Volunteer Training Sessions
New Volunteer Training
Offered 2 times each month.
3rd Sunday of the month @ 3pm
4th Thursday of the month @4pm
International Welcome Center Conference Room
5781 Manchester Rd. New Franklin, OH 44319
May Meetings:
Sunday, May 19th @ 3pm
Thursday, May 23rd @ 4pm
June Meetings:
Sunday, June 16th @ 3pm
Thursday, June 27th @ 4pm
July Meetings:
Sunday, July 21st @ 3pm
Thursday, July 25th @ 4pm
August Meetings:
Sunday, August 18th @ 3pm
Thursday, August 22nd @ 4pm
September Meetings:
Sunday, September 15th @ 3pm
Thursday, September 26th @ 4pm
October Meetings:
Sunday, October 20th @ 3pm
Thursday, October 24th @ 4pm
November Meetings:
Sunday, November 17th @ 3pm
No Thursday Meeting due to Thanksgiving
December Meetings:
Sunday, December 15th @ 3pm
Thursday, December 26th @ 4pm
PLEASE RSVP
Meeting will be canceled if no RSVPs are received!
Are you interested in giving your time, gifts and skills to empower refugees? Do you want to assist with the mission of the IWC but would rather help behind the scenes? Whether you can give 2 hours a month or 4 hours a week, there is a place for you alongside us!
This meeting is for new volunteers at the International Welcome Center.
We will discuss what our volunteers do and how they do it. You will learn our perspective on helping and what sets us apart as a non-profit organization. We will also cover how you can join us and what to expect as a valuable member of our IWC volunteer team.
Training is required in order to be an IWC volunteer. Feel free to bring any family members, friends or acquaintances that are interested in volunteering with us.
Please RSVP by emailing Whitney Price, the Community Coordinator (whitney@theiwc.org) or call/text her at 330-802-0604 if you are planning on attending.
We look forward to meeting you!
Volunteer English Tutor Training
Offered 2 times each month.
2nd Thursday of the month @ 2pm
4th Monday of the month @6pm
International Welcome Center Conference Room
5781 Manchester Rd. New Franklin, OH 44319
May Meetings:
Thursday, May 9th @ 2pm
Monday, May 27th @ 6pm
June Meetings:
Thursday, June 13th @ 2pm
Monday, June 24th @ 6pm
July Meetings:
Thursday, July 11th @ 2pm
Monday, July 22nd @ 6pm
August Meetings:
Thursday, August 8th @ 2pm
Monday, August 26th @ 6pm
September Meetings:
Thursday, September 12th @ 2pm
Monday, September 23rd @ 6pm
October Meetings:
Thursday, October 10th @ 2pm
Monday, October 28th @ 6pm
November Meetings:
Thursday, November 14th @ 2pm
Monday, November 25th @ 6pm
December Meetings:
Thursday, December 12th @ 2pm
Monday, December 23rd @ 6pm
PLEASE RSVP
Meeting will be canceled if no RSVPs are received!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start from scratch, with nothing in a country and culture that is completely foreign to you? While just trying to ensure your survival, you are taken to a new country. How do you get a job? How do you go shopping? How do you make friends? How do you tell a doctor your symptoms?
As you can see, not knowing English in America is a huge barrier to doing anything!
Please join us as an English tutor at the International Welcome Center!
We are looking for anyone who knows English to give 1 hour a week to their time to 1 or 2 refugees. You need a patient spirit, a cell phone for an app for listening skills for your student(s), and a car to get to the clients. You need NO TEACHING experience. Everything else is provided to you.
Basically, if you are willing, you are able!
This training will take approximately 1 hour. Please RSVP by emailing Whitney Price, the Community Coordinator (whitney@theiwc.org) or by texting/calling her at 330-803-0604. If the times offered above will not work for your schedule, please tell us so that we can see if a different time can be accommodated.
We look forward to meeting you!
Welcome Team Training
Required Welcome Team Trainings:
These trainings are for those individuals who want to be a part of a Welcome Team. Volunteers can come into these trainings as individuals with no assigned Team yet known to them. Or they may come as individuals that already know who will be in their group. If a volunteer is the latter, this group’s individuals do not necessarily have to attend the each training at the same time as their Team. The only requirement is that every volunteer completes all these 3 trainings prior to being able to help their first family.
- New Volunteer Orientation: This training introduces a brand new volunteer to the International Welcome Center and our mission. This training is approximately 1.5 hours long.
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- Please note: current volunteers are not required to attend this training to be on a Welcome Team due to it being review for them. But they are certainly welcome to come!
- For volunteers new to the IWC, this orientation must be taken first. An individual cannot register for other courses until this one is completed. Any trainings after this one can be taken in any order a volunteer chooses.
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- Introduction to Resettlement Course: This training is an online course done by our affiliate, World Relief, using their Thinkific Workshop portal. It is free and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. * (I am waiting to hear back from the WR staff to learn more about the process of how our volunteers will take this).*
- Welcome Team Training: This training reviews the responsibilities of a Welcome Team. It also equips volunteers with the tools necessary to carry out these responsibilities. This class is 2 hours in length.
Upcoming Training Times:
New Volunteer Orientations:
Tuesday, May 7th 6:00pm-7:30pm
Monday, May 13th 5:00pm-6:30pm
Sunday, May 19th 3:00pm-4:30pm
Intro to Resettlement:
This is completed online at the volunteer’s discretion. Instructions to access this class will be given at the New Volunteer Orientation or directly from Whitney if you are a current volunteer.
Welcome Team Trainings:
Sunday, May 12th 3:00pm-5:00pm
Thursday, May 16th 6:00pm-8:00pm
Future Training Times to be announced.
