You CAN make a difference!Most of our volunteer opportunities take place during the school year. Volunteers may provide a number of services such as helping youth work on their homework, participating in recreational activities with youth (such as arts & crafts, computer lab, board/ card games, etc...).

Get more details on the Safe Haven's
Academic year programs Click here to Go!

Our Summer Program offers volunteers an opportunity to help supervise and engage the youth during our many recreational
field trips. Summer programs Click here to Go!

Funding:
The Somersworth Youth Safe Haven/ Police Mini Station is a 501C3 non-profit organization and we operate on grants, fundraising and donations. We are always seeking ways to support our program and if you feel you have something to offer, please contact the Safe Haven. No donation is too small to make a difference!!!

Our primary funder is the
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation of Washington, D.C.

Additional Funders:

Strafford County Human Services - Incentive Funds (06-07)
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (06-07)

Services and Products:
Many times during the year we are looking for ways to broaden our youths' horizons and improve their basic living skills as well as reward them for a job well done. The ways we do this are with special classes, events and the Safe Haven Store!

  • Special Classes: In the past volunteers have offered our youth special classes on Making Proud Choices [Sexual Awareness & Safe Practices], Oral Hygiene, Physical Fitness, and others. If you or your organization has services available that you think would benefit our youth, please contact us!
  • Events: Every month our youth earn the privilege of attending a field trip. We are always looking for new ideas and discounted/free opportunities that the youth will enjoy. We also offer "Cultural Events" that the youth may attend from time to time. Please contact us if you have any ideas or opportunities for the youth to enjoy.
  • Safe Haven Store: At the end of the school year and again at the end of the summer, the Safe Haven opens a store filled with seasonal things the children might enjoy having. The youth "pay" for these items with the "Safe Haven Money" they have earned doing their homework or participating in Summer Cleanups. Items have included: boogie boards, beach towels, skateboards, baseballs, tennisballs, kickballs, board games, backpacks, assorted toys, sunglasses, etc... Before we open a store we draft a wish list and distribute it to anyone and everyone who may be available to donate some items to the store.
    Please view the wish list for the next store. It is never to early to begin collecting these items.

For more information on how you can get involved in the Somersworth Youth Safe Haven/ Police Mini Station program, please do not hesitate to contact our volunteer coordinator:

Teresa Johanson through e-mail or
phone: (603) 692-3976 10am-6pm (M-T) & 8am-4pm (Fri).

 
UNH Volunteer
Many of our volunteers come from UNH - Some present special workshops to our youth such as physical fitness & oral health and hygiene while others serve as year-long or semester-long interns.

Are you a student?
Many of our volunteers are high school and college students who actually receive credit towards their diploma or degree by volunteering with us. Ask your educational institution for more details or if you are a student at Somersworth High or UNH, contact the Safe Haven for more details or fill out the form below and we will contact you.

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