Opportunity Details

Books for a Better World is hosting its second annual Indiana Battle of the Books competition for the Evansville Area, April 5th & 6th 2018. Indiana Battle of the Books is an academic extracurricular reading activity for 4th and 5th grade students who enjoy reading challenges and competition. Its purpose is to foster the enjoyment of reading high quality books and to come together in friendly competition. There are a series of battles (in separate classrooms) in which two teams face each other at a time to answer questions about the books.
Our biggest need for volunteers is Assistant Moderators & Registration help. Assistant Moderators are timekeepers for the Moderators, who will be asking the questions to the teams.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Assistant Moderator	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Books for a Better World is hosting its second annual Indiana Battle of the Books competition for the Evansville Area, April 5th & 6th 2018. Indiana Battle of the Books is an academic extracurricular reading activity for 4th and 5th grade students who enjoy reading challenges and competition. Its purpose is to foster the enjoyment of reading high quality books and to come together in friendly competition. There are a series of battles (in separate classrooms) in which two teams face each other at a time to answer questions about the books.
Our biggest need for volunteers is Assistant Moderators & Registration help. Assistant Moderators are timekeepers for the Moderators, who will be asking the questions to the teams.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Assistant Moderator	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Every summer we reach more than 700 children with our Summer Reading Program which helps them maintain their reading skills and avoid declining competence known as the “summer slide”. Literacy is more important now then ever and our goal is to help our community in the best way we can.
The Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library hosts an annual community fair called "MayFest in Odessa" on the first Saturday of every May. This event features outdoor crafters, vendors, food, games and prizes for kids. We also have live music, a petting zoo, wandering costumed characters, a gigantic book sale, and an exciting huge raffle. All proceeds benefit our annual Summer Reading Program. About 1000 people come throughout the day to enjoy our events.
An aspect which makes our fundraiser such a success is all the community volunteers who come and help that day. Local high school students, adults and community members all join us in our quest to raise funds for our Summer Reading Program.
Volunteer responsibilities include but are not limited to helping set up tents, tables, unload vendor cars, supervise game stations, sell tickets, sell books, sell food, break down tents and tables, cars, and break down kids games.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Morning	no limit	n/a	n/a
Middle	no limit	n/a	n/a
Afternoon	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We are asking for volunteers to help assist our literacy centers. Our goal is to have a volunteer help reinforce the literacy activity and keep the students engaged with their work.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Silver Creek Primary Literacy Centers	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This week long book fair provides:
Students with books
teachers with classroom sets
the parent center with funds to provide student needs (uniforms, scholarships, meals, etc
parent engagement
etc

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, the local elementary school is hosting a literacy night on March 1, 2018. Students and their families will be involved in various reading activities to promote literacy in the home. Students and their families will listen to stories, make bookmarks, participate in a book walk to receive a free book, make a reading journal, and other reading-related crafts. Green Egg and Ham burritos will be available for purchase. To promote literacy in the home, all activities will be free of charge.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Everybody Wins! Iowa is always looking for volunteers to join our team throughout the school year. Whether you are retired, in college, work from home or out of an office; if you want to make a difference join our power of one: one mentor, one child, one book at a time, as a way to cultivate both academic success and the love for reading. To learn more about our volunteer opportunities please visit us at https://everybodywinsiowa.org/get-involved/.

Opportunity Details

Helping to Unite by Generating Mental Empowerment (HUG ME) Ink will be hosting with Traders Village our 2nd Annual KidsFest: Dia De Los Ninos on Saturday, April 28th from 11:30AM-4:30PM. This year, we will be partnering with Alamo Area Teen Suicide Prevention Coalition, B141 Campaign, Team Up Challenge and Silver & Black Give Back to present this family-friendly festival promoting wellness, mental health awareness and teen suicide prevention. We are very honored to be partnering with Tricentennial Commission to have this event branded by the Tricentennial Commission as an Official Tricentennial Event and HUG ME Ink is an official Tricentennial Partner.

Last year as we held our inaugural KidsFest: Dia De Los Ninos, we had an estimated attendance of 8,500. Our goal for this year is to have 10,000 attendees. There’ll be lots of interactive activities, live entertainment, and a community resource fair.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set up/Decor/Assist Vendors	10	n/a	n/a
Entertainment Stage (Assist entertainment and AV Tech)	3	n/a	n/a
Interactive Activities (Lead activities for attendees)	10	n/a	n/a
VIP Booth (Assist vendors during event and help run HUG ME Ink booth)	5	n/a	n/a
Clean Up/Breakdown	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Assist children with various activities; supervise children.

Available Shifts

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

Opportunity Details

Assist children with various activities; supervise children.

Available Shifts

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