How You Can Help

• 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.

• Prayer is vital to the work we do, and we would love to have you join us in interceding for Awake and members of our community! If you feel called to pray for our work and are willing to commit to consistently interceding for Awake and members of our community, this might be for you. When you sign up for this ministry, you will receive regular emails with current prayer intentions for Awake’s work and for survivors who request prayers.

Volunteering in this area could include one or more of the following:

Social Media

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

Events

• We recognize the importance of a personal touch - perhaps you’d be willing to send personal invitations to Awake events to people within your sphere of influence either by social media invitations, email invites, and/or in person invitations

• Are you good with Zoom tech? We always need people who can provide technical assistance during our prayer events and Courageous Conversations (admitting participants, creating breakout rooms on Zoom, loading audio/visual content, etc.)

Thank Yous

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

• Do you have a good reading voice and confidence with public speaking? Many Awake events - particularly our prayer services - feature segments (survivor reflections, Scripture readings, book excerpts, etc.) that need readers. Sign up for this opportunity and we’ll contact you next time we need someone to read aloud for a virtual event.

Awake relies on the generosity of our donors to further our mission. Do you have fundraising or grant writing experience - or maybe just a passion for the mission and a desire to share it with others? Here are a few ways you might get involved:

• Host fundraisers for Awake on your personal social media for 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 celebrations like birthdays, retirements, or holidays

• Research possible funding sources like grants, local parishes that have outreach funds, or points of contact in local dioceses and parishes

• As a growing national organization, we are always looking for ways to increase awareness of Awake, especially at the local parish level. We’d love it if you could distribute Awake materials (brochures, business cards, pamphlets) at your local parish(es) or mention Awake to your pastor/parish staff.