Please fill this form out if you would like to be matched with a new family as a Cultural Companion!

• The Volunteer Coordinator will review your questionnaire.
• The Case Managers will determine if a new family/individual would like a Cultural Companion.
• The Volunteer Coordinator will work with you and the new family to determine what days/times of the week work for both of you!
• You will receive the family's information (location, language, ages, how you can work together to meet needs, etc.)
• The Case Manager or Volunteer Coordinator will meet you at the family's house to make an introduction!

For our WNY volunteers, all online trainings are free. If prompted to pay, please use this code: wrwesternny

• Friendships: Embracing Cultural Differences (*required)
• Read -- Keep in Mind (*required)
• Intro to Resettlement (optional)
• Navigating Friendships (optional)
• Friendships: Embracing Socio-Economic Differences (optional)
• Friendships: Navigating the Effects of Trauma (optional)
• ESL Tutoring (optional)
• Career Mentoring (optional)

If any questions about finances, bills, mail received, benefits, housing, schooling arise, you can always reach out to the Volunteer Coordinator, who will then direct the question to the Case Manager!

Below are resources to use during your time with a new family!

• Bus Orientation
• Grocery Shopping Orientation
• Employment and Finances
• Post Office and Library Orientation
• ESL Resources
• Conversation Starters

Please log your volunteer hours in Track it Forward! Please select the volunteer activity that best represents how you spent your time!

• Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect
• Volunteer Handbook