Volunteer Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with WEDG! Your time, skills, and experience can make a difference in our community. Explore the currently available positions below to find a role that interests you. Then complete our Community Interest form to tell us about yourself and how you would like to help. A WEDG team member will follow up with next steps.
Senior Planet Teen Mentor
Where: WEDG facilities, approved partner sites, or community venuesContact: Sabrina FordContact Email: gro.ih-gdew%40reetnulovContact Phone: (808) 309-7899Open Volunteer Spots: 10Age: 16-19
Position Summary:
The Senior Planet Teen Mentor provides patient, respectful, one-on-one support to older adult learners as they progress through a planned eight-week sequence of digital literacy modules. The mentor reinforces instruction delivered by the primary trainer, helps participants practice new skills, and encourages confidence without taking over the learner’s device or completing tasks for them.
This is a supervised youth service opportunity designed to build leadership, communication, technology, and workforce-readiness skills.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Attend required orientation, safeguarding, privacy, and mentor-skills training before being matched with participants.● Work one-on-one or in a small supervised group with assigned older adult learners during scheduled sessions.● Reinforce the weekly module objectives using approved Senior Planet and WEDG materials.● Guide learners through practice activities involving devices, email, internet use, video calls, online safety, telehealth access, productivity tools, and other approved topics.● Use a “coach, do not take over” approach: explain, demonstrate when appropriate, then allow the learner to practice independently.● Provide encouragement, patience, and culturally respectful support to learners with different abilities and experience levels.● Help the trainer identify learners who need additional clarification or accessibility support.● Complete brief attendance, mentoring, and progress records as assigned; protect all participant information.● Assist with classroom setup, device readiness, handouts, sign-in, and orderly cleanup.● Notify the supervisor promptly of absences, safety concerns, inappropriate requests, technical problems, or participant needs outside the mentor role.Senior Planet Volunteer Trainer
Where: WEDG facilities, approved partner sites, or community venuesContact: Sabrina FordContact Email: gro.ih-gdew%40reetnulovContact Phone: (808) 309-7899Open Volunteer Spots: Unlimited
Position Summary:
The Senior Planet Volunteer Trainer helps older adults build confidence and practical digital skills through patient, inclusive, curriculum-based instruction. The trainer prepares and delivers assigned sessions, supports varied learning needs, and creates a respectful environment while following current program materials and WEDG procedures.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Complete required trainer onboarding, curriculum review, practice teaching, and any program-specific authorization before leading sessions.● Prepare lesson materials, presentation equipment, devices, connectivity, accessibility supports, attendance tools, and room setup.● Deliver assigned courses, workshops, or lectures using the current approved curriculum, pacing guidance, and learning objectives.● Explain technology in plain language, demonstrate steps clearly, check understanding, and encourage hands-on practice.● Support learners with patience and respect while avoiding assumptions about age, experience, disability, language, or access.● Maintain appropriate class boundaries and refer account, device, cybersecurity, benefit, or personal-service questions beyond the curriculum to approved resources.● Record attendance, participant feedback, technology issues, and required program documentation accurately and on time.● Coordinate with WEDG staff and assistants on follow-up, room reset, equipment security, and continuous improvement.Teen Social Media & Communications Assistant
Where: Pineapple Crate, 1116 Whitmore Ave, Wahiawa HI 96786Contact: Sabrina FordContact Email: gro.ih-gdew%40reetnulovContact Phone: (808) 309-7899Open Volunteer Spots: 3
Position Summary:
The Teen Social Media & Communications Assistant helps WEDG share its programs, events, volunteer opportunities, training activities, and community impact with the public. The volunteer will support WEDG staff rather than independently manage WEDG accounts. Final approval and publishing authority remain with authorized WEDG personnel.
This is a supervised learning and service position designed for teens who want practical experience in social media, communications, marketing, photography, design, nonprofit outreach, and workforce-readiness skills.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Assist with drafting social media captions, announcements, reminders, and event recaps for WEDG programs.● Help create or update graphics, flyers, short videos, reels, slides, and other digital content using approved WEDG templates and branding.● Organize approved photos and video clips from trainings, community events, volunteer activities, and outreach programs.● Assist with maintaining a social media content calendar and tracking upcoming deadlines, events, and campaigns.● Help prepare content for platforms used by WEDG, which may include Facebook, Instagram, Nextdoor, YouTube, LinkedIn, and the WEDG website.● Assist with scheduling or posting approved content when specifically authorized and supervised by WEDG staff.● Monitor public-facing pages for obvious errors, outdated information, broken links, or questions that should be referred to staff.● Help collect program highlights, participant success stories, testimonials, and community-impact information after appropriate permission is confirmed.● Assist with outreach to schools, youth organizations, community partners, and other audiences by preparing approved digital materials.● Support Mākaukau Training, Senior Planet, volunteer, fundraising, and community-event communications as assigned.● Help maintain organized digital folders for approved photos, videos, logos, flyers, templates, and social media assets.● Perform other age-appropriate communications and program-support duties under supervision.Office Assistant
Where: Pineapple Crate, 1116 Whitmore Ave, Wahiawa HI 96786Contact: Sabrina FordContact Email: gro.ih-gdew%40reetnulovContact Phone: (808) 309-7899Open Volunteer Spots: 2
Position Summary:
The Volunteer Office Assistant provides dependable administrative support that helps WEDG programs operate efficiently. The role assists with routine office tasks, record organization, communications, and event preparation while protecting confidential information and maintaining accurate work.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Greet visitors, answer or route routine inquiries, and provide approved program information.
● Prepare, copy, scan, file, label, and organize forms, correspondence, participant packets, and resource materials.
● Enter and update approved nonconfidential data, attendance records, contact lists, inventories, and calendars.
● Support mailings, reminder calls or messages, appointment coordination, and meeting preparation using approved scripts and systems.
● Maintain orderly paper and electronic files according to WEDG naming, retention, privacy, and access procedures.
● Check documents for completeness, flag missing information, and route items to the appropriate staff member for review.
● Assist with supply tracking, room scheduling, registration, sign-in, and other administrative needs for training and events.
● Perform other clerical tasks within training, authorization, and supervision limits.