Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers are essential to our mission and make it possible for us to serve every client with excellence. To join our team as a volunteer, there is a 4-part process: attend a volunteer orientation meeting, complete an application, participate in an interview, and train for the specific volunteer role. Volunteers are needed in the following ministry areas:
Medical Services
- Receptionist
- Purpose: To maintain a secure professional environment and serve as the first impression and welcome of Ascend Women’s Center.
- Advocate
- Purpose: To provide process and spiritual leadership with excellence - offering truth, spoken in love and peace of mind, to women facing the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy to empower her with critical, life-saving information.
- Male Advocate
- Purpose: To provide process and spiritual leadership with excellence by offering truth, spoken in love, and peace of mind to men facing the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy, empowering them with critical, life-affirming information and encouraging them to become informed, supportive, and responsible fathers.
- Nurse
- Purpose: To provide medical services and information based on the FOCUS process.
- Sonographer
- Purpose: To practice limited ultrasounds and medical script within the FOCUS process.
- Interpreter
- Purpose: To provide clear, accurate, and compassionate language interpretation for clients with limited English skills, ensuring they fully understand the information shared and can communicate confidently throughout their visit.
Support Services
- Parenting Mentor
- Purpose: To provide mentorship, practical advice, compassionate support, and spiritual guidance to clients enrolled in the parenting program.
- Parenting Class Facilitator
- Purpose: To facilitate and lead instructional classes for clients in the parenting program.
- Post-Abortion Class Facilitator
- Purpose: To lead women through the healing process, helping them find forgiveness and freedom from the emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental impacts of abortion.
- Prenatal Diagnosis Support Person
- Purpose: To walk with families who have received a prenatal diagnosis, supporting them through difficult decisions, helping create a birth plan, and coordinating necessary service.
- Grief Support Group Facilitator
- Purpose: To lead and encourage those who have experienced a pregnancy loss through a compassionate, faith-based grief support group where attendees can gather with others who have walked in their shoes.
Other
(As needed basis)
- Community Events
- Purpose: To represent Ascend Women’s Center at area events.
- Fundraising Support
- Purpose: To assist with fundraiser planning, logistics, set-up, and clean-up.
- Special Projects
- Purpose: To assist with one-time or seasonal projects that help advance the ministry’s mission, including organization, inventory, event preparation, administration, etc.
- Prayer Team
- Purpose: To support the ministry through faithful prayer for clients, staff, and specific ministry needs.
Upcoming Volunteer Orientations:
September 8th, 2026 at 2pm in Waynesville
October 14th, 2026 at 10 am in Asheville
November 10th, 2026 at 2 pm in Waynesville
Interested in volunteering? Please take a moment and fill out this brief interest form: https://form.jotform.com/262024290938054
For additional questions: please contact us at 828-252-1306 or kgover@ascendwc.org.
Asheville
- Monday
9:00am - 4:00pm - Tuesday
9:00am - 4:00pm - Wednesday
9:00am - 4:00pm - Thursday
9:00am - 4:00pm
Waynesville
- Tuesday
9:00am - 4:00pm - Wednesday
9:00am - 4:00pm
We do not offer, recommend or refer for abortions or abortifacients, but are committed to offering accurate information about abortion procedures and risks.