SKSR does not endorse any of these opportunities. They are placed here as possible volunteer opportunities.
AARP Tax Aide Program
One of the important partnerships that WSSRA maintains is with AARP-WA. One service is the tax aide program for seniors. AARP is looking for people to become tax aides. Click on the link to view how you can volunteer for this program. https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discounts/all/aarp-foundation-taxaide/
LEARNING LABS Program for Edmonds Middle Schools
Triple A: Ample Academic Attention
The LABS program, at each of the Edmonds Middle Schools, provides beyond-the-school-day academic support for ALL students with academic need. Daily, two volunteers are needed to work with students as tutor/mentors. A volunteer will commit to one day per week, from about 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm, for 12 weeks. Although this is a yearly program, it is divided into three 12-week sessions (fall, winter, spring). First session: Sept-Nov. There will be 5-7 tutors in the room: 2 high school, 2 community college, and 2 business/seniors working with the students. You can pick your middle school and subject matter.
If interested, contact Jan Link at 425-314-6500, jan@academiclink.us for further information.
Posted 7/17/2018
Paid Volunteer Position
National Assessment of Education Progress is seeking staff to help administer the assessment to 4th, 8th and 12th grade students in selected schools. You must be available to work between January 28th and March 8th, 2019. Paid training, paid time and mileage reimbursement for local driving, and weekly paychecks. For more information, visit www.workNAEP.com and provide your name and email. Or contact Rhonda Philpott, 479-967-4369, rhondaphilpott@naepmail.westat.com.
Posted 7/17/2018
Pacific Science Center
Field Trip Ambassador Volunteer
Pacific Science Center welcomes thousands of students on field trips every year. If you are outgoing, energetic, organized, and enjoy working with teachers and school-aged children you can help facilitate their Pacific Science Center experience. As a Field Trip Ambassador you will welcome school groups and help them get a great start to their day at the Science Center by setting a tone of fun and learning. Shifts are available Mondays – Fridays, 9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Extend your day with us until 2:00 p.m. and see the school groups through their whole Science Center experience; Field Trip Ambassadors are welcome to fill Guest Ambassador, Science Interpretation Program, Tinker Tank, or What is Reality volunteer roles once Field Trip Ambassador activities are complete. Volunteers should be able to commit to volunteering once a week.
Volunteers are candidates for free Science Center memberships, IMAX passes, and so much more!
Learn more about this position at: https://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/volunteers/volunteer-opportunities/
Interested contact:
Volunteer Talent Team | PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER
Guest Services Volunteer Coordinator | P (206) 443-2865| eheemstra@pacsci.org
Posted 4/9/18
Snohomish County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Program
CASA volunteers advocate for children who are in the foster care system due to alleged abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. The volunteer application and more information about the CASA program can be found at the following website: snohomishcountywa.gov/CASA.
If you need more information contact Joelle Kelly, 425-388-7850 or joelle.kelly@snoco.org
Power of One Volunteer Program
My name is Karen Kessinger and I am the coordinator for the Power of One Volunteer program in Shoreline. In case you aren't familiar, Power of One works with people from the community to volunteer in Shoreline Public Schools. Currently, we have more than 50 active volunteers helping in 12 schools or programs.
As you probably already know, schools can always use more help. Most of our volunteers help at the elementary school level, with everything from reading and small groups to math and lunch time clubs. Having consistent volunteers benefits not only teachers but students who come to know and count on their classroom volunteers.
I would be happy to share more about our program with your organization. Some of your members have been part of the Power of One program-- either as volunteers or educators using volunteers in their classrooms.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best,
Karen Kessinger
Volunteer Coordinator
Power of One Community Volunteers
karen.kessinger@shorelineschools.org
www.powerofonevolunteers.wordpress.com
AARP Tax Aide Program
One of the important partnerships that WSSRA maintains is with AARP-WA. One service is the tax aide program for seniors. AARP is looking for people to become tax aides. Click on the link to view how you can volunteer for this program. https://www.aarp.org/benefits-discounts/all/aarp-foundation-taxaide/
LEARNING LABS Program for Edmonds Middle Schools
Triple A: Ample Academic Attention
The LABS program, at each of the Edmonds Middle Schools, provides beyond-the-school-day academic support for ALL students with academic need. Daily, two volunteers are needed to work with students as tutor/mentors. A volunteer will commit to one day per week, from about 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm, for 12 weeks. Although this is a yearly program, it is divided into three 12-week sessions (fall, winter, spring). First session: Sept-Nov. There will be 5-7 tutors in the room: 2 high school, 2 community college, and 2 business/seniors working with the students. You can pick your middle school and subject matter.
If interested, contact Jan Link at 425-314-6500, jan@academiclink.us for further information.
Posted 7/17/2018
Paid Volunteer Position
National Assessment of Education Progress is seeking staff to help administer the assessment to 4th, 8th and 12th grade students in selected schools. You must be available to work between January 28th and March 8th, 2019. Paid training, paid time and mileage reimbursement for local driving, and weekly paychecks. For more information, visit www.workNAEP.com and provide your name and email. Or contact Rhonda Philpott, 479-967-4369, rhondaphilpott@naepmail.westat.com.
Posted 7/17/2018
Pacific Science Center
Field Trip Ambassador Volunteer
Pacific Science Center welcomes thousands of students on field trips every year. If you are outgoing, energetic, organized, and enjoy working with teachers and school-aged children you can help facilitate their Pacific Science Center experience. As a Field Trip Ambassador you will welcome school groups and help them get a great start to their day at the Science Center by setting a tone of fun and learning. Shifts are available Mondays – Fridays, 9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Extend your day with us until 2:00 p.m. and see the school groups through their whole Science Center experience; Field Trip Ambassadors are welcome to fill Guest Ambassador, Science Interpretation Program, Tinker Tank, or What is Reality volunteer roles once Field Trip Ambassador activities are complete. Volunteers should be able to commit to volunteering once a week.
Volunteers are candidates for free Science Center memberships, IMAX passes, and so much more!
Learn more about this position at: https://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/volunteers/volunteer-opportunities/
Interested contact:
Volunteer Talent Team | PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER
Guest Services Volunteer Coordinator | P (206) 443-2865| eheemstra@pacsci.org
Posted 4/9/18
Snohomish County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Program
CASA volunteers advocate for children who are in the foster care system due to alleged abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. The volunteer application and more information about the CASA program can be found at the following website: snohomishcountywa.gov/CASA.
If you need more information contact Joelle Kelly, 425-388-7850 or joelle.kelly@snoco.org
Power of One Volunteer Program
My name is Karen Kessinger and I am the coordinator for the Power of One Volunteer program in Shoreline. In case you aren't familiar, Power of One works with people from the community to volunteer in Shoreline Public Schools. Currently, we have more than 50 active volunteers helping in 12 schools or programs.
As you probably already know, schools can always use more help. Most of our volunteers help at the elementary school level, with everything from reading and small groups to math and lunch time clubs. Having consistent volunteers benefits not only teachers but students who come to know and count on their classroom volunteers.
I would be happy to share more about our program with your organization. Some of your members have been part of the Power of One program-- either as volunteers or educators using volunteers in their classrooms.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best,
Karen Kessinger
Volunteer Coordinator
Power of One Community Volunteers
karen.kessinger@shorelineschools.org
www.powerofonevolunteers.wordpress.com
Music4Life
Music4Life is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing band and orchestra instruments to low-income students in the Edmonds, Shoreline, Seattle and Highline school districts. If anyone reading this has any instruments gathering dust in your closets that you would like to donate please click on the following website: www.music4life.org
Here you can download the donation form and then take the instrument(s) directly to Kennelly Keys Music in Lynnwood or you can call Ginny Burger, SKSR member, and she will pick up the instrument(s) and take them to Kennelly Keys. Ginny’s phone number is 425-776-4896.
Music4Life is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing band and orchestra instruments to low-income students in the Edmonds, Shoreline, Seattle and Highline school districts. If anyone reading this has any instruments gathering dust in your closets that you would like to donate please click on the following website: www.music4life.org
Here you can download the donation form and then take the instrument(s) directly to Kennelly Keys Music in Lynnwood or you can call Ginny Burger, SKSR member, and she will pick up the instrument(s) and take them to Kennelly Keys. Ginny’s phone number is 425-776-4896.
4-H Needs You!
Young people involved in 4-H are more likely to go to college, more motivated to help others, and more likely to make healthy choices than kids who are not in 4-H. With more volunteers, we can reach more youth!
Retired school personnel have the skills and the heart needed to make a difference in 4-H today!
Snohomish County supports over seventy 4-H clubs, but very few west of I-5. You could be the change-maker in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, or elsewhere. You have already helped many children over the years; go at your own pace in retirement, and keep having an impact.
Different ways to get involved:
To get involved, call or e-mail Beth Wangen, 4-H Volunteer Development Coordinator: 425-357-6005 or beth.wangen@wsu.edu . Learn more about Snohomish County 4-H here: http://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/4h/
Young people involved in 4-H are more likely to go to college, more motivated to help others, and more likely to make healthy choices than kids who are not in 4-H. With more volunteers, we can reach more youth!
Retired school personnel have the skills and the heart needed to make a difference in 4-H today!
Snohomish County supports over seventy 4-H clubs, but very few west of I-5. You could be the change-maker in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, or elsewhere. You have already helped many children over the years; go at your own pace in retirement, and keep having an impact.
Different ways to get involved:
- Become a 4-H club leader in your neighborhood, at a local school, or to get your grandchildren involved!
- Help once or occasionally as a guest instructor with an existing group of youth (show them how to cook your favorite dish, make a craft, build a robot; teach a gardening or photography skill....)
- Volunteer with a group of adults for just half a day, grading record books (for goal monitoring--in October), evaluating award applications (in July), judging speeches given by youth (several dates in spring)
- Fill a 3-hour service spot at the annual 4-H “train show” fundraiser (selling tickets, stamping hands, monitoring exits, guiding cars in parking lots—late February)
To get involved, call or e-mail Beth Wangen, 4-H Volunteer Development Coordinator: 425-357-6005 or beth.wangen@wsu.edu . Learn more about Snohomish County 4-H here: http://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/4h/