More Ways to Help Agrace

Make coffee drinks and take meal orders at our café, which serves visitors, staff and volunteers.

• Location: Agrace’s Madison campus
• Days/times: Weekdays, evenings, or weekends
• Minimum age: 14
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, online orientation, two-step TB test

Bake cookies, make soup, prep veggies, prepare patient meals, and more!

• Location: At Agrace in Madison or Janesville
• Days/times: Weekdays or weekends
• Minimum age: 14
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, online orientation, two-step TB test

Develop and maintain beautiful outdoor spaces and abundant kitchen gardens. Agrace has lovely grounds and gardens, and needs help seasonally to maintain their beauty for the pleasure of our patients and visitors. Work under the direction of our landscape coordinator, with other volunteers. A wonderful way to make new friends who garden, too!

• Location: At Agrace in Madison or Janesville
• Days/times: Tuesday mornings in Madison; Wednesday mornings in Janesville.  Weekly or bi-weekly commitment through our mid-April-October garden season.
• Minimum age: 16
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, online orientation, two-step TB test

Provide a warm, personal welcome to visitors, and walk them to where they are going. Be the first, friendly face people see when they come to visit a patient or call on a staff member.

• Location: Agrace’s Madison campus
• Days/times: Weekdays, evenings, or weekends
• Minimum age: 15
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, online orientation, two-step TB test

Use your office and/or computer skills to support Agrace staff on a variety of administrative projects. Support teams such as Finance, Admissions, Human Resources, Volunteer Services, the Agrace Foundation, and more.

• Location: Agrace’s Madison or Janesville campus, and additional office locations throughout our service area
• Days/times: Weekdays
• Minimum age: 14
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, online orientation, two-step TB test

Like flexibility and variety? Help is often needed at events such as golf outing fundraisers, run/walks, kitchen events and more! It’s one of the most fun ways you can support Agrace’s mission, and often requires only occasional, seasonal or “day-of” participation.

• Location: Various locations throughout our service area
• Days/times: Weekdays, evenings or weekends
• Minimum age: 14
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, online orientation, two-step TB test

Do you have experience in a social service or human service field? Work alongside a trained grief counselor to help facilitate a grief support group at Agrace or in the community. Be a caring listener and advisor for people who are grieving a death, and help guide them on the path to healthy survivorship.

• Location: Agrace Grief Support Center in Fitchburg, or virtual
• Days/times: Weekdays, evenings or weekends
• Minimum age: 14
• Training requirements: Application, phone interview, background checks, one reference, Agrace required training, two-step TB test, interview with a grief counselor. Volunteers should have a background in a social or human services field.

Did a family member or close friend use Agrace’s services? Are you comfortable sharing your opinion in a group setting? Our Patient & Family Partnership Council is an advisory group of past-served family members who give constructive feedback to help guide and improve Agrace’s care and support. Members meet monthly at Agrace to discuss select topics. Learn more about joining the Council by visiting this page for prospective members.