RHSH Colorado
Get Involved · Colorado Springs

There are many ways
to show up for military families.

Volunteering, partnering, referring, employing, or giving — each one matters. Military families in Colorado Springs need people willing to act, not just people willing to care.

Ways to get involved
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Mentor

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Partner

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Refer

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Employ

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Give

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Spread the Word
Volunteer
Become a mentor

RHSH runs two mentorship tracks — veteran-to-veteran and teen-to-teen. Both are structured, supervised, and designed to be sustainable. We are not asking you to figure it out alone.

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Veteran peer mentor

You served. You know things that cannot be explained to someone who wasn't there. Veteran peer mentors are matched with veterans navigating reintegration — for monthly connection, accountability, and honest conversation.

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Teen cohort facilitator

Support our teen resilience cohorts as a trained adult facilitator. No clinical background required — we train you. What you need is consistency, patience, and the ability to be present for a teenager who needs a trusted adult.

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Civilian community mentor

Not a veteran? Still needed. Civilian mentors provide military teens and families with bridges to the civilian world — professional networks, college guidance, community connections, and normalcy.

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Bilingual volunteer

Bilingual (English/Spanish) volunteers are among our highest-need positions. Navigation calls, family outreach, intake support, and community events for Colorado Springs' Latino military families.

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Administrative volunteer

Behind-the-scenes support — grant writing assistance, data entry, event coordination, donor communications. Remote-friendly. Flexible hours. High impact.

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Professional skills volunteer

Accountants, attorneys, marketers, photographers, web developers, and HR professionals — donate your expertise directly to the organization building this mission.

What to expect as a mentor

Apply online

Short application — background, skills, availability, and veteran status if applicable.

Screening call

20-minute conversation with our volunteer coordinator. We match you to the right role.

Orientation & training

3-hour orientation covering RHSH's model, boundaries, trauma-informed approach, and your specific role.

Start showing up

Consistent, supervised, supported. We check in monthly and stay available when you need us.

Apply to volunteer
Organizational Partners
Partner your organization with RHSH

We are actively building partnerships with the organizations that military families already trust. If your organization serves, employs, educates, or supports military families in Colorado Springs — we should talk.

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Schools & school districts

RHSH delivers teen resilience cohorts inside partner schools. We provide trained facilitators, curriculum, bilingual family communication, and outcome reporting. You provide space and referral access. We handle everything else.

Start a school partnership
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Healthcare & mental health providers

We partner with trauma-informed providers to build a reliable referral network for Colorado Springs military families. We send you veterans and family members who are ready for care. You send us families who need navigation support.

Join our referral network
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Military installations & VSOs

We work alongside Fort Carson, Peterson SFB, and veteran service organizations — not in competition with them. If you have families who need more than your capacity allows, RHSH is the organization to call.

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Faith & community organizations

Military families trust community. Churches, mosques, community centers, and neighborhood organizations that serve Colorado Springs military families are natural RHSH partners for outreach, space, and referrals.

Partner with us
Referrals
Know a military family who needs support?

You do not need to be a professional to refer a family to RHSH. If you know a veteran, a military spouse, or a teenager in a military household who is struggling — we want to hear from you.

We respond within 24 hours. We do not gatekeep. We do not require documentation or eligibility proof before the first conversation. You make the connection and we take it from there.

Who to refer

Veterans experiencing PTSD, housing instability, employment barriers, or isolation. Military spouses overwhelmed by system navigation. Teenagers in military households showing signs of anxiety, disengagement, or behavioral change. Families who have been on VA waitlists for months with no resolution.

"Most veterans won't ask for help. They'll tell you they're fine, that they have it handled, that they don't need anything. Refer them anyway. The ask doesn't have to come from them." — Cole Whitfield · USN · RHSH Corporate & Fundraising Liaison
Submit a referral Call us directly

Our response promise

Every referral receives a call or email within 24 hours. Every family that comes to RHSH gets a real conversation with a real person — not a form, not an automated response, not a waiting list number.

This is the standard Amanda held the VA to when she was fighting for Garrett. It is the standard RHSH holds itself to for every family we serve.

RHSH Colorado
info@rhshcolorado.org
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Response within 24 hours. Always.
Employer Partners
Hire a veteran. Change a life.
RHSH Colorado veteran employment partner program

Why hire through RHSH

Veterans bring discipline, leadership, technical expertise, and an ability to perform under pressure that most civilian candidates cannot match. The gap is not capability — it is translation. RHSH closes that gap on both sides.

We prepare veterans for civilian interviews. We prepare employers to understand what they are getting. And our board member Cole Whitfield — a Navy veteran and corporate development executive — personally facilitates connections between RHSH veterans and Colorado Springs employers.

What employers receive

Pre-screened veteran candidates, resume translation context, direct contact with the RHSH employment team, and follow-up support through the first 90 days.

What it costs

Nothing. RHSH's employment program is free for employers. We ask only that you engage seriously with veterans we refer and provide honest feedback on the process.

Become an employer partner
Spread the Word
Tell someone RHSH exists.

Military families find RHSH because someone in their life knew we existed and said something. That person does not need to be a professional, a donor, or an expert. They just need to share.

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Share on social

Tag a veteran, a military spouse, or a Colorado Springs community member. Every share reaches someone who might need it.

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Forward this site

Know a school counselor, a pastor, a neighbor, a coworker with military family connections? Forward rhshcolorado.org with a note.

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Say something

At your next team meeting, your next community event, your next conversation with someone who has military family connections — mention RHSH. That is how families find us.

Why This Matters
RHSH Colorado volunteer mentor military family

Showing up is the intervention.

Research on veteran recovery and teenage resilience points to the same thing: consistent, trusted adult presence. Not a program. Not a curriculum. A person who shows up reliably and stays.

RHSH provides the structure — the training, the supervision, the curriculum, the follow-through — so that every mentor who walks in the door has what they need to actually be that person. You bring the commitment. We build everything else around it.

Applications reviewed within 3 business days. Training scheduled within 2 weeks of acceptance.

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