Opportunity Details

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Spare Parts will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year. The goal is to raise awareness about our mission and needs. There will be preloved art materials for teachers to give away, a telethon/phone-a-thon (FB/IG live) and a whole lot of outreach to the San Antonio community and beyond. This opportunity has multiple shifts as it is a 24-hour push. Groups are welcome to volunteer, too.LOCATION IS TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	3	n/a	n/a
General	3	n/a	n/a
General	3	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a
General	7	n/a	n/a
General	8	n/a	n/a
General	8	n/a	n/a
General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

"A Christmas Carol" is Hartford Stage's annual gift to the community - a beloved theatrical telling of Charles Dickens' classic yuletide tale. Each year, thousands of students from across the region attend a performance. For many of them, it is their first time seeing a live theatrical event. Due to demand from area schools, we have added more matinee performances to our schedule this year.

Hartford Stage seeks volunteer ushers for student matinees between December 3 - December 19 (see schedule of shifts for details). Performances begin at 10:30 am, and ushers need to arrive an hour earlier. Hartford Stage seeks up to 12 volunteers from The Hartford per performance.

As primary members of the Front of House Staff, Hartford Stage Ushers are responsible for a variety of show-related duties. Ushers are trained in Customer Service, Hospitality and Patron Assistance skills, and through this work may develop an expertise in seating procedures.

Ushers are responsible for greeting patrons, performing basic seating-related duties, providing information, and accessibility accommodation duties. For student matinees, an important function is helping to guide the efficient and safe disembarkation from buses, moving students inside the theatre and into their designated seats swiftly.

Hartford Stage Ushers are given information about the theatre, the performance, and current exhibitions in both the upper and lower lobbies. They are encouraged to share this information when asked by our enthusiastic patrons. Every usher is given a basic training session prior to a volunteer shift, and then can be responsible for handling a variety of patron requests and providing the best possible Patron Service at Hartford Stage. When Volunteering at Hartford Stage Front of House, our Usher staff is guided by House Management in learning and employing best practices in this regard.

Ushering for this production is a three-hour time commitment, and involves standing and walking during the duration of this time. Once the audience is seated and the show has begun, ushers may watch the performance from the standing room area or from unclaimed seats in the auditorium. (Student matinees are typically sold out; no seating is guaranteed to ushers while they are working their shift.)

Personal presentation skills are very important, and professional guidance is provided in the Usher training. All skills learned in this volunteer position will prove to be transferable to almost any professional theatre operation, and especially to any subsequent show at the Hartford Stage. We would welcome any employees of The Hartford to return as volunteers later in the season for matinee or regular evening performances.

Employees of The Hartford are encouraged to wear company-branded shirts, buttons, or caps with khakis or dark slacks.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Student Matinee 1	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 2	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 3	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 4	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 5	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 6	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 7	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 8	12	n/a	n/a
Student Matinee 9	12	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This opportunity for students and community to gather families and students to play video games as incentive for good attendance and good behavior while also keeping there grades up.Families are welcome to watch as there son/daughter compete with there classmates.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
1st Shift	10	n/a	n/a
2nd Shift	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

At Capital One/ Junior Achievement Finance Park each student becomes “an adult for the day” in an electronic simulation. The students are assigned a life scenario so they can experience firsthand the real-life challenges of making personal budgeting decisions. After calculating their net monthly income and savings goals, students visit kiosks that represent different budget categories such housing, health insurance, groceries, and utilities. Anyone with real world monthly budgeting experience can become a volunteer. JA Finance Park Volunteers play a key role by helping the students understand the concepts of personal financial planning and career exploration. Volunteers provide guidance and assistance while monitoring and verifying students’ work.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We are hosting a Family Science Night with traveling exhibits from the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum. This event is open to the community, with the goal of encouraging kids to be interested in science. We will be serving food to our guests, and could use help serving food, with registration, and with running exhibits. If there is time, we can also use help with clean up from serving food.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Family Science Night	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

To involve Freshmen and other orchestra members in social activities which encourage comfortable and supportive relationships leading to greater retention.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

IGNITE is a growing organization with new college chapters popping up around the country every week. We need an experienced developer to help us create pages for these college chapters and update content on an on-going basis.

Our website is on NationBuilder and it's a bonus if the volunteer has experience with this platform. If not, general website and HTML/CSS experience will be sufficient.

Opportunity Details

Buscamos jóvenes menores de 30 años que tengan disponibilidad una tarde fija a la semana para acompañar como mentores/as a niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de vulnerabilidad. El acompañamiento individual se hace en el ámbito de la educación informal y el mentor/a deviene una persona referente (un adulto joven en quién confiar). El tándem pasa dos horas jugando, charlando, visitando recursos educativos y culturales, haciendo deporte, manualidades o aquellas cosas que sirvan para el desarrollo personal y educativo del chico o chica (sin hacer propiamente refuerzo escolar). La actividad de la pareja de mentoría (tándem) es supervisada semanalmente por el equipo profesional, que se coordina con los referentes educativos del chico o chica (profesores, educadores sociales) y con su familia. La persona voluntaria pasa por un proceso de selección y formación, y recibe apoyo, orientación y recursos de AFEV para ejercer de mentor/a de forma segura y eficiente. La adquisición de competencias del voluntariado (flexibilidad, compromiso, abertura, responsabilidad) y el conocimiento de nuevas realidades hacen de esta actividad un win-win para ambos miembros del tándem.

Opportunity Details

Whatever your expertise, passion or hobby is, there is a group of youth who would love you to share it with them! Our goal is to help these youth, who have so much untapped potential to REWRITE THE SCRIPTS OF THEIR LIVES. We do by this surrounding the youth with good adult role models like you. You boost their self-esteem just by coming and spending time with them. They interpret your time as demonstrating that you value them and have confidence in their futures. Current volunteers invest time with the youth sharing art, business and social etiquette, budgeting/finances, cooking, book clubs, music, photography, career panels, mentoring, tutoring, sewing, sports, chess, golf, and community service socials. Don’t see anything that interests you? We’ll help you start up your favorite pastime or interest. (must be over 21 years old and pass a background check) More info here: http://www.echoglen.org/

Opportunity Details

Each year, The CL Education Foundation organizes and runs the Cardington-Lincoln School District's annual Holiday Bazaar. The bazaar is a community-wide event, and features performances by CL students, over 60 craft vendors, food concessions, and fundraising opportunities for district grades and student groups.

We need 5 volunteers on Saturday, November 17, from 8 AM until noon and then noon until 4 PM to run several functions: a photoshoot using a backdrop of Santa's Sleigh, "Timeless Tree," on which community members place a snowflake to remember loved ones from holidays past, and "Adopt-a-Tree," a silent auction of pre-lit trees decorated by school groups and grades. The "Santa's Sleigh" photoshoot and "Timeless Tree" are free to all, and "Adopt-a-Tree" is a fundraiser for the participating school grades and groups.

Not only will this be a huge help to the Cardington school community, but it will be fun as well!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a