Five Reasons to volunteer at new beginnings

1. You Get to Choose What You Want to Do.
​If there’s a word to describe the volunteer positions you can fill at New Beginnings, it’s variety. You can watch the home during times when regular staff isn’t there as a Home Assistant, help set up fundraisers as a Church Liaison, form a close personal relationship with a resident while also being a role model as a Mentor, help residents with their academic progress as a Tutor, lead educational programs as a Group Night Presenter, or help with different projects as a general volunteer.

2.You Make a Significant Impact. 
​Because New Beginnings is small, the impact you can have is large. One person can make a difference anywhere, but at New Beginning’s that’s definitely true!

3.You’re Actually Helping Make History, Too. 
​Although the program itself is over twenty years old, New Beginnings has only been located in Milwaukee since 2014. Thus, when you help out as a dedicated volunteer, you’re an important part of our history too.

4.You Form Close Bonds with a Group of Awesome People. 
​Not only do you get to form relationships with the moms and babies at New Beginnings, but you also get to form close bonds with the staff. You may not like everyone you work with, but there’s no reason you can’t like your fellow volunteers.

5.You Get to Choose Your Level of Commitment. 
​Don’t have time for some of the more time-consuming volunteer positions? You can also choose to help at the general volunteer days we have every few months, usually when we have a specific project we need completed. In this way, you still get to contribute to New Beginning’s mission, but in a way that suits your schedule.

Elizabeth Scheibl is an intern and Resident Supervisor at New Beginnings. She is still an English major and History minor at Wisconsin Lutheran College. In her spare time, she likes reading, writing, and standing on chairs and singing.