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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
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.
Group Volunteers
Helpful Tasks Volunteer
Volunteer as a group for specific projects.
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.
Volunteer for helpful tasks.
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.
Prayer
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