By DIANE HENTGES, United Way of Wyandotte County
The school year may
be coming to end but there still is a need for volunteers in certain schools
and school programs. A couple of these are very time limited, a couple hours
for just one day. That is not a lot of time. Check your calendars. Can you
spare the time and make difference in the life of a child?
Banneker Elementary School
will hold a school carnival on May 11, 2012. They are currently recruiting
volunteers to help with this school day event.
The festivities will happen
after lunch. Volunteers will need to on site by 1pm for a brief orientation to
the specific job. The event will be over by 3:30 so volunteers should be ready
to leave by 3:45 p.m.
Volunteers will help with last minute set-up, help with
various carnival booths, mange foot traffic and help with clean-up. This will
be a fun activity for the volunteer and the student. If you are interested in
volunteering please contact Grant at 913-627-4724 or at ghuffm@kckps.org.
Communities in Schools will host
Reality U, a financial literacy event, at two high schools in District 500
before school is out. They need interested volunteers to help make each of
these events a truly meaningful experience for students. Training will be
provided.
They will have the program on April 26th in the morning at Schlagle
High School and mornings, May 3 and
May 4 at J.C. Harmon High School. If you want more information on how you or
maybe your work group can help with one or all of these projects, please
contact Ashley at 1-785-856-5190 or at
realityu@ciskansas.org.
PACES, a program of Wyandotte Center wants to recruit volunteer tutors for
students, K-12. Sessions are Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 7:30pm during the
school year.
Tutors are needed to finish out this academic year. If you are
interested in making a difference in the life of a child, please contact Joyce
at 913-956-3417 or at adams_j@wmhci.org
For information on how you can GIVE, ADVOCATE, and VOLUNTEER
please contact me at 913-371-3674 or at dhentges@unitedway-wyco.org.or
check out our web site at www.unitedway-wyco.org.
