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Please join us to volunteer for JA Inspire to Hire at the Kentucky Exposition Center January 30 & 31 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.JA Inspire builds a relationship-based pipeline between young people and companies who will need talent when the students complete their education. Employers will be able to introduce their career opportunities to emerging leaders and companies will have an opportunity to set up interviews with job ready young people. JA Inspire showcases a wide array of career opportunities from local businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. Each booth at the event is designed to highlight career paths, educational prerequisites, and potential salary ranges, offering valuable insights to participating students.
Some of the various volunteer assignments available are:
Front Door Assistants: Welcoming and assisting attendees at the entrance.
Bus Coordinator Helpers: Supporting our transportation coordination team.
Exhibit Room Floaters: Assisting with the smooth flow of activities in the exhibit rooms.
Handing Out Bags/Lobby Flow: Distributing event materials and helping with lobby logistics.
Please click on the link below to sign up for a spot.
Thank you and we appreciate your support!
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| General | 50 | n/a | n/a |
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Alder GSE is an innovative graduate school of education and a powerful workforce development engine, designed to address the intense staffing challenges of California’s TK-12 schools. Through a one-year residency program, Alder supports aspiring teachers in California to earn an MA and teaching credential through our uniquely effective apprenticeship model.A key strategic financial goal is to raise and manage a $50M investment fund. We have raised $29M toward this goal. As of 2025, we have 565 resident teacher candidates enrolled, making us among the largest providers of teachers in California, and at this scale we support 70%+ of our $15M annual budget from tuition revenue. Our investment fund will be a key lever to strengthen our long-term financial sustainability and cover a significant portion of the remaining annual operating need.
We are currently searching for a new Board Director to help us set up, invest, grow and manage our $50M fund. We would like to find someone passionate about our work and values, ideally who is based in Southern California and brings at least 15 years of financial experience to the team. A background in equity or fixed income investments would be particularly valuable. We are also looking for someone who can share investment and financial expertise with our CEO/CFO as a member of our Finance Committee. For more details, see: bit.ly/3NdiieI
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Our team is looking to add great people of integrity and passion to our Board of Directors who have hearts of service, are deeply connected to the mission of Legacy of Excellence Foundation (LEF), and wish to utilize their time, energy, and resources to help advance LEF's mission. Please find additional details regarding level of commitment, below:I. Time Commitment (in meetings):
Our regular meetings happen once a month (currently every fourth Saturday) for 75 minutes via Zoom. All LEF Board Directors are expected to attend each of these meetings. However, should an extenuating circumstance arise, preventing someone from attending a given meeting, we just ask that he/she give notice to the team as far in advance as possible and then be sure to review the minutes and notes, post-meeting.
II. Time Commitment (out of meetings):
All LEF Board Directors are expected to devote at least one hour per week to LEF, outside of regular meetings. This can entail an array of things, such as support with fundraising, board cultivating, marketing, creating/revising policy, etc. This particular time expectation may be slightly more, depending on the office you hold and/or committee(s) you are part of (we currently do not have any committees yet). For example, outside of typical modes of support, the Board Chair is expected to do a little more than everyone else (e.g., meet with the Founder regularly to strategize).
III. Financial Commitment:
While constituting only a small fraction of LEF’s general endowment, regular financial contributions from each Board Director are important. This practice ensures that each Board Director has “skin in the game” and that the organization has a predictable repository that it can rely on, apart from revenue generated from services offered at the project level (e.g., school fees). Seeing that the Board is active in procuring financial resources for LEF also helps to motivate external supporters (and potential grant/funding agencies who may wish to undertake due diligence) to give on behalf of LEF and its supported projects. As such, either by a.) solely contributing via personal donations, b.) solely contributing via external fundraising activities, or c.) contributing via a hybrid/combination of personal donations and external fundraising activities, each LEF Board Director is expected to raise financial contributions for LEF (and its projects) in the minimum total amount of $6,000 per year.
Each component above is fleshed out even more in our Charter/Bylaws and Processes & Procedures Manual in terms of rationale, specificity, etc.
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This opportunity will place you in a one-time mentor dynamic with a young Philadelphian where you discuss your career, work, life journey or a balance of multiple before participating with them in a technical workshop lead by an instructor, centered on storytelling through creative design disciplines like animation or architectural design. This series of workshops is intended to expose low-income youth to the vast sort of opportunities available to help create a guiding light for them in their young learning journeys. American public education is grossly underfunded and learning losses from COVID-19 have only exasperated this dynamic. These sort of "in-context" learning opportunities are crucial for students continued development.Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| One Day Youth Mentor | no limit | n/a | n/a |
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Come help us paint, build, and decorate a family-friendly haunted house. This community-driven haunt is built entirely by volunteers, and all proceeds are donated to local non-profits.
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QUICK OVERVIEWAre you craving a 1:1 volunteer experience where you can really make a meaningful impact on someone else's life? If so, volunteer as a mentor with Minds Matter - you'll work directly with a low-income, first-generation high school student from Sophomore through Senior year, helping them understand their goals and potential and providing them individual encouragement and guidance.
IMPACT
We work with students beginning in their sophomore year of high school all the way through their graduation from high school, both on academics (test prep, writing) and on life skills (time management, financial literacy, leadership). Each student is paired with two mentors who stay with them through the duration of the program. The vast majority of our students will be the first from their families to attend college, and we strive to give them the tools they need to thrive in college and in life.
MISSION
Minds Matter is an organization dedicated to preparing motivated and bright students from low-income families to succeed in college. For more information, visit the Minds Matter SoCal website (http://mindsmattersocal.org or email us at volunteer@mindsmattersocal.org).
VOLUNTEER ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Mentors are paired with a co-mentor and a student. Mentoring sessions occur every Saturday during the academic school year and are divided into activities to help you build a bond with your mentee and focused time for both mentors to help their mentee navigate the various projects that are part of the program's curriculum, such as applying to summer programs at universities across the country where they can get a taste of college-level courses and life on campus.
Participate every Saturday during the academic school year from 12pm-2:30pm (approx 25 sessions/year)
Attend at least 75% of the Saturday sessions
Check in with your student and your co-mentor on a weekly phone call
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Notable Minds Matter SoCal facts
10 graduating classes - 130 graduates
100% of program graduates have been accepted to 4 year colleges, including Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, other Ivy League colleges, UC Berkeley, UCLA, among others
Scholarships recipients: 8 Millennium Gates Scholar, 3 Milken Scholars, 2 Posse Scholars, 1 Jack Kent Cooke Scholar
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SMART is a comprehensive eight-year program that provides low-income students in San Francisco access to an exceptional education and the skills needed to thrive in college and in life. SMART’s vision is to end the cycle of poverty in San Francisco by providing students and families academic, social-emotional, and financial support, as well as college preparation and career exploration.Come support 8th grade SMART Scholars as they prepare to write their personal statement essays. These essays are essential in completing their applications to private high schools in San Francisco. You'll be paired with a Scholar 1:1. You'll support with brainstorming, crafting, editing, and polishing essays. A guide will be provided by SMART staff before the event. A short volunteer orientation is also provided 10 minutes prior to the event to align on your role for the event.
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| General | 15 | n/a | n/a |
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PurposeThe Volunteer Tutor helps young people with writing and other creative storytelling activities as part of the Story Island Project workshops.
Supervision
Story Island Project’s Volunteer Coordinator and General Manager will supervise Volunteer Tutors and provide ongoing support.
Time commitment
To be negotiated with the Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer Tutors usually help out at weekly, 90-minute school-based workshops; workshop programs typically run for 8 weeks.
Volunteer duties and responsibilities
As a Volunteer Tutor with the Story Island Project you will assist young people one-on-one or in small groups, performing the following duties:
• listening to the instructions given to the young people by the Story Leader
• helping young people to carry out the instructions given by providing support and encouragement as required. Support may take many forms, including:
o listening to and giving positive feedback on young people’s writing
o asking questions to help young people develop their ideas
o suggesting strategies when young people get ‘stuck’
o helping young people to write down their stories
o encouraging young people to stay on task
o helping with spelling, punctuation and grammar
o allowing students time to think as they develop their creative ideas
• other duties as requested by the Volunteer Coordinator or the Story Leader
• Volunteer Tutors must have their Working With Vulnerable People card.
Skills and qualities required (or desirable) for role
We are looking for people with the following skills and qualities to fill this volunteer role:
• enthusiasm
• a love of stories and storytelling
• a commitment to share the spark of creativity with young people
• the ability to listen to and follow directions
• the ability to work quietly and patiently with a range of young people
• the ability to let young people lead the creative process (ensuring that young people create their own work
• an understanding of the issues experienced by young people who are marginalised and disadvantaged
• an understanding of issues of student confidentiality.
Background checks for role
The Story Island Project is a child safe organisation. We are very serious about our duty to provide students and schools with a professional service and to provide all people working at The Story Island Project with a safe and healthy working environment.
We are committed to recruiting dedicated, professional volunteers who have the skills and experience appropriate for this role.
For this reason, all Volunteer Tutors must have a current Working with Vulnerable People Card. The details of this card need to be recorded by The Story Island Project before volunteers begin their tutoring role.
We encourage all SIP volunteers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and ask volunteers to participate in COVID-safe behaviours (e.g. frequent hand washing, physical distancing, etc.).
We treat all personal information as sensitive and handle it in accordance with privacy laws, and our privacy policy.
Induction
Before commencing your role as a Volunteer Tutor, you need to complete an induction session where we take you through the requirements of the role and all relevant policy and safety information. At the end of this session, we ask you to sign our Volunteer Agreement.
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uAspire is a national nonprofit organization ensuring that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to and through college. Our singular focus is on college affordability and removing financial barriers so that every student has an equitable opportunity to attain a postsecondary degree without burdensome debt.Scholarship support is a unique volunteering opportunity that matches students with scholarship opportunities. Volunteers create custom scholarship lists and assist with the writing sections in order to help students mitigate the costs of college.
Where: Virtual - open to volunteers throughout the US
When: Orientations begin in late September, volunteering is flexible to your schedule (approximately 3 hours/week) October - early December.
Volunteers can indicate their interest on Benevity or sign up directly at https://www.uaspire.org/volunteer-registration
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
