Volunteer Certifications: Community Captains Training & Qualification

Do you have the passion to motivate family and friends to lead a healthy life? We all want those close to us to be happy and able to contribute to the community around them. Kids enjoying outdoor play or a school running club, teens helping with a neighborhood cleanup, parents taking walks after work, and grandparents living independently.

Active Southern West Virginia would like to help you become a leader in your community through safe, quality physical activity programs.

Dog walking exercise. pc: Tara Fowler
What’s in it for you?
  • Helps you stay accountable for your own fitness
  • Those who volunteer have a lower mortality rate
  • Greater functional ability
  • Lower rates of depression
  • Investing your time in a brighter future for your community and state
  • Access to professional support
  • Professional development opportunities through certifications
  • Collect community service hours
  • Social support is created
  • Flexibility to be creative with your activity and have some FUN!
Practicing life saving skills
Certifications

Active SWV provides American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid/CPR AED certification to our Community Captains in exchange for their time volunteering to organize free activities.

Endorsed by the West Virginia Physical Activity Plan
Leadership Training

Each Community Captain receives one-on-one coaching specific to the activity they will be leading. This Active SWV Leadership Training Manual covers: risk management, group dynamics, communication, promotion, tracking, and retention. We work with you every step of the way to create a program you will be proud of and is accessible to your community.

Community Captain Terry Hoskins and his daughters enjoying the trail at New River Park in Beckley.
How do you get started?
  1. Look through our current programs online; webpageFacebookBulletin Board.
  2. Join a program nearby.
  3. Take a mental inventory of your community for indoor and outdoor resources.
  4. Contact us to set up a time for an introduction to discuss possibilities.
  5. Pick your start day and get the party going!