Opportunity Details
Opportunity DetailsBabyRead has two types of volunteer opportunities in Oconee County, South Carolina. The primary role is that of a Family Reader. Families with children from birth through the start of pre-K are assigned by our staff to a specific reader. These volunteer readers meet with their family twice a month in a public location, such as a local library. During these hour-long sessions, the reader interacts with the mom or caregiver demonstrating effective techniques for reading, singing nursery rhymes, and doing fingerplay activities with their baby. BabyRead targets low-income families who typically have few or no books in their home. These families usually do not understand the importance of reading to babies and the impact it has on a baby's brain development. In this early literacy outreach, family readers pave a path for these children to be prepared for school, which is a critical step towards success in life and breaking the cycle of generational poverty
BabyRead also has volunteers who assist with administrative activities such as fund raising, writing and distributing public awareness materials, and supporting miscellaneous tasks required for the organization's operations. BabyRead interviews all new volunteers, performs background checks, and provides training.
Skills
A desire to share a love of reading is the most important skill. While some of our volunteers have backgrounds in education, that is not a requirement. Some families in the area do not speak fluent English. For those families we would like more volunteer readers who are bi-lingual.
Interests
An interest in young children, books, and reading is key. Many of our volunteers are retired and are grandparents whose families may not be local. Being a volunteer reader gives them an opportunity to share their love of babies and toddlers.
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To promote literacy and provide funds to purchase books for our library.Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| General | 5 | n/a | n/a |
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POPS the Club seeks individuals with an interest in supporting children and other loved ones of the incarcerated, helping to support our cause through areas of expertise including: finance, fund development, arts education, strategic planning, board development, and research.Opportunity Details
We train and support volunteers to attend and work as part of the leadership team (in collaboration with the teacher and counselor sponsors) in weekly club meetings. We also seek volunteers interested in attending meetings as guest speakers, with expertise particularly in the arts and/or criminal justice-related areas.
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Whether you have just an hour to spare on a one-time project, or you'd like to commit to helping more regularly, there's a place for you at UMOM. We have a variety of volunteer opportunities including meal service, a child reading program, donation sorting, and MORE!! Have a special skill? Let us know of that too!! We will find the perfect volunteer activity for you!! Please go to our website, umom.org/volunteer to receive more information about getting involved.
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The World Tour Reading Program invites volunteers to go in USA Elementary classrooms and read children's books portraying other cultures. We ship the books to the volunteer at their place of work and the volunteer donate the books to the classroom to contribute to the diversity in their libraries.As we read in worldwide classrooms, we educate children about the different cultures that make up our global communities. They learn:
- to model respect for all life experiences
- to welcome and care for other cultures
- to celebrate, promote and appreciate our differences and similarities
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We are seeking volunteers to help us expand our online collection of high-quality learning resources on the Rumie LearnCloud. We have an immediate need for Spanish, Dari and English Language Learning resources. We are continually adding new projects, however, so we welcome resources on any topic.We are looking for passionate individuals with knowledge on a specific topic(s), who have online learning resources that they have created or have permission to share freely. Learning resources can include YouTube videos, PDF documents or Android apps. Volunteers will be required to create an account on the Rumie LearnCloud, upload their best resources, and organize them into meaningful collections.
With the help of engaged and passionate volunteers, we can work together to organize the vast amount of high-quality digital learning resources available online, and deliver it to learners who have limited or no Internet access through specialized Rumie Tablets or the Rumie App.
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Students have been working since September to read at least 10 books and recording 10 reflections about those books on a Learning Log. This event is a celebration for students that make the goal by December 07, 2018. Students will rotate through activities which will include games, crafts, snacks, books, and a cartoon--all centered around Pete the Cat!Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
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| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
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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/