I’m From a Church
Interested in partnering with UpWorks? Both our Enriching Schools and Empowering Adults programs need you! Email Nina, our Program and Volunteer Administrator to find the best program for you.
I’m From a School
Interested in being a part of Enriching Schools? Email our program director, Ken, to find out how we can serve your school!
I’m From a Business
Interested in partnering with UpWorks? Both our Enriching Schools and Empowering Adults programs need you! Email Nina, our Program and Volunteer Administrator to find the best program for you.
I’m an Individual
Please volunteer, advocate or donate to UpWorks. Keep scrolling to learn more.
Make a Donation
Where Does My Donation Go?
- Supporting Empowering Adults participating in a 12-week program
- Impacting students by connecting volunteers and community organizations to local schools
- Supporting career readiness training for participants in On-Track 4 Employment
- Training volunteers in culture, trauma, poverty, and coaching
How can I donate?
- Click the donate button.
- Mail checks to 1110 W. Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
- Host a Facebook Birthday Fundraiser
- Thrivent Choice Dollars
- Set UpWorks as your Amazon Smile charity
- Stock – please contact Lisa for further information
Become a Volunteer
Life Advocate
Coach participants as they transform their lives and break the cycles of addiction, incarceration and overcome other barriers to employment.
Enriching Schools Ambassador
3-5 hours a week
Love schools and want to support their success? Be part of building strong communities around schools helping to build partnerships that support schools. Provide Admin & event support for the Enriching Schools Director.
Life Advocate
1 hour a week for 12 weeks
Do you like to encourage individuals and see life transformation? Join UpWorks as a Life Advocate who walks with participants coming out of a life challenge. Assist participants to overcome barriers, discover their dreams and reach their employment or educational goals.
Do You Have a Different Skill?
Do you have a skill, passion, talent you believe would be helpful to UpWorks and would like to share? Let us know!
UpWorks Training
UpWorks Training includes cultural awareness, trauma, poverty and coaching. Each topic is taught by experts in the field with years of experience. UpWorks provides scenarios and life experience examples that help make the material easily applicable for a variety of organizations. Whether you are a nonprofit that needs training for your volunteers, business that needs informed leaders or a church that is seeking to equip their leaders to serve the community this training is essential to successful leading.
LEVELS
Email [email protected] or call 651-756-7851 for more information.
UpWorks Life Advocate
Priority registration to those coming to serve with UpWorks
Primary – Refers us participants, volunteers or involved in multiple levels with UpWorks
General Attendance – Organization, business, church, school seeking to work in the community independent of UpWorks
Our Partners
Your commitment to partnerships makes communities better.