Since 1996 volunteers have joined us in providing exceptional care to the adults with disabilities at Leander House. They come from around the world to spend 6 months or longer living in our homes helping in countless ways. We have had volunteers who join us as an internship for their education or for a gap year. They have come from France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, England, Luxembourg, the United States and elsewhere. They are male and female alike and most have been in their 20's. They become an integral part of our extended family and house community and leave having gained a new depth of life. You can do it too. Choose to make a difference in someone else's life and to make a difference in your own life.
Leander House recruits 10-12 volunteers per year for our four homes as well as two other associated homes. We ask that the volunteers commit to a 12-month period starting on September 1st annually. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer, please email jenniereins@leanderhouse.org or call (1) 413-528-1860.
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Current volunteers, thank you!
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Hannah Bucher
Germany September 2022 - August 2023
40 and 48 West Avenue
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Anne Mullerleile
Germany September 2022 - August 2023
Meadow House
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Viktoria Schumacher
Germany September 2022 - August 2023
40 and 48 West Avenue
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And, many thanks to those that were with us in the past!
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Paul Leibfarth
Germany December 2021 - August 2022
40 and 48 West Avenue
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Stina Wagner
Germany December 2021 - October 2022
40 and 48 West Avenue
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Verena Menhofer
Germany September 2019 - August 2020
40 and 48 West Avenue
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Nadja Webel
Germany September 2019 - March 2020
40 and 48 West Avenue
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Kristyna Bieblova
Czech Republic September 2016 - August 2019
Casa Del Sol
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Nuria Cebrian Ruiz
Spain September 2018 - August 2019
Casa Del Sol
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Jakob Gosslau
Germany September 2018 - August 2019
Oak Lodge
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Laura Harms
Germany September 2018 - August 2019
Shadowood
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Nuria Merino Carrasco
Spain September 2018 - August 2019
Leander at 40 West
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Sofie Morant Roentgen
Germany September 2018 - August 2019
Leander at 40 West
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Dijan Baykan
Germany September 2017 - April 2018
Oak Lodge & Casa Del Sol
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Helene Hohmann
Germany September 2017 - August 2018
Leander at 40 West
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Christine Jentsch
Germany September 2017 - August 2018
Casa Del Sol
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David Monfort Julia
Spain September 2017 - August 2018
Oak Lodge
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Jonas Kloepfer
Germany September 2017 - August 2018
Leander at 40 West
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Evelynne Petru
Germany September 2017 - August 2018
Shadowood
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Elvis Aparicio Tomas
Spain February 2017 - February 2018
Oak Lodge
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Jenny Becker
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Casa Del Sol
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Konstanze Beddies
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Shadowood
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Remy Boulogna
France January 2017 - August 2017
Leander at 40 West
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Jule Fischer
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Seekonk House
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Hannah Gerster
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Oak Lodge
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Natalie Hamann
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Leander at 40 West
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Franka Huhn
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Oak Lodge
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Merle Lau
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Aurora House
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Jantje Mundt
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Seekonk House
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Daniele Rossi
Italy September 2016 - August 2017
Aurora
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Elvira Sakanovic
Germany January 2017 - August 2017
Casa Del Sol
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Nils Turner
Germany September 2016 - August 2017
Seekonk House
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Simone Fischer
Germany September 2015 - February 2017
Leander at 40 West
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Anna-Lena Peiffer
Germany September 2015 - August 2016
Oak Lodge
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Sandra Sachsenmaier
Germany September 2015 - August 2016
Oak Lodge
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Nicole Grimm
Germany September 2014 - August 2015
Oak Lodge
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Lea Handke
Germany September 2014 - August 2015
Oak Lodge
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Lina Fass
Germany September 2014 - August 2015 January - July 2016
Leander at 40 West
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Metehan Capaci
Germany September - October 2015
Leander at 40 West
November 2015 - August 2016
Casa Del Sol
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Maren Kurr
Germany September 2014 - August 2015
Leander at 40 West
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Paul Schonnebeck
Germany September 2014 - August 2015
Oak Lodge
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Jasmin Ellerkamp
Germany September 2013 - August 2014
Oak Lodge
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Hanna Grauert
Germany September 2013 - August 2014
Oak Lodge
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Nora Loehlein
Germany September 2013 - August 2014
Leander at 40 West
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Nana Nomura
Japan September 2013 - August 2014
Leander at 40 West
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Robin Hinze
Germany September 2012 - August 2013
Oak Lodge
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Mira Klink
Germany September 2012 - August 2013
Leander at 40 West
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Mandy Klügel
Germany September 2012 - August 2013
Leander at 40 West
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Elá Sahingöz
Germany September 2012 - August 2013
Oak Lodge
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| Valesca Fix
Germany September 2011 - August 2012
Oak Lodge
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| Jerica Grzina
Slovenia September 2011 - August 2012
Leander at 40 West
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| Nicolas Muetherich
Germany September 2011 - August 2012
Oak Lodge
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Maja Westphal Germany September 2011 - August 2012
Leander at 40 West
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| Natalie Koenig Luxembourg January - June 2009
January - February 2010
August - September 2011 October - November 2015
Leander at 48 West
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Eberhard Berlit Germany September 2010 - August 2011
Leander at 40 West
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Daniel Dramani Germany September 2010 - August 2011
Leander at 40 West
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Tom Pawlak Germany September 2010 - August 2011
Oak Lodge
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Julian Hannemann Germany February 2010 - August 2011
Oak Lodge
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Thomas Zander Germany September 2009 - August 2010
Leander at 40 West
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| Tobias Wagner Germany January- August 2010
Leander at 40 West
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| Arthur Aichholz Germany September 2009 - August 2010
Oak Lodge
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| Johannes Roeckinger Germany September 2009 - May 2010
Oak Lodge
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| David Hille Germany September 2008 - August 2009 June - August 2016
Leander at 40 West
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Dominik Rudolph Germany May - August 2009
Leander at 40 West
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Chorong Park USA June - August 2009
Oak Lodge
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| Krisztina Egri Hungary June - August 2009
Leander at 40 West
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| Nils Meuller Germany September 2008 - April 2009
Leander at 40 West
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| Michel Woy Germany September 2008 - August 2009
Oak Lodge
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| Raphael Vaeth Germany September 2006 - August 2007
Oak Lodge
June - August 2009
Seekonk House
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| Thomas Jahoda Germany Off & on from October 2008
Leander at 48 West
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| Torsten Behrens Germany April - August 2008
Leander at 40 West
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| Alex Venus Germany September 2007 - August 2008
Leander at 48 West
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| Johanna Obermayr Germany April - June 2008
Oak Lodge
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| Svenja Schniewind Germany September 2007 - April 2008
Oak Lodge
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| Stephan Roeckinger Germany September - November 2007
Leander at 40 West
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| Gabrielle Bernasconi Switzerland February - March 2008
Leander at 40 West
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| Martin Lehmann Germany September 2006 - August 2007
Leander at 40 West
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| Clemens Birkert Germany September 2006 - August 2007
Leander at 40 West
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| David Hoehne Germany September 2005 - August 2006
Leander at 48 West
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| Thomas Roeckinger Germany September 2005 - August 2006
Leander at 40 West
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| Nils Reineke Germany September - October 2005
Leander at 40 West
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| Magnus Hansson Sweden February - August 2005
Oak Lodge
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| Bonnie Miller USA March - July 2005
Leander at 40 West
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| Hermann Krause Germany March - July 2005
Leander at 40 West
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| Hubertus Jurgenliemk Germany September 2004 - August 2005
Leander at 48 West
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| Manuel Schriek Germany July 2004 - June 2005
Leander at 40 West
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| Jannis Reinecke Germany January 2001 - February 2002 July 2002 July 2005
Leander at 48 West
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| Eros Beretta Italy March - August 2004
Leander at 40 West
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| Christoph Tomecki Germany January - August 2004
Leander at 48 West
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| Claudia Schurch Switzerland September 2003 - January 2004
Leander at 48 West
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| Bastian Schwarzlos Germany February 2003 - February 2004
Leander at 48 West
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| Anjes Bijlsma Germany February 2003 - July 2003
Leander at 48 West
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| Christian Leisse Germany January 2002 - February 2003
Leander at 48 West
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| Stephanie De Schryver Belgium September 1999 - September 2000 June - December 2001 February - March 2003 October - November 2003
Leander at 48 West
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| Amelie Hansen USA
September - December 2000
Leander at 48 West
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| Elisabeth Madeira France June - August 1999
Leander at 48 West
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| Ludwig Edtbrustner Austria October 1998 - October 1999
Leander at 48 West
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Elisa Paulsen
Germany June - September 1998
Leander at 48 West
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