Get Involved

Introduction

We cannot do this without you! Please join us as a partner or donor in our efforts to help assure that our trainees receive a stipend while training, that there is sufficient oversight, and that we are able to purchase the blighted homes that will become new affordable housing. With your support, we can work together to make sure Catalyst4 can continue to help as many people in our community as possible!

Partner With Us

Catalyst4 depends on the support of our community partners to serve and educate our trainees, and to help us revitalize neighborhoods. We partner with construction and manufacturing companies, as well as banks and financial institutions, local governments, and organizations that provide or develop affordable housing or that offer mental health or drug and alcohol support.

Could your organization help? Please send us a message, or contact Catalyst4 Founder/Executive Director Diane Elliott at diane@catalyst4.org.

Become a Volunteer

WE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEER TEACHERS

ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET (If you have teaching experience we can bring you up to speed)

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – Budgeting, Credit Scores, Business Plans

BASIC MATH

RESUME WRITING/INTERVIEWING SKILLS

TRADES TRAINING

As we expand our reach to meet trainees closer to their homes, we will need additional teaching staff. Classes meet once a week for four weeks. Each session above is 90 minutes to 2 hours in length.

IN GENERAL – We encourage volunteers with diverse backgrounds, with many different skills, to work with and support our trainees:

  • Individuals with construction, building experience, or expertise in other trades
  • Community members willing to provide transportation
  • Bilingual speakers
  • Mentors to provide support for trainees
  • Individuals with lived experience (e.g., prior incarceration, drug or alcohol recovery, mental health challenges, Veterans)
  • Grant writers and fundraisers
  • Mentors with financial literacy
  • Individuals with social media experience

Please send us a message or contact Catalyst4 Founder/Executive Director Diane Elliott at diane@catalyst4.org to learn more about volunteering.