The work is exciting, important and personally rewarding. For many of the positions, the TPD provides training to make volunteers proficient in key support services. No one is denied equipment. For information about making a donation, please call 624-3367. FAST works in 6 elementary schools in the Tucson area to strengthen family and community bonds, prevent drug use, school drop-out and truancy, and encourage academic achievement.
Volunteers assist during recreation, group projects and meal times.
Groups of 5-10 families meet in the school once a week for 8 weeks. Upon completion of FAST, a follow-up program, FASTworks, meets in the schools once a year for two years. If you are interested in volunteering as a FAST Recreation Assistant, please call Alana Feldman Solar at 327-4583, ext. The Crafty Ladies of Congregation Anshei Israel have been busy this past year. They made over seventy-five lap robes and shrugs for people confined to wheel chairs in nursing homes.