How You Can Help

There are many ways you can support the mission of Awake!

Below, you will find various ways to get involved from wherever you are, including current volunteer opportunities. If you’re ready to lend a hand, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form at the bottom of the page. Once you submit this form, a member of Awake team will reach out to you with more details.

To familiarize yourself with Awake and our work, we invite you to explore our website (especially the information on our blog) and to attend some of our monthly public events, such as our virtual Courageous Conversations and prayer services.

Thank you for your interest in supporting our mission - your help makes a real difference!

 

Stay Informed and Communicate Our Mission:

 

Volunteer Opportunities:

    • Post Comments Online (Monthly Opportunity): When new survivor stories are posted on the Awake blog, our community organizes a flood of supportive messages in the comments section. Sharing a story in this way is a very big step for some survivors, and you can be one of the people communicating compassion and kindness at this important moment.

    • Send Cards (Occasional Opportunity): From time to time, we create a special care package of written cards for a survivor who is going through a particularly difficult time. If you join our Encourager Ministry email list, you will occasionally be invited to mail a card to Milwaukee so it can be sent along to the survivor.

    • This ministry is for anyone who feels called to pray for our work and is willing to commit to consistently interceding for Awake and members of Awake’s community. It includes things like praying for certain survivors in particular (with their permission), committing to interceding for weekly prayer intentions sent by an Awake staff member, and praying for Awake’s events.

    • Regularly share Awake’s posts on social media with personal commentary on what Awake means to you or why you think it’s important in order to reach a wider audience

    • Edit and upload videos of Awake’s events from the Zoom recording

    • Create video content for social media

    • Send personal invitations to Awake events to people within your sphere of influence either by social media invitations and/or emails and in person invitations

    • Provide technical assistance during prayer events and Courageous Conversations (being able to quickly troubleshoot technical issues, create breakout rooms on Zoom, load audio/visual content)

    • Write personal thank you cards to donors, event speakers, and volunteers within Awake

    • Many times, Awake events - particularly our prayer services - feature read aloud segments (survivor reflections, Scripture readings, book excerpts etc.). This person would be available and willing to read aloud on Zoom during these events.

    • Host social media fundraisers for Awake on birthdays or other occasions

    • Host a fundraising event for Awake at your home or other local establishment

    • Set up a personal fundraising page during Awake’s summer peer-to-peer appeal

    • Request donations to Awake in lieu of other gifts for things like birthdays, retirements, etc.

    • Research funding sources (looking into the types of grants Awake may want to pursue, seeing which parishes in your area might have outreach funds available to Awake, forming a list of Awake points of contact in local dioceses and parishes)

    • Distribute Awake materials (brochures, business cards, pamphlets) at your local parish(es)