Volunteer Signup

We are so excited that you’re interested in volunteering with Uprise Circus. Questions? Email outreach@uprisecircus.org.

General Volunteering Volunteer with Youth

Requirements

  • interested in making an impact in the lives of local youth
  • able to pass a background check*
  • at least 18 years old
  • able to attend unpaid trainings
  • have ongoing/future availability Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings to volunteer and train Special Note: during summer we host everything in the evenings due to heat
  • must provide a $50 contribution**

*Prior to your first training on you must email a photo of your drivers license to outreach@uprisecircus.org as part of the background check

**As a gesture of your commitment to the mission of Uprise Circus we ask that you make a donation of $50 to cover your onboarding costs (i.e. background check, etc). Please note this is waived for BIPOC
The link to donate your volunteer fee: https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ3dm21jaiX7OoeUZ
Alternatively you may fundraise the $50 by creating a Facebook fundraiser. https://www.facebook.com/fund/UpriseCircus/

Schedule

Volunteer Series

Our initial volunteer series includes six session prior to participation in our teen classes.

Please submit the form and we will be in touch ASAP regarding your application.

First Class

Please arrive 10 minutes early before your first training to find our location.

What is
Uprise Circus?

I’m Ready to Help

Uprise Circus is a nonprofit social circus organization. Our focus is not flying trapeze.

Social circus is an intervention tool that uses circus arts for fostering personal and social development. It uses alternative pedagogical methods to work with youth who are marginalized or at social or personal risk.

Over the past two decades, members from the American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO) have learned about the power of circus arts to play an effective role in accelerating youth and community development. Social Circus practitioners support participants as creative change-makers through the collective development of self-esteem, solidarity, and trust.

Our expertly trained staff and volunteers primarily serve underserved teens who are low-income, part of the LGBTQ+ community, and have diverse abilities, through flying trapeze experiences.

Additionally, Uprise Circus hosts private classes, corporate events, and trapeze parties for which all funds collected are allocated to their programs supporting disadvantaged teens.

Schedule

Volunteer Series

Our initial volunteer series includes six session prior to participation in our teen classes.

Please submit the form and we will be in touch ASAP regarding your application.

First Class

Please arrive 10 minutes early before your first training to find our location.

Get in Touch

Email is fastest!
info@uprisecircus.org

(512) 522-4973

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