HELP US COUNT OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS
Calling on all SKSR members to help our unit. WSSRA established a goal for this year to “count our volunteer hours.” We know you all contribute to your communities in a variety of ways. WSSRA wants to get a general count of those “volunteer hours” from across the state. The purpose of this goal is to make the legislators aware of and perhaps surprised by the thousands of hours contributed annually by our members. While we know the result may not be an exact figure, it will be a significant indication of our involvement in the welfare of our communities. It will help show the legislators that we do far more than just ask them for money. Help our unit complete our part of the “count” by recalling the volunteering you have done from June of 2019 and will do through May of 2020. Consider it by month, for example. Then multiply by the number of months during which you do those volunteer sessions. You will arrive at a “ballpark” number of hours you generally contribute each year. You can use the form posted on our SKSR Website under the Volunteer Activities area or simply send the yearly total to: Roberta Hawkins— rlhawkins@aol.com. Thanks for your help and for all the volunteering that you do.
Calling on all SKSR members to help our unit. WSSRA established a goal for this year to “count our volunteer hours.” We know you all contribute to your communities in a variety of ways. WSSRA wants to get a general count of those “volunteer hours” from across the state. The purpose of this goal is to make the legislators aware of and perhaps surprised by the thousands of hours contributed annually by our members. While we know the result may not be an exact figure, it will be a significant indication of our involvement in the welfare of our communities. It will help show the legislators that we do far more than just ask them for money. Help our unit complete our part of the “count” by recalling the volunteering you have done from June of 2019 and will do through May of 2020. Consider it by month, for example. Then multiply by the number of months during which you do those volunteer sessions. You will arrive at a “ballpark” number of hours you generally contribute each year. You can use the form posted on our SKSR Website under the Volunteer Activities area or simply send the yearly total to: Roberta Hawkins— rlhawkins@aol.com. Thanks for your help and for all the volunteering that you do.
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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.
Currently available at Olympic View Middle School, Mukilteo: A person needed to work 4 hours a day Monday through Thursday. Someone who is organized, kind, believes that education affects one's life and who cares about youth, but willing to hold them accountable. The youth are there 3 1/2 hours....from 2:30 to 6:15 or when the last student goes home.
The job is to monitor and maintain a study, tutoring/mentoring environment where about 25-30 students come the first hour until the activity bus goes home...and then about 8 students will stay for private tutor/mentoring...one on one or small group. There are 8-10 tutor/mentors that work with the students. The LABS Director is in charge and makes sure that everyone is working and has what is needed. Another teacher and Jan help and can take it if needed some days. We then call and work with parents and individual students plan and carry out the plans.
Pay is $25 per hour...$100 for the block Mon through Thurs. An extra $400 a week....or $1600 a month. Contact Jan Link above.
Posted 3/5/2019
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.
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.
Currently available at Olympic View Middle School, Mukilteo: A person needed to work 4 hours a day Monday through Thursday. Someone who is organized, kind, believes that education affects one's life and who cares about youth, but willing to hold them accountable. The youth are there 3 1/2 hours....from 2:30 to 6:15 or when the last student goes home.
The job is to monitor and maintain a study, tutoring/mentoring environment where about 25-30 students come the first hour until the activity bus goes home...and then about 8 students will stay for private tutor/mentoring...one on one or small group. There are 8-10 tutor/mentors that work with the students. The LABS Director is in charge and makes sure that everyone is working and has what is needed. Another teacher and Jan help and can take it if needed some days. We then call and work with parents and individual students plan and carry out the plans.
Pay is $25 per hour...$100 for the block Mon through Thurs. An extra $400 a week....or $1600 a month. Contact Jan Link above.
Posted 3/5/2019
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.
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.