Get Involved

Learn something new or contribute skills you already have, make new friends, and have fun!

As a member, you will enjoy the benefits and rewards of:

• Volunteering and serving within your own community
• Developing long-lasting friendships
• Using and developing special talents and leadership skills
• Knowing that your efforts can have a profound and lasting effect on others

We have a variety of programs and always need volunteers to help in our Thrift Shop, administration, technical assistance, packing kits, sorting donations, or working with the children in the Viva Pima! Kids program.

Membership is open to everyone. New Members may join at any time. There are three categories of membership:  Voting, Nonvoting, and Viva Pima! Teens. There is a one-time processing fee of $60 for Voting and Nonvoting members  and one-time processing fee of $40 for Teens payable upon applying for membership.  

Voting Members.  Voting members agree to the following:

• Attend member meetings in person or via Zoom if possible. At a minimum, at least two annual meetings shall be held: the Election Meeting in April and the Annual Meeting in May.
• Participate in and support the philanthropic programs and fundraising activities of the organization.

Voting members have the following rights:

• The right to vote in elections.
• The right to serve as a Director, or on the Leadership Team as a Department Lead or a Committee Chair.

Nonvoting Members.  Nonvoting members are encouraged to:

• Attend Member Meetings.
• Serve on committees.
• Participate in and support the philanthropic programs of the organization.

Nonvoting members may not vote or hold an elected office in the organization.

Viva Pima! Teen Members.  Teens are in grades 9 – 12. These members, with adult supervision, have opportunities to:

• Volunteer for community projects in Tucson.
• Conduct their own fundraisers to provide in-kind new fine arts and physical education supplies to Title I middle schools.
• Develop leadership skills by managing their activities through their own governing body.

How can you get started? Check us out by coming for a facility tour and see our members in action! To arrange a tour, contact Member Services at Memberservice@vivapima.org.