Volunteer Opportunities

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Church World Service

When: Flexible with volunteers schedule
Location: Church World Service (308 E. King St.)
What: Pick up a refugee family from the airport, tutor a refugee in English, create welcome kits, drive refugees to an appointment, assist refugee youth with enrolling in school, or improve your Spanish language skills communicating with Cubans
Requirements: Transportation required

Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster

When: Monday through Friday between 4:00 and 7:00
Location: 116 S Water Street Lancaster, PA 17608
What: Volunteers will work with youth ages 6-12 to conduct weekly programs and activities. Programs are specifically designed for particular age groups and are conducted in sessions. Program Sessions are generally conducted over an eight to twelve week period and needs preparation.
Requirements: None- Location is within walking distance

Reynolds Middle School After-school Program

When: Monday and Tuesdays 4:30-5:30
Location: 605 W. Walnut Street Lancaster, PA 17603
What: Reynolds Girls Rock, explores women in history their literature, drama and writing
Requirements: FBI, Child Abuse, Criminal Background clearances required & location is within walking distance

Pennslyvania Immigration Resource Center

When: Hour are flexible during the week between 8:30-4:30. Ideally students would do his or her 4 hours of work in the PIRC office (about a 25 minute drive from F&M) at least every other week so we can coordinate and check in about his or her progress on the project
Location: York, Pennsylvania
What: The work to be done by the student can to some degree, be tailored to match the skills and interests of the student. Ideally we would like a student with some interest in law / social work/ immigration rights issues. The ability to speak a foreign language is a plus. At the conclusion of the first project, we would like the student to have prepared a needs assessment report/outline summarizing his or her findings on local language access policies and practices. The day to day work would involve a mix of internet-based research, phone calls, writing, and possibly some travel to conduct interviews with social service providers if the student is interested in this.
Requirments: Students must provide their own transportation

New Choices Career Development

When: Hours are flexible and students can set hours based on schedule for Spring Semester
Location: 110 North Lime Street, Lancaster PA 17603
What: New Choices provides single mothers, displaced homemakers, and women in transition to achieve ecomomic self-sufficiency. Volunteers are able to assist in designing special projects to be completed within the semester.
Requirements: Students must provide their own transporation

Planned Parenthood

When: Hours can be working within the following: M 12-7, T 1-5, W 10-5, Th 10-5, F 9-4
Location: 1514 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
What: Planned Parenthood is seeking interns to help with the Health Center Advocacy Program (HCAP) in Lancaster, which will engage patients to make them more active constituents and engage the community to raise awareness about our services and advocacy efforts. HCAP works in two parts: 1. Interns will table in our Centers and work with staff to engage patients and inform them about our advocacy work and how it effects them, they will track data and assist Center staff as needed. 2. They will reach out ito the community during visibility events, by door-to-door canvassing and through phone banks.
Requirements: Students must provide their own transportation

LGBT Center of Central PA

When: Hours are flexible for volunteers throughout the Spring Semester
Location: 1036 N. Third Street Harrisburg PA 17102
What: The LGBT Center of Central PA provides a variety of opportunities for students from participating in the Common Roads weekly safe space meetings to outreach in the community to specialized projects and event coordination. Students can complete internship hours, volunteer hours and/or community outreach work during individual semesters and/or yearly. We do try to ensure consistency in terms of staffing/placements as some programs benefit from this type of framework.
Requirements: Students must provide their own transportation, and must compete an orientation

The Mix at Arbor Place

When: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 3:30 to 7:30
Location: 520 North Street, Lancaster
What: To provide a state-of-the-art youth development center where students become connected with caring adult mentors. These mentors will guide youth into becoming mature leaders who will impact Southeast Lancaster as it continues to grow into a community of hope and moral influence. Students can tutor students, serve meals, assist in a wide range of classes (recreation, music, art, theater, dance, financial literacy, etc.), and help with administrative tasks.
Requirements: Students must provide their own transportation and clearances

Kindergarten Teacher Assistant

When: Monday through Friday 9:00 to 11:00 or 11:30 to 12:30
Location: Wharton Elementary School
What: Volunteers will be working one on one with 4 and 5 year olds on ABC or numbers, playing board games that concentrate on letters or counting. Reading and writing work will be a priority with the students.
Requirements: Within walking distance, no transportation necessary

Spanish Immersion Teacher Assistant for First-graders

When: Monday through Friday either 10:00 to 11:15 or 12:05 to 12:55. (Students can choose which days and times that work best with their schedule)
Location: Wharton Elementary School
What: Students will work one on one with Spanish speaking first-grade students, and help teacher in a variety of capacities.
Requirements: No transportation necessary, and some Spanish speaking background may be beneficial

Math Class Teacher Assistant

When: Monday through Friday 9:00 to 10:00. (Students can choose which days that work best with their schedule)
Location: Wharton Elementary School
What: Volunteers will help students with their assignments and stay on task along with helping to improve their math skills students may also be asked to assist teacher in a variety of capacities.
Requirements: No transportation or clearances necessary

Reading Class Teacher Assistant

When: Monday through Friday 1:00 to 2:00. (Students can choose which days that work best with their schedule)
Location: Wharton Elementary School
What: Volunteers will help students with their assignments and stay on task along with helping to improve their reading skills and comprehension students may also be asked to assist teacher in a variety of capacities.
Requirements: No transportation or clearances necessary

Reynolds Middle School Adult Literacy Class

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 to 7:00. (Students can choose which days that work best with their schedule)
Location: Reynolds Middle School
What: During Parent ESL class, volunteers can help with English tutoring with parents of our students. They may be asked to help Asses English levels, work one on one with parent participants, or help with childcare program, etc. Volunteers must have patience to work with non-English speakers.
Requirements: Any students who are fluent in Nepali language are strongly encouraged to apply, but no special language requirements are needed. No transportation or clearances necessary

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