Volunteer Opportunities

If you are interested in any of the opportunities listed below, please fill out the application and send it to Genevieve Barlow at . If you have any questions please call 312-492-3722. Please check back often as there will be more volunteer opportunities in the future.

Holiday Party Support

Our annual Holiday Party is scheduled for Saturday December 8th.  We need an energetic group of volunteers to make this a special day for about 100 children and their families. Some of the opportunities to help are:
Morning set-up
Setting up and serving food
Set up and man game booths
Craft booths
Face painting

If you can’t make it that day there are many other opportunities leading up to the event

Gift Wrapping Parties

This is a great opportunity to gather a group of friends or co-workers together to help wrap presents for about 100 children that are currently being served at the center and their families. Times during the week are flexible to accommodate as many volunteers as possible.  The dates for these parties are as follows.

Friday November 30th
Saturday December 1st- 12:00pm-2:00pm
Sunday December 2nd- 12:00pm-2:00pm
Monday December 3rd
Tuesday December 4th
Wednesday December 5th
Thursday December 6th

Reception Assistant

Purpose: To help children and families feel welcome while they wait at reception.

Description: During the evening hours the reception area gets very busy with families and children awaiting services. It is very important that all of our clients feel comfortable and welcome while they are at the center. The reception assistant would tend to the needs of those waiting, which would include but not be limited to providing beverages and snacks, accompanying children and families around the building, and supervising children outside in the playground.

Administrative Volunteer

Purpose: To support the staff with minor clerical duties

Description:  This is a very important support opportunity that reaches out to every department.  The main duties are light clerical which could include filing, making copies, and mass mailings.  The hourly commitment is very flexible and can be done on a project by project basis.  This is a perfect opportunity for busy individuals that still want to be involved in the center.

External Affairs Assistant

Purpose:  To support the External Affairs department

Description: This is a perfect opportunity for a college or grad student that wants to get a glimpse of the exciting behind the scenes action of a busy non profit organization.
· Research potential individual, foundation and corporate donors and report to appropriate staff
· Collect data on new and old contacts and enter into Raiser’s Edge database.
· Assist in all aspects of planning and executing fundraising, donor cultivation and public relations events.

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