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My advice is to look for a role that fits your strengths, interests, and availability, and that you feel confident committing to over time. The ESLC always has volunteer needs, but that doesn't mean every volunteer role is the right fit for every person.

Chelle loves that the program she works in helps parents learn the English language and allows them an opportunity to connect with and teach their children. “It's such a great program because it's an encouragement to help them to get comfortable with their English skills while also spending some time with their kids. It's a great program.”

Mike is passionate about working with individuals and seeing them be successful at the end of a hard road. One day, “there were two or three citizens being sworn in as United States citizens, that was an exciting thing, just the enthusiasm and the love that they had for America,” he said. Mike proudly holds his experience working at the ESLC on his business card. He has received two Hands and Hearts awards for his volunteer work.

“These people come because they want to be there. There's hope in their eyes when they walk in the door. They want to improve themselves and improve their situation. Some of them also just want friends to socialize to be around people who are going through the same thing they're going through.”

Dylan moonlights as an Uber driver. One evening in 2025, he had a ride that inspired him to do more to help immigrants. The woman Dylan was driving around seemed reluctant to say where she was from. Dylan wondered if it was because of a controversial comment made by a politician. “I wonder if this woman in sort of the aftermath of that is a little bit, it's something she doesn't want to bring up just to anyone. I just kind of had that in my mind, and I thought that's such a s