Interested in Volunteering or Interning?
Current Volunteers: Track your hours in the portal.
Please note we have received a large number of new volunteers and many of our volunteer opportunities are on hold due to the suspension of refugee arrivals. It may take some time before you will have an opportunity to volunteer, but we continue to onboard volunteers for opportunities in the future. During the onboarding process, we will also share other ways to get involved.
There are many ways you can volunteer with HIAS Pennsylvania. Click on the different areas below to learn more about the opportunities and how to get involved!
If you have any questions, please reach out to community@hiaspa.org
Find our upcoming volunteer orientations here.
General Volunteer Positions
- Learn about our current volunteer opportunities!
- All interested volunteers must attend one of our monthly volunteer orientations to get involved. Our orientations will be virtual for the foreseeable future.
- Please sign up for a volunteer database profile to register for one of our upcoming orientations and receive more information about volunteer onboarding. Once you complete a profile, a member of our staff will follow up with you directly.
Pro Bono Attorneys
Thank you for your interest in helping immigrants and refugees through HIAS PA. We have paused accepting new pro bono volunteer applications.
For other pro bono legal opportunities, please also visit: We the Action or Human Rights First.
Volunteer Translators/Interpreters
- Learn about our current volunteer opportunities including volunteer interpretation and translation. We are specifically seeking Haitian Creole, Spanish (in-person daytime availability only), French, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Ukrainian, Russian, Swahili, Tigrinya, Rohingya and Burmese speakers.
- All interested volunteers must sign up for a volunteer database profile. You will then receive more information about next steps.
Internships
A limited number of internship opportunities in our legal services departments are available to students who are college-aged or older. Internships at HIAS PA are unpaid.
Click here to intern at HIAS PA!
Interns are accepted on a rolling basis and we cannot guarantee a position.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Thank you for your interest in partnering with HIAS PA for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah project. Here are some ideas of what students have done in the past. Ideally, students do a combination of fundraising along with advocacy and community education to show what they have learned and garner support for immigrants. Unfortunately, we don’t have opportunities for youth to interact directly with clients.
Upon reviewing the above document, email community@hiaspa.org and share your timeline and which project(s) above are of interest.
In-Kind Donations & Community Drives
Please see our In-Kind Donations page.
Host a Fundraiser
Please see our Host a Fundraiser page.
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