What to Expect
Background Checks
Any YMCA volunteer working with youth needs to complete a background check.
Child Abuse Prevention Training
All YMCA volunteers are required to undergo child abuse prevention training. This training is offered online.
Positive Role Model
As a YMCA volunteer, you can feel good knowing that you're positively impacting the lives of kids and families in our community.
Vounteer FAQs
Most positions require volunteers to be 18+ years old. Some positions allow youth to volunteer when accompanied by a responsible adult age 18+.
Training and requirements depend on your volunteer role. The Missoula YMCA has four volunteer types: Policy Volunteers (low access), Fundraising Volunteers (low access), Day of Event Volunteers (low access), and Program Volunteers (high access).
- Low-Access Volunteers interact with participants infrequently and only under direct staff supervision. Low-access volunteers are required to pass an annual multi-state background check, sign the YMCA's code of conduct, and complete an annual child abuse prevention training.
- High-Access Volunteers regularly interact with participants or may supervise them, often forming ongoing relationships. Examples include instructors, coaches, or mentors. High-access volunteers are required to submit an application (including two professional references, one personal reference, and work/education/volunteer history), attend an in-person interview and training, pass an annual multi-state background check, sign the YMCA's code of conduct, and complete an annual child abuse prevention training.
Additional training may be required depending on your volunteer position. Both low- and high-access volunteers must be identifiable as YMCA volunteers when performing volunteer duties.
Yes. Contact our volunteer team at hr@ymcamissoula.org to discuss your service requirements.
Please note that we do not offer court-mandated service opportunities.
A Commitment to Community
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity, the Missoula YMCA provides critical programs and services to nearly 15,000 individuals each year. With the support of generous donors and sponsors, we are able to make all of our programs and services accessible to countless children, teens, adults, and families who live in and around Missoula County.
Provided in Assistance & Subsidies
With support from generous donors and partners, the Missoula YMCA provides more than a million dollars annually in financial assistance and community subsidies to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate, regardless of income.
Volunteers
More than 400 volunteers give thousands of hours of their time annually to support the Missoula YMCA's mission and work.