Volunteer

Silver Spring, MD

Volunteer Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in welcoming refugees to your community. By volunteering with the IRC in Silver Spring, MD, you use your skills to help people who have fled violence and persecution to rebuild their lives in America. See below for the latest volunteer opportunities and how to apply.

Current opportunities

Silver Spring, MD
Job Corps Volunteer
Start date: Ongoing
Job Corps Volunteers assist refugees to search, prepare, and complete job applications.
Silver Spring, MD
Summer Academy Volunteer
Start date: Ongoing
Engage young refugees and asylees to address learning gaps in English and math.
Silver Spring, MD
Intern
Start date: Ongoing
Internships give you the chance to get deeply involved in refugee resettlement work. Interns play a pivotal role in supporting locally resettled refugees and leave their internships having built professional experience preparing them for a career in a nonprofit.
Silver Spring, MD
Refugee Welcome Home Project
Start date: Ongoing
Lead an effort to fully furnish and set-up a home for a refugee family arriving to Maryland.
Silver Spring, MD
Resettlement Support Volunteer
Start date: Ongoing
On-call volunteer opportunity supporting apartment set-up, donation sorting, and other tasks.
Silver Spring, MD
Family Mentor
Start date: Ongoing
Work directly with a refugee family or individual to ease their transition to the Washington, DC Metro area and the United States.