Thank you for volunteering with Computers for Youth!

You can help improve the learning environment of low-income children by volunteering with CFY. If you live in or around the cities in which CFY operates, you can volunteer to help train families at CFY Family Learning Workshops. These workshops, which are a critical component of CFY's Take IT Home program, take place at families' local schools on Saturdays.

How Does it Work?

Volunteers assist our Master Teachers who deliver the instruction to CFY families.

At the start of each training session, participating families are given their own CFY computer-based

home learning center

that they will train on and then take home. Volunteers help families set-up their

home learning center

at the beginning of the workshop; learn basic software operations; and get hands-on experience using their

home learning center

to improve reading, writing and mathematics. Volunteers also ensure that no families fall behind during the workshop and help keep the day running smoothly. At the end of each training session, families pack up their

home learning center

and take it home.

Volunteers sign up for either the Saturday morning session or the Saturday afternoon session or both. Each training session lasts approximately four hours. As many as 120 families participate at a given school on a typical Saturday training day.

How Do I Volunteer?

To volunteer visit the Locations page for contact information in your city. We will then ask you for additional information, such as the dates you are interested in volunteering. To volunteer you must be 18 years of age or older.