How to Get Involved

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Employment at FYA

Fairbanks Youth Advocates provides youth ages 12-18 emergency shelter at The Door in Alaska’s Interior. We are seeking committed, passionate, caring individuals who support our mission, align with our purpose, and desire to help meet the needs of homeless and at-risk youth.

Employment Opportunities

Prayerfully consider employment with Fairbanks Youth Advocates

Clinic Director / Lead Therapist

We are seeking an energetic, compassionate, and dedicated person to join our team. The clinic director will be the main driver of Keystone Counseling Center in Fairbanks.

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Please email Resume and Cover Letter to admin@fairbanksyouthadvocates.org

National & Community Service

FYA actively recruits and employs those who have completed a national service program. We receive HMIS funding to provide services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or near-homelessness. read more >>

Volunteer

Currently, we are not accepting volunteer applications due to Covid in our community.

(We ask that when necessary, volunteers cover their own background check expenses: $25.00 for fingerprinting and $47.50 for State of AK Background check. For employment interests, scroll down).

Volunteer Application for the following roles:

Group Volunteers

Volunteer as a group for specific projects

Project participation.



Groups of volunteers offer tremendous assistance when a major task is undertaken, like cleaning, sorting donations, yard work, making food bags, etc. These are perfect opportunities for youth groups, church groups, school groups, family groups, or others to join in collectively and make their mark. If your group would like to volunteer, please contact us.

Helpful Tasks Volunteer

Volunteer for helpful tasks

Working in the garden.



Special project volunteers are an essential part of our team. These are a few of our current needs:

  • Year round, we need help managing our donations closet and helping with the Closet Door, a once a month thrift shop for 4 hours on a Saturday,
  • Year round we need one to two volunteers once a week to transport our recycling,
  • Quarterly we need help with our digital newsletters,
  • Year round we need one to two volunteers once a month or so to provide maintenance, run errands,
  • If you can help with any of these, please contact us.

Student Intern

Fulfill a student internship at the Door.

Daily life at the Door.



Student interns have played a vital role at the Door, and several have fulfilled this role over the years. If you are interested in an internship at “the Door” please contact us.

Board of Directors

Serve on the Board

Volunteer to serve on the Fairbanks Youth Advocates Advisory Board

Fairbanks Youth Advocates is currently seeking to expand our board with passionate and skilled individuals who share the desire to help the homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth in the Interior Alaska Community.

Although not limited to these skill sets, these are some of the experience we are seeking to grow our board.

  • Business leadership
  • Finance
  • Fundraising
  • Justice, public safety
  • Legal
  • Website management and Graphic Design

The documents below will inform you of that process and offer information about what that involves. Please read through the documents and send your application to  Info.

Working Committees

Committee Participation

Join a committee to volunteer your special skills or expertise

Do you have a professional skill or desire to help that would contribute to one of our committees? We could use some assistance with the following committees. Email info@fairbanksyouthadvocates.org for more information.

Fundraising

  • All aspects of fundraising from networking to event planning

Public Information

  • Design, graphics, website management
  • Photographer or videographer for fundraisers and special events
  • To download our flier for your business or community, click here.

Events

  • Planning, logistics, coordination, helping hands

Buildings & Maintenance

  • Skills in aspects of building, maintenance, repair, construction

Prayer

Pray for us, pray with us
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Pray for us, pray with us.

We are so grateful for YOU who pray for us.  Thank you for praying and interceding on our behalf and on behalf of the kids and families we work with.
  • Pray for us, pray with us, pray when and how you can.
    We know how important prayer is to what we do!
  • Pray for us at home, in your church, or with your family.
  • Come walk through The Door and pray for us here.
    (Call 374-5678 to schedule a time.)
Your prayers are so appreciated!

Prayer Needs

Kids

  • that when they are in need – they would have the courage to choose to come to The Door
  • they would know they are worth loving
  • they would know they are a gift to the community
  • they would receive what they need and never be the same
  • they would not believe the lie that life isn’t worth living
  • they would not believe the lie that no one cares
  • they would chose life
  • that they can relax, and rest, and feel His peace

Families

  • healing & restoration
  • reconciliation wherever possible
  • protection from pressures and temptations
  • soften the hearts of the parents toward the children and the children toward the parents

Staff

  • help us to be Jesus to the kids
  • help us to listen deeply
  • help us to hear and see what the real needs are
  • help us to have a united voice
  • help us to be nonjudgemental
  • that we would not grow weary
  • that we would remember we need to take care of ourselves

Shelter

  • Pray for staff,
  • that we will be a lighthouse in the storm
  • safe place for all