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Community Action Agency of St. Louis County is back at it again with one of our top-notch employment and resource fairs!

We have been missing our Kohl's volunteers and are eager to have you all help us out to bring jobs and much needed services to our neighbors and fellow community members!

The job fair last year had over 1,300 applicants in attendance so we are hoping at least five of Kohl's staff would be willing to come out, have a good time, interact with the community and give back!

Consider St. Louis County and the conditions of poverty all around us when choosing where to dedicate your time, CAASTLC needs you and knows how to appreciate our valued volunteers!

Contact Sam (314) 446 - 4473/ supshaw@caastlc.org OR James jlovings@caastlc.org with any questions!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	15	n/a	n/a
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Make a difference to someone's life now and mentor one of Aidha's students. Aidha's students work as foreign domestic workers in Singapore and typically send most of their money home. They then return home with hardly any savings. Our programs aim to provide them with the necessary financial knowledge and skills to set up their own businesses and create a sustainable future for themselves and their community back home.

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WHY BECOME A BUSINESS CHAMPION?
Becoming a Business Champion with Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E., your company is building our vibrant community through economic development, charitable giving, employee volunteerism and partnerships.
• Working with Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. will provide great community involvement and an opportunity for employees to become involved in volunteerism by working with at-risk students.

• Becoming a Business Champion requires a very minimal time commitment.

• Working with Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. increases public relations and a general feeling of goodwill toward your company.

• A business champion is a company that gets to work with a mentor and student team to engage in a meaningful Business Research project. This short commitment of once a week for 4 weeks, provides the opportunity for a career shadow at the end of the 9 weeks and 3 phone calls during the day with the student and mentor.

• You will give a high school student the chance to learn about your company and your position, by showing them what skills are needed and what options can be available to them after college.

• You can influence an at-risk high school student and show them the power of a college education and motivate them to see why it is important to achieve their degree.

• Host a Career Shadow at your place of employment for the student and their mentor or C.H.O.I.C.E. Program Staff, during the final week of this project, which will include a short presentation developed by the student.

• What do you do? Have 3 conversations over the phone or in person with the student and their mentor. And 1 in person meeting, which is the Career Shadow!

• You can work with an at risk high school student who has the motivation and drive to learn real job skills and is working very hard to go to college.

• The skills and learnings during the 9 week Research a Business project is a major catalyst into the next week project where the student and mentor work together in the Create Your Own Business Project.

• The opportunity to become a Business Champion, allows for growth and development in the students and their mentors. Together we are opening possibilities for less fortunate students.
**The questions and information the students will ask you, will be provided to you beforehand.**
OVERVIEW OF THE “RESEARCH A BUSINESS” PROJECT

Week 1: “Research the Business”- Student uses the research questions provided to obtain information.
Week 2: “Job Skills Interview”- Student calls Business Champion and asks questions related to what job skills are needed in their position. Questions are provided a week in advance to Business Champion.
Week 3: “Evaluate Your Business Strengths”- Student identifies and lists their abilities and skills.
Week 4: “What are your greatest challenges right now?”- Student will call Business Champion and ask questions regarding how to handle conflict and challenges in the workplace. Questions are provided a week in advance to Business Champion.
Week 5: “Mock Interview”- Business Champion interviews the student over the phone or in person. Business Champion will receive the questions a week in advance.
Week 6: “How to Overcome Challenges”- Utilizing a SWOT analysis, student will include this in their Career Shadow Presentation.
Week 7: “Preparation for Presentation”-Create presentation that will be given to company representative at career shadow day.
Week 8: “Preparation for Presentation”- Continued.
Week 9: “Career Shadow & Student Presentation”- Half day Career Shadow at Business Champion’s office, the student gets to present a powerpoint and see a day in the life of their Business Champion’s career.

**The weeks in bold are the 4 weeks we are asking for your commitment to work with the students and mentor. You have the choice to have the first 3 conversations in person or over the phone.**

C.H.O.I.C.E. Business Champion Agreement
Your Commitment:
• Weeks 2, 4, 5, & 9 you work with the student and mentor. If you would like to work with them more often, that is completely up to you.
• A phone call or an in-person meeting at the student’s school during weeks 2, 4, & 5.
• Provide the student and their mentor the opportunity to participate in a career shadow at your office the final week of their project and delight in a short Business Research Presentation given by the student and their mentor!
• Allow, if possible, Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. to use your corporate logo to promote your involvement and positive influential partnership.

Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. Staff will communicate with you and coordinate all meetings in person and over the phone between you and the mentor. Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. will provide you with your student’s name and pertinent information to ensure everyone’s success. We make it as simple as possible for you!


By serving at risk youth through a one-to-one mentoring program, Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. creates opportunities for a college education through professionally supported relationships, inspiring the student to make positive choices for their future.

The Foundation for C.H.O.I.C.E. provides direction to at-risk students beginning in their junior and senior years of high school and continuing through their college careers and graduation to support them in successfully navigating the transition into early adulthood and establishing a path toward reaching their potential. The agency creates a framework for success by matching underprivileged students with a volunteer mentor for a one-on-one relationship that lasts 27 weeks during each school year.

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This event will have college admissions representatives come together to meet one-on-one with our high school students and parents to talk about their respective colleges and answer questions. This is a vital event that our high school students need in order to understand how the initial college process works, to ask necessary questions to the college reps and get as much information from different colleges that they can obtain in order to make a sound decision which will change their lives.

Available Shifts

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

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Junior Achievement needs help with recognizing volunteers during the national volunteer appreciation week. We need your help to personalize thank you notes for our key donors.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Volunteer Set Up and Recognition	40	n/a	n/a

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VOLUNTEER HERE: https://www.careervillage.org/signup/professional

Are you an education or sports professional? Then you have what you need to mentor hundreds of high school students, providing them with the information they need to prepare for successful and fulfilling futures. SO many students aspire to become educators or athletes/coaches and want to know what it's like to be you! By answering student's career questions about the education/sports industry, you're getting them one step closer to achieving their professional goals. It's easy. Register and start answering questions relevant to your expertise.

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CareerVillage.org is the 501c3 nonprofit reinventing the way underserved youth prepare for the world of work by crowdsourcing college and career advice for young people through Q&A with education/sports professionals (YOU!) online. CareerVillage acts as a community of adults who educate, inspire and give confidence to the young people who need it most. Since our start five years ago, more than 2.1 million young people have benefited from advice in the community, and on average 20,000 students visit the platform each week to prepare for the world of work.

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Celebrating our 15th year of operation, Financial Beginnings Oregon’s mission is to empower youth and adults to take control of their financial futures. To accomplish this, we partner with schools and community-based organizations across the state to provide free financial education to the communities they serve, preparing participants of all ages to make healthy, proactive financial decisions. Since our founding, we have provided free financial education to more than 170,000 Oregonians, including more than 13,000 last year.

All of our financial education programs are taught by trained volunteers, and we are looking for new volunteers to help us create even more financial education opportunities across the state!

New volunteers at Financial Beginnings Oregon receive a thorough introduction to our work before getting into the classroom. This includes an orientation and training session, and the opportunity to shadow an experienced volunteer to get a feel for our programs. Once you are ready to get out and teach, we will provide you with all the necessary materials to make your lesson a success: pre-made powerpoint presentations that include presenter's notes, guides for the students to help them follow along, hands-on activities for the classroom, and more. To help protect everyone's health and safety during the pandemic, all of our programs are being taught virtually, so you can teach from the comfort of your own home!

Our volunteers come from all walks of life. We don't require you to be financial professionals, or to come from any specific background. All we ask is that you, like us, believe that our community can benefit from simple personal finance lessons!

If you're interested in volunteering, please send an email to info@finbegor.org, and we will be happy to provide more information. Thanks for your interest in Financial Beginnings Oregon!

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Project ECHO's High School Entrepreneurs' Business Plan Competition simulates the real-world process of entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from investors. More than 300 teens will participate in this annual start-up competition and executive level Judges are needed to help evaluate their team business presentations.

Judges will act as venture capital investors deciding on which business they'd most likely fund. The quality of the idea, the strength of the management team, and the clarity and persuasiveness of the oral presentation are the criteria that determine each judge's decision. Each panel of judges will evaluate 7-10 business teams, which means listening to a formal 10-minute presentation, participating in a Q&A with the team, and then scoring each team accordingly on ECHO's cloud-based system.

The 2025 competition will be hosted at CSU, Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles with some teams pitching virtually on Zoom.

Requirements to be considered as a Judge: You must be able to serve in person. In addition, ECHO recruits a diversified pool of executives from various industries to serve as judges. Interested volunteers must have at least 10 years of professional work experience and have served in leadership roles accountable for managing teams of employees. Judges should be compassionate individuals who are innately interested in supporting the personal and career aspirations of young adults who are preparing to graduate from high school and are focused on discovering their career goals. Your feedback matters!

To learn more and to register to become a judge, please visit: www.projectecho.org/volunteer. Or visit https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTQ5NzQx

Project ECHO teens come from various academic and socio-economic backgrounds, but none of it matters when they come to compete for cash start-up funds (aka college scholarships). We hope you'll consider joining us!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Judge	25	n/a	n/a

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Financial Counselor is needy to teach financial counseling and education to our economically disadvantage students in our computer lab. We help educate domestic violence survivors and underprivileged individuals about financial stability and assets building to become self-sufficiency.

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Our Adult Education program keeps growing and we are always looking for volunteer instructor and tutors. We have everything from ESL and basic literacy to computers and financial literacy. We have a full computer lab which we utilize to help our students improve their chances for employment and help them fill out complicated government applications. You do not need to know another language to help support our ESL program. Training is available.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a