Residents gain self-esteem, motivation, and confidence through your individual attention. You may enable someone to recognize his self-worth, and in turn, help him return to a more productive and stable life. As a volunteer, you will receive the benefits obtained by helping someone who is truly in need and improving society as a whole. Both facilities are a one-half hour drive from Dartmouth in Vermont and the Tucker Foundation provides transportation. The total time commitment is approximately three hours a week.
Training consists of one mandatory orientation session held at the beginning of the term.
One absence per term is acceptable, but because Volunteers only go once a week it is important to not miss more than that. Note that many DCS programs require you to become a Tucker approved driver . Last modified September 1999.