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"Sunday
Friends is the greatest place to do community service.
The children
become your friends and
you end up not wanting to leave but to stay
with them." — Teen Volunteer
What is a Day like for Volunteers at Sunday Friends?
We're at Lowell Elementary School the second and
fourth Sunday each month. When you arrive, you'll sign in, then see tables
prepared and families already writing thank you letters to our donors. These families are
beginning to earn the tickets that they will later spend within our
on-site "store", the Treasure Chest. They are also waiting for you to
set up and run additional projects that will provide them with more
opportunities to contribute, to learn and to earn.
Who
will you work with?
Our program is attended by families — children accompanied by
parents or other responsible adults — who are very-low-income. You will
assist children and, possibly, also parents as they participate in our
activities, earn tickets and use those tickets to shop in the Treasure
Chest.
What
will you do?
When you arrive, you'll be greeted by a Program Leader who will
hand you a printed description of the day's planned projects and let
you know which of those activities are needing volunteers. You'll be
offered opportunities to:
| Facilitate
specific art projects |
Run
our Sunday Friends Bank |
| Help
children prepare and serve healthy foods |
Oversee
grounds cleanup or tending |
| Assist
children in writing letters |
Serve
as a Paymaster (the one who gives participants tickets for their
contributions) |
| Use
your Spanish language skills to translate written letters from Spanish
to English |
Help
our Store Managers set up the Treasure Chest in preparation for the
shopping |
| Create
educational materials |
Join
the Green Team and assist with loading, unloading and cleaning |
| Lead
a sewing or gardening or other special project |
Become
an Orange Vest Shopping Guide (in the second half of the program) and
escort children and their parents one-on-one as they shop within our
Treasure Chest |
When you are offered a choice of roles to play, please speak up and let
us know which opportunity is the best match for you.
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