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Getting Involved

Volunteering is a very important part of our community. We have listed several volunteer organizations within Peoria, but there are many more within Arizona.

For additional opportunities that suit your interests, visit the Governor's Commission on Service & Volunteerism. The Governor's Commission builds an ethic of service and volunteerism by working in local and statewide partnerships with public and private sectors, tribal governments, community and faith-based organizations to initiate, motivate, enhance, and maintain service and volunteerism opportunities that strengthen communities and improve the quality of life for all Arizonans.

City of Peoria
	Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training is a ten-week program that educates citizens about the hazards they face in their community and trains them in life safety and other emergency services skills. Following a disaster, these citizen-responders use their training as part of a neighborhood or workplace team to help others when emergency services providers are overwhelmed or not immediately available. Find out when the next City of Peoria CERT program is starting! You can also find out more about CERT from Arizona Division of Emergency Management.
	Citizen's Fire Academy and Youth Citizen's Fire Academy Are you interested in learning about how YOUR Peoria Fire Department operates? Have you ever asked yourself, “Why did they do that?” or “Why did it take them so long to do that?”
	City of Peoria Neighborhood Block Watch Join or help establish a Block Watch for your neighborhood. Getting started is easy, and is a great way to get to know your neighbors, while watching out for each other to keep crime out of your area.
	Citizen's Police Academy During this ten-week course, citizens learn how the various functions within the Police Department operate. The instruction is comprehensive, and allows for hands-on interaction for participants in many of the topics. Some of the topics covered during this course include Gang Awareness, Narcotics Investigation, D.U.I. Investigation, Use of Force and the Firearms Training Simulator.
	City of Peoria Boards and Commissions There are approximately 20 boards and commissions in existence within the City and several ad-hoc committees.
	Red Cross - Grand Canyon Chapter Red Cross volunteers help people in emergencies; they teach First Aid classes, organize blood drives and translate so that non-English speakers can receive Red Cross services. They connect members of the armed forces stationed overseas with their families. Our vital community services are made possible by people like you.
	AzVOAD is designed to bring together voluntary organizations that are active in disaster services to foster more effective response to the people of Arizona affected by disaster. AzVOAD promotes coordination among member organizations to facilitate access to available resources and services.
	Citizen Corps mission is to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.