Letters are exchanged once a month during the school year. This project is especially appealing for volunteers who are unable to go to a school site during the school day. If your company or community organization is interested in a personalized relationship with a school, a partnership can be formed for mutually-beneficial activities. Partners are involved with a variety of activities, individually determined, which could include tutoring, school clubs or contests, technology projects, etc. For many children, the realization of this goal will require concentrated effort and volunteers can play a key role in helping young children learn to read.
Volunteers work in classrooms as tutors and program assistants.
The summer child care programs, which run all summer, all day, also use volunteers in recreation activities. There is no substitute for individual attention in helping our students with special needs to do well in school. The students face a variety of challenges from physical impairments to learning disabilities. Volunteers work in both traditional and designated classrooms, assisting students with academics, socialization and unique activities. Volunteers can put their office skills to work by answering phones, filing, collating, entering data, etc.