children gain back their confidence and independence.  We welcome your call for more information or email us for more information on how you can help.
 
If you are interested in volunteering, email us to request an application be sent to you 
 
Volunteer support is needed in many areas including:
Childcare
  • *When Mothers are unavailable to be with children*
  • To be available during facility programs, when mothers are working on case management needs, health and medical appointment and other necessary needs of residents when they need to be away from there child/children.
Children's Activities
  • Arts and crafts with children
  • Videos, games, field trips
  • Working with trauma/loss social worker.
  • Tutoring
Resident’s Education/Life Skills
  • Helping residents with skills needed for independent living with no abuse.
  • Inform residents about housekeeping, cooking, hygiene, simple car maintenance and other important responsibilities.
Transportation
  • Transport residents to mandatory appointments.
  • Employment
  • Housing
  • Medical and mental health appointments
  • Emergency transportation.
Shelter Maintenance
  • A monthly overview with access to shelter for repairs as they are needed. If the maintenance is needed, it would be his or her job to report to the Shelter Manager before attempting to fix the problem.
Adopt a Family
  • Wrapping gifts and delivering them to the individuals.
  • Keeping track of deliveries.
  • Calling when presents are completed and ready for pick up.
  • Checking them off in binder when completed.
Domestic Abuse Survivors Support Services
(269) 673-8700 or
888-411-7837 (24/7)

One of our Success Stories...

Darla is a 25-year-old Allegan County woman who left the father of her three-year-old daughter after the abusive behavior began escalating.  She was at shelter for 34 days during which she earned a promotion at her established job.  We referred her to a program at Work First called the Work Force Investment Act, sponsored by the Michigan Department of Career Development.  She is interested in pursuing an RN degree and this program will provide her the opportunity to do this.  We referred her to Allegan Crisis Center, CWIT, Project Hope and ACRDC for supportive services because DHS was unable to provide much help because she makes too much money to qualify for help, but not enough to make it on her own.  She has  since  been able to get a place of her own, get her daughter enrolled in head start and gone back to school herself.  Both her job and school work are going well.