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United Family of Stars

Become a Guiding Star

You don’t have to do everything to make a difference. You just have to be willing to show up.

UFOS volunteer thank-you cards and volunteer star pins

United Family of Stars (UFOS) grows through people who are willing to share their time, experience, resources, and connections with our Stars.

Whether you have an hour, a skill to teach, a place our Stars should experience, or an opportunity you think they should know about, there may be a way for you to help.

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There’s More Than One Way to Be a Guiding Star

Volunteer

Help support UFOS programs, experiences, events, and community activities.

Share What You Know

Introduce our Stars to a career, skill, hobby, or experience they may not have encountered before.

Open a Door

Own a business? Work somewhere interesting? Know someone our Stars could learn from? Help us create experiences that expand what they can see and imagine for themselves.

Partner With Us

Schools, businesses, community organizations, healthcare organizations, and other groups can work with UFOS to create meaningful opportunities for young people and families.

Support an Experience

Help make a trip, workshop, meal, transportation, activity, or other opportunity possible for our Stars.

A healthcare professional providing a blood pressure screening for a community member at a UFOS event
A child signing the large Children’s Day canvas with a volunteer nearby

Have Another Idea?

Some of the best opportunities start with a conversation.

If you have an idea for how you or your organization could support our Stars, we’d love to hear it.

BECOME A GUIDING STAR