Volunteer With Us
At Crossroads Continuum, volunteers are an important part of our community. Whether you're lending a hand in one of our programs, sharing your professional expertise, volunteering with your coworkers, helping at a fundraising event, or spreading awareness about our mission, your time and talents make a meaningful difference.
Every volunteer helps create more opportunities for individuals with Autism and their families while building a stronger, more connected community. No matter how you choose to get involved, you'll be helping create limitless possibilities and lasting impact.
Explore the volunteer opportunities below to find the role that's right for you. We can't wait to welcome you to the Crossroads family.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer at Our Day School
Share Your Expertise
Corporate Volunteer Opportunities
Event Volunteers
Become a Community Connector & Crossroads Ambassador
Share Your Skills
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As Crossroads continues to grow as a multi-service organization dedicated to helping individuals with autism, we will need to increase our marketing efforts to reach new clients. We welcome Marketing and Communications Professionals to help us expand and enhance our marketing efforts so we can help more people.
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Join one of our Event Committees and help us plan our Annual 5K and Family Fun Day or our Golf Tournament. Committees meet via Zoom every 2-4 weeks, depending on where we are in planning.
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Crossroads is committed to strengthening our staff through professional development opportunities and staff training. If you're an expert in leading trainings and would like to offer yourself as a resource to Crossroads, we'd love to learn more.
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Crossroads Trustees are essential partners who open doors to new partnerships, lend their talents to various organizational initiatives, and ensure we deliver on our mission of improving the lives of people with autism. We are looking for influential community members and leaders who are committed to making a difference in the autism and special needs communities.
Volunteer at our Day School
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Students at Crossroads School participate in APE at least three times a week. During APE they practice sports skills or work on independent fitness routines. Volunteers can be valuable peer models to students as they learn new sports skills.
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Autism is a social-communication disorder, therefore many of our students struggle with communicating and following social cues. Volunteers can join classrooms to play games, participate in social skills groups, or practice speech routines to ensure students will be successful when meeting and interacting with new people in the community.
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School events such as Field Day, Summer BBQ, Halloween, and Thanksgiving are the most fun days at Crossroads School and we could use your help making them extra special!
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Boys are 4 times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with autism. As the result, we have fewer female students and they are often the lone girl in their classrooms. Therefore, Girls Group meets weekly to create a space for our girls and to work on a variety of skills. Volunteers can lead an activity, whether it be a craft, exercise, game, or more. Our staff will work with you to plan the perfect activity for your team’s involvment.
Help Us Build Community Awareness
One of the most meaningful ways you can support Crossroads is by helping more individuals and families learn about the services and opportunities available to them. Whether you're sharing information with your network or representing Crossroads at community events, you can help connect people to resources that can make a lasting difference.
Become a Community Connector
Interested in reaching out to local organizations? We'll provide everything you need—including contact lists, talking points, and a brief training—to help you confidently introduce Crossroads to community partners.
Join Our Crossroads Ambassador Program
Become a Crossroads Ambassador and help represent our organization at community events, conferences, and outreach opportunities. You'll receive training about our mission, programs, and services, along with a Crossroads t-shirt, so you'll be ready to share our story and welcome others into our community.
To learn more about becoming a Community Connector or Crossroads Ambassador, contact the Development team at development@crossroadscontinuum.org.
Share Our Resources
Help spread the word by sharing our program flyers with local Autism organizations, pediatricians, schools, SEPACs, parent groups, and community partners.
To learn more about becoming a Community Connector or Crossroads Ambassador, contact the Development team at development@crossroadscontinuum.org.
Crossroads Continuum Commons Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee is charged with protecting and affirming the rights of individuals, including the review and approval of behavior support plans, review of restraint reports, restrictive procedures, and investigations. They also provide advice to the program director regarding the agency’s policies and procedures. Meetings will be held quarterly and training will be provided.
We need someone for each of the following categories; we are also able to have volunteers outside of these categories.
a physician or nurse;
a psychologist or masters level practitioner with expertise in intellectual disability and developmental disabilities, mental illness, or applied behavioral analysis; and
an attorney, law student, or paralegal with relevant expertise.
Reach out to us at info@crossroadscontinuum.org to learn more about the Human Rights Committee Opportunity.
Corporate Volunteer Opportunities
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Crossroads School students begin vocational training at age 15 to help prepare them for future employment in five different job categories. Students have the opportunity to train on over 250 prevocational job skills which progress from easy to more difficult tasks. A vocational assessment is conducted for each student which identifies strengths, weaknesses, interests, and work pace. This assessment, along with input from the student, family, and school staff helps guide the selection of prevocational tasks and job sites, and apply those skills to internal jobs on-campus prior to working at community job sites. If you're interested in becoming a Vocational Partner, our Director of Vocational Services will meet with you to align your needs with the right student(s). Students visit job sites for 1-2 hour shifts and are accompanied by one of our highly-skilled staff members.
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Looking for hands-on service opportunities and volunteer events? After meeting to discuss your community engagement priorities, we can plan a service day around your organization's philanthropic goals.
Log Your Volunteer Hours
We ask that our Volunteers log their hours so we can celebrate your contributions and service milestones! It’s also important for us as a non-profit to track volunteer service.