Volunteer

Interested in lending a hand? Just fill out our Volunteer Application and we will get back to you with details about various volunteer opportunities. Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization. You can make a difference for women dealing with substance use disorder. Thank you for your interest!

We rely on volunteers for many tasks, including:

• Running regional meetings or online meetings (Certified Facilitator)
• Answering questions from members of the WFS online community (the Community Care Group)
• Running online meetings (Certified Facilitator)
• Reaching out to treatment centers and medical professionals to tell them about the WFS New Life Program (Advancement and Awareness)
• Reviewing, editing and sharing Jean Kirkpatrick’s work (Materials)
• Tabling or giving presentations at local and national recovery conferences and events (Advancement and Awareness)
• Serving on our Board of Directors.
• Developing content and functionality for the online community at wfsonline.org and the public site (the Web Team)

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Certified Facilitators (CF) — regional and virtual meetings

Women for Sobriety relies on our volunteer facilitators to bring the New Life Program into their local communities and to women online. Our minimum requirements to be a CF include:

• Familiarity with Turnabout, Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life or the Beginner’s Collection
• At least one year of continuous sobriety
• A thorough knowledge of the New Life Program

Additionally, we ask that our in-person meeting CF’s be willing to:

• Make an initial commitment to a minimum of six months of weekly meetings to allow the group time to develop
• Send 100% of group donations to the WFS organization on a regular basis (this is used to send literature and supplies to the group, as well as support outreach and other program activities)
• Obtain a rent-free meeting space
• Correspond with prospective meeting attendees by both email and telephone

If this describes you, please fill out our Volunteer Application and check “Certified Facilitator.” You will be contacted by our volunteer coordinator for a screening call to ensure that you meet the above requirements. You’ll then receive the full Facilitator Certification Application form. For an idea of what is included, here are the questions for your review. After the full application has been received, you may be contacted again by someone on our Facilitator Team. After you are certified, you will receive a package in the mail with your training manual and certificate.

If you need help meeting any of the requirements above or if you have any questions about the certification process, please contact [email protected].

Online Meeting Assistant (OMA) — WFS online meetings

Online Meeting Assistants provide a variety of technical supports to ensure our online meetings provide maximum share time and seamless transitions.   

To become an Online Meeting Assistant a woman must:

• Have six months of continuous sobriety
• Read WFS required literature written by Dr. Jean Kirkpatrick: Turnabout or Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life or Beginner’s Collection
• Demonstrated an understanding of the WFS New Life Program and be an active participant in online or regional meetings

Interested? Just check OMA on your volunteer application. We will be in touch with a link to a more detailed application. If you have questions, contact [email protected].

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WFS Teams

Our teams innovate and collaborate to meet the evolving needs of the women we serve. Have an idea? Or a skill that fits one of these teams that you’d like to share? Let us know!

• Facilitator Team — Supports and grows the meetings program, increasing the quality and availability of regional and video New Life Program meetings. Email [email protected].
• Web Team — Creates content, manages user experience, and coordinates feature development for both this public site and wfsonline.org. Also acts as a resource for the WFS Online community. Email [email protected].
• Materials Team — Manages the publishing and distribution of printed products available to the public, evaluating and updating these published offerings as needed. Email [email protected].
• Advancement and Awareness Team — Works to identify and develop sources for funding to increase our reach to women in recovery. Includes workgroups for annual fundraisers and explores additional sources of revenue such as grants and corporate sponsorships. Identifies opportunities to bring the New Life message to the professional recovery community. Email [email protected].
• Volunteer Empowerment Team — Explores and develops ways to empower more women to become involved in growing and implementing the organization’s services. Email [email protected].

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WFS Outreach

Do you want to represent Women for Sobriety (WFS) at an event focusing on helping those with substance use disorder? We would love to support your efforts!

You may hear about opportunities in your community that you would like to attend to represent WFS. Or an event you believe WFS should try to sponsor or participate in, but you are unable to represent personally. Please let us know about these opportunities as soon as possible and we will see if we can make it happen.

Please complete this form in as much detail as possible for our consideration.