Are you interested in serving as a Volunteer with the Marin Chapter? If so, we welcome your application! Each year about 30-40 new volunteers are selected to train for the summer program with our Chapter. Volunteers come from local high schools including, but not limited to Tam, Redwood, Drake, Terra Linda, San Rafael, San Marin, Novato, Marin Academy, Marin Catholic, St. Ignatius, University, Lowell, Drew, and Urban. Recruiting begins in early fall and continues through October 31st. Click here to request more information or begin an appication. After October 31st, please contact the International Office in Houston at 1-800-231-7796 or info@amigoslink.org. The final application dates for International Office Volunteers are significantly later than Chapter Volunteers. If you are a Veteran Volunteer, please click here.

To be eligible to volunteer with AMIGOS through our Chapter, you must:

• Be 16 years old or older by September 1^st after the summer you want to be a Volunteer. For example, if you want to be a Volunteer during the summer of 2013, you need to apply in fall 2012 and be at least 16 years old by September 1, 2013.
• Be enrolled in high school Spanish 2 or higher OR have an equivalent level of Spanish ability. There will be language assessments to ensure all Volunteers meet this requirement.
• Interview
• Fulfill fundraising and training requirements.

Click here to request more information or begin an appication.

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Our philosophy is that volunteers will take responsibility for their own training. Thus we assume that all volunteers are involved in the training program because they want to be here and because they understand its value in preparing them for the field experience.

AMIGOS volunteers are required to attend all weekly meetings, weekend workshops, retreats, and other outside activities that occur during the course of the training year. Attendance must be priority over all other activities. If absence is unavoidable (a higher priority obligation as determined by Marin Amigos) the volunteer must contact the Training Director before the scheduled training session and promptly complete alternative training specified by the Training Director.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has...” -- Margaret Mead

TRAINING PROGRAM

The Training Program is fairly intense and requires a mature, focused volunteer. We are looking for teens with good organizational skills who possess a desire to develop leadership qualities in the area of public health and community development. The Marin chapter strives to prepare volunteers as thoroughly as possible for all aspects of the AMIGOS summer by: