Opportunities From: Connect2Community

Victim Impact Panels (VIPs) allow victims/survivors an opportunity to heal by sharing their personal stories of bereavement, injuries, and loss with an audience of receptive participants. Volunteer Victim Impact Panel Coordinators play an important part in helping to reduce future victimizations through presenting effective VIPs, which educate participants to the hazards of impaired driving and motivate participants to make responsible decisions about drinking and driving in the future.

Skills/Training Requirements: 

Background check Completion of MADD orientation Good organizational skills Ability to communicate effectively Non-judgmental attitude when working with people convicted of alcohol-related offenses Reliable transportation Flexible schedule as most panels are held in the evenings

Time Commitment: 10 hours per month; one year commitment.

This opportunity will take place out in the community near your home and location will be determined with you after you register. Volunteer orientation will take place at the MADD offices (address listed below).

If interested, please contact Michelle Lanthier, the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources: Michelle.lanthier@madd.org 248-524-1745 Ext: 2653

Many communities are unaware of MADD Victim Services and how MADD helps victims/survivors of impaired driving. Volunteer outreach and communications specialists help to enhance community awareness of MADD Victim Services. By building relationships, educating the community, and connecting community members with needed services, outreach and communications volunteers help to solidify the presence of MADD Victim Services in all communities, thereby ensuring that victims/survivors receive the support they need.

Skills/Training Requirements:

Completion of MADD orientation Good organizational skills Ability to communicate effectively Reliable transportation Comfortable approaching community organizations to establish and strengthen networks

Time Commitment: 2- 4 hours per week; six month commitment; or as needed.

This opportunity will take place out in the community near your home and location will be determined with you after you register. Volunteer orientation virtually on Microsoft Teams.

Want more Information or Have Questions?

If interested, please contact Michelle Lanthier, the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources: Michelle.lanthier@madd.org 248-524-1745 Ext: 2653

 

MADD Speaker’s Bureau Volunteers communicate MADD’s message by delivering presentations to the community. There are two primary goals for this program. The first is to educate the community on MADD’s top priorities: supporting victims of this violent crime, preventing underage and, stopping drunk driving. The second is to mobilize community support for the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving.

Skills/Training Requirements: completion of MADD orientation and training, ability to communicate effectively, reliable transportation and experience in public speaking is a must for this role.

Time Commitment: 2 - 4 hours per week; one year commitment.

This opportunity will take place out in the community near your home and location will be determined with you after you register. Volunteer orientation will take place at the MADD offices (address listed below).

 

Want more Information or Have Questions?

If interested, please contact Michelle Lanthier, the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources: Michelle.lanthier@madd.org 248-524-1745 Ext: 2653

A key component of our Victim Services Program is Emotional Support. Our Emotional Support Program is growing and we are searching for a Support Group Facilitator. Our support groups are for those who have been impacted by drunk and or drugged driving crashes. Facilitators would host an Evening Virtual Support Group via our Microsoft Teams. The Evening Support Group would happen at the Facilitator's discretion sometime Monday-Thursday between 6:30pm-9:00pm ET. The Support Group on average lasts between 60-90 minutes. The Support Group meets Every Other Week. This would be a 6 hour monthly commitment. Two 1 hour Virtual Support Group Meetings, Two 30-60 minute check ins with Staff, and then 1 hour of preparation before each support group meeting. We ask you to please commit to 6 months. 

We are looking for volunteers who are either trained, co-hosted, hosted, or built Grief or Loss Support Groups or Similar types of Support Groups. YOU CANNOT HAVE A HISTORY OF A DUI/OWI FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 

 

Purpose: Life is forever changed after an impaired driving crash. Victims/survivors are often left bereaved, injured and financially devastated. With the emotional, financial and legal issues they face on a daily basis, victims/survivors need support to confront the various challenges that lie ahead. Volunteer support group facilitators are responsible for providing direct victim services to victims/survivors of impaired driving by way of support group facilitation. Volunteer support group facilitators do not conduct therapy or counseling during MADD support groups. Rather, they provide group coordination, gather needed materials, review exercises when applicable, attend to the pace of each session and offer emotional support.

Tasks/Responsibilities:

Work closely with Victim Services Specialist/Advocate or Volunteer Liaison to assess community needs for a MADD support group. Procure setting for the support group and develop a schedule for the Support group. Plan support group topics when applicable, gather materials (such as handouts) and procure refreshments prior to group sessions. In conducting group sessions, welcome members and provide introductions, review exercises and handouts with group members, facilitate group discussion and provide emotional support as needed. Maintain accurate records of support groups according to MADD and grant guidelines. Other duties as requested.

 

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Background check. Completion of the Beginning Victim Assistance Training Institute (VATI). Ability to communicate effectively. Sensitivity to the needs of victims/survivors of impaired driving. Ethical behavior and respect for confidentiality. Evening Availablity  Knowledge and Skill of Zoom Webinar Platform

 

Time Commitment Required:

6 month commitment 6-7 hours per month

 

Want more Information or Have Questions?

If interested, please contact Michelle Lanthier, the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources: Michelle.lanthier@madd.org 248-524-1745 Ext: 2653

This is a static volunteer opportunity with a monthly commitment. In need of skilled professionals in areas of legal, law enforcement, event planning, nonprofit management, fundraising, policy, marketing and communications, and or similar skill sets.

 

Typical Time Commitment: 1-hour Monthly Meeting in the evening, and 3-4 hours outside of Meetings per Month completing assigned tasks.

 

Below is a List of all our Our Committees:

Programs Committee: Help grow our Underage Drinking Prevention program, and build a Court Monitoring program. Help expand and create prevention programs and events to stop drunk and drugged driving. Help out at community outreach events and at speaking engagements, to spread awareness of MADD. 

Marketing and Communications: Collaborate with staff to expand and implement PR, media, and advertising. Help expand MADD's outreach to be better be represented in media markets. Assist with media interviews, and help with Letter to the Editor and Opinion pieces in local newspapers. Help with designing of materials, and other promotional pieces.

Victim Services: Help spread awareness of MADD's victim services through community presentations, and outreach. Help recruit Victim Services volunteers to assist staff, work the hotline, and become a Victim Advocate. Expand services and events, like peer support and support groups, for victims and survivors.

Fundraising: Help staff with creating individual fundraising plans to better thank donors, and get new donors engaged. Use your connections to help gain sponsorships for events. Help staff bring in donations and create new methods of fundraising. Assist staff in grand writing, and updating MADD fundraising materials.

Public Policy: Work to Strengthen Existing Laws and Pass New Ones to stop and prevent drunk and drugged driving. Help staff with gaining support and passing an All Offender Ignition Interlock Law. Help build support around Advanced Vehicle Technology.  Help Support MADD legislative priorities.

Leadership: Help expand and grow current volunteer opportunities, and create new opportunities to get volunteers engaged episodically or statically. Help thank volunteers and recruit new ones, and come up with new methods to get volunteers oriented and trained.

 

 

If interested, please contact Michelle Lanthier, the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources:

Michelle.lanthier@madd.org

248-524-1745 Ext: 2653

MADD Michigan is looking to build our Peer Support Program. A program dedicated to serving Victims and Survivors by Victims and Survivors. Life is forever changed after an impaired driving crash. Victims/survivors are often left bereaved, injured and financially devastated. With the emotional, financial and legal issues they face on a daily basis, victims/survivors need support to confront the challenges that lie ahead. Volunteer peer supporters are responsible for providing direct victim services to victims/survivors of impaired driving by way of one-on-one interaction. Volunteer peer supporters do not conduct therapy or counseling. Rather, they provide a unique partnership to effectively cope with the stressors associated with bereavement issues and/or injury trauma. 

Benefits:

Opportunities for future Victim Assistance Training via VATIs, workshops, teleconferencing, and online courses Provide essential victim services to those in need, whom without MADD may never receive the support they so desperately require Help others in a way that inspires hope Ability to withdraw from the program at any time, though we ask if you can commit to a year All Volunteer Hours can be done from the comfort of your Home

Tasks/Responsibilities:

Work closely with Victim Services Staff to identify a likely partnership that will benefit both peers mutually. Attend Trainings required for Peer Support Volunteers (Most are Online)  Be considerate of individual rights, privacy, and the limits on the role of the peer supporter. Be sensitive to individual, social and cultural characteristics of both peers. Maintain communications with a fellow peer on a mutually established basis; weekly or bi-weekly Other duties as requested

 

Time Commitment Required:

2-6 hours per month

 

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Background check Ability to communicate effectively Sensitivity to the needs of victims/survivors of impaired driving Ethical behavior and respect for confidentiality Cannot have received an DUI/OWI  A Peer Supporter should have a connection to Impaired Driving: Either having had a loved one been injured or killed, or themself has been injured. Access to the Internet and a Phone 

 

Want more information? Contact Allison LaPlatt at allison.laplatt@madd.org and or 248-528-1745 ext. 2653 

We are always in need of new volunteers who are dedicated to assisting Victim Services staff as well as Victims and Survivors. There are victim services volunteer opportunities for all skill levels, from a few hours a month to 10 hours a week. There are activities that can be done at home, and out and about in your community. All of the activities that are listed below are dedicated to assisting those who have lost or have had loved ones harmed due to drunk and or drugged driving. 

 

Community Awareness and Outreach: Contact or help staff connect with Police Stations, Hospitals, Courts, Counseling Centers, Schools, etc. to share information, do presentations, or have meetings about MADD’s Victim Services in hopes to gain support and referrals. Attend community fairs and/or events to spread awareness of MADD’s Victim Services.

 

Hotline: Provide effective and timely telephone and/or e-mail assistance to victims/survivors of impaired driving who contact MADD for services. Assess victims/survivors’ needs for emotional support, information, and referrals, implementing beneficial interventions based upon the assessment of needs. Provide connection between victims/survivors and MADD, ensuring continuum of service.

 

Peer Support: Assist other victims and survivors by building and nurturing relationships between or among peers that assist individuals along their journeys of grief, injury recovery and personal emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness. Be connected to victims and survivors with similar crashes to yours to assist and bring them comfort.

 

Staff Assistance: Help research drunk and drugged driving crashes and send search results to staff. Keep community resources up to date for victims and survivors. Help with research on ways to help spread awareness of MADD’s Victim Services.

 

Victim Advocate: Provide crisis intervention, emotional support, practical guidance, community resources. Provide advocacy to victims/survivors by assisting in the protection of victims/survivors’ rights, facilitating in the exercising of rights and providing education about the criminal and civil justice processes.

 

Want more information? Please contact Allison LaPlatt, allison.laplatt@madd.org or 248-528-1745 ext. 2653

 

This is the general information opportunity for our Victim Services Program. For more specifics, please see each Volunteer Need. Note: You cannot have ever received a DUI/OWI.

Provide effective and timely telephone and/or e-mail assistance to victims/survivors of impaired driving who contact MADD for services. Assess victims/survivors’ needs for emotional support, information, and referrals, implementing beneficial interventions based upon the assessment of needs. Provide connection between victims/survivors and MADD, ensuring a continuum of service.

Details:

Provide effective and timely telephone and/or e-mail assistance to victims/survivors of impaired driving who contact MADD for services. Help Run the Michigan Specific Hotline (Typically receive between 5-10 calls per week) then refer it to a VSS and or Victim Advocate. Assess victims/survivors’ needs for emotional support, information, and referrals, implementing beneficial interventions based upon the assessment of needs. Collect and maintain community resource information, sharing this information with victims/survivors and other victim advocates. Provide connection between victims/survivors and local MADD chapters, ensuring continuum of service.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Background check: $45.00 Completion of MADD Helpline training Completion of the Beginning Victim Assistance Training Institute (VATI) Ability to communicate effectively Sensitivity to the needs of victims/survivors of impaired driving Ethical behavior and respect for confidentiality Computer/Internet to access the schedule, communicate referrals and maintain records You cannot have received a DUI/OWI at anytime

 

Time Commitment:

8-30 Hours Per Week At Least 1 Shift Per Week (Each Shift is 8 Hours) Shifts require Night-Time availability 6 Month Commitment Weekly Check In with Staff

Volunteers are the lifeblood of MADD—full of passion and compassion for our mission. Join our army of ordinary citizens who’ve become extraordinary activists in saving lives and preventing injuries.

Whether you’re interested in volunteering a couple of times a year or a couple of times a week, there’s a place for you at MADD. And we have a wide variety of opportunities to match your interests and expertise. Some options include:

 

Advise a Board: Consider a Community Leadership role by serving on our state Advisory Board Advocate for Change: Work to Strengthen Existing Laws and Pass New Ones Community Outreach: Help Table and Spread Awareness of MADD’s Services and Mission at Community Events, and Fairs Court Monitoring: Attend Court to Monitor Cases of DUI/OWI Offenders to make sure Justice is being Served Flex Some Power: Inspire Youth, Train Parents, and or Mobilize Communities to Prevent Underage Drinking and reduce alcohol access to youth Give a Hand: Answer phones, make copies, or perform other Office Support duties Help Victims Be Heard: Help Coordinate Victim Impact Panels, or Help Organize Speaking Events to Educate others about the Cost of Drunk and Drugged Driving Helpline: Answer and Respond to Victims, and Survivors with MADD Services and Resources Honor Heroes: Recognize Law Enforcement and First Responders at shift briefings, events, and at our annual Law Enforcement Recognition Luncheon to say thank you Join a Board Committee: Help the Advisory Board Chairs expand programming, fundraise, serve more Victims and Survivors, spread awareness, and create a Stronger MADD MI Lend a Shoulder: Become a trained volunteer Victim Advocate or a Help Line volunteer and provide Emotional Support to Victims and Survivors Peer Support: Help and Speak with Victims, Survivors, and their Families who are experiencing similar trauma from a Substance Impaired Driving Crash Research: Keep Victim Resources Up to Date, and Assist with Outreach, and Help Staff Roll Up Your Sleeves: Help set up Events, run an Information Booth, or attend Community Fairs Speakers Bureau: Talk to Audiences of all Ages about MADD’s Mission and How to Get Involved Special Events: Help MADD Plan, Attend and Execute Events Across the State and in your Home Town for Victim Services, Fundraisers, and Educational Events Spread Awareness: Assist Victim Services Staff with Community Outreach, Coalition Building, and Attending Events Take Steps to Raise Funds: Sign up and Fundraise for Walk Like MADD, Help Staff gain Sponsorships, Build Community Relationships, or help Raise Funds for MADD Victim Advocate: Work Directly with Victims and Survivors in your Community to get them the assistance they need

 

Volunteer Opportunities are throughout Michigan and can be done Virtually 

For more information contact Allison LaPlatt, allison.laplatt@madd.org or at 248-528-1745 ext. 2653

 

Work to strengthen existing laws and pass new ones. We can get you started by contacting your legislators. Help plan lobby days and meet with government officials. 

MADD Michigan is currently working to get volunteers, victims, and survivors engaged in passing an All Offender Ignition Interlock Law. An ignition interlock is a device about the size of a cell phone that is wired into the ignition system of a vehicle.  A convicted drunk driver must blow into the device in order to start their vehicle.  If they have a measurable amount of alcohol in their system, the vehicle will not start. 34 states and Washington DC have passed this law already, and Michigan has not passed the law, it is currently sitting in the Michigan House of Representatives; House Bills 4420 and 4421. Public Policy volunteers would assist staff by engaging the public and legislators through educating them on the law. Public Policy volunteers also spread awareness of MADD’s legislative agenda throughout their communities, and communicate MADD’s legislative agenda to their legislators and encourage legislators and community leaders to support MADD’s legislative priorities.

 

Time Commitment: 4-6 Hours Per Month, and Annual Lobby Day Event

 

Advocate for Change Volunteers will:

Work to strengthen existing laws and pass new ones. We can get you started by contacting your legislators. Help plan lobby days and meet with government officials. Help communicate MADD’s legislative agenda to your legislators and encourage legislators and community leaders to support MADD’s legislative priorities.

Skills/Training Requirements:

Background check Completion of MADD orientation and Public Policy training Ability to communicate effectively Good interpersonal and public speaking skills

 

If interested please contact Allison LaPlatt, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at allison.laplatt@madd.org or 248-528-1745 ext: 2653.

MADD Victim Services offers many ways for victims/survivors to remember and honor those killed or injured in impaired driving crashes. Special events volunteers assist in planning, organizing, and implementing of special events for victims/survivors.

Skills/Training Requirements: 

Completion of MADD orientation Good organizational skills Ability to communicate effectively Reliable transportation Comfortable approaching community vendors to procure products and services for event Comfortable working with community partners.

Time Commitment: 2- 4 hours per week; 6 month commitment.

Have questions? Contact Allison LaPlatt, the Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at allison.laplatt@madd.org or 248-528-1745 Ext. 2653.