Opportunity Details
Kids! Families-Only Shift at Children's Book Bank (age 4+) *MLK 2015*
Join us in honoring the legacy of Dr. King through meaningful service to our community: "Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve."
-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Spend a morning at the Children's Book Bank introducing your kids to volunteering! All families with children ages 4 and up are invited to come and lend a hand at The Children’s Book Bank at this 100% family-friendly volunteer session.
Come and spruce-up gently-used community donated children’s books, which will later be distributed to low-income preschool children in the Portland area! At this fun family-friendly session, we will give special attention to the kids to spread the love of volunteering and make cleaning books fun! It's more about quality than quanity and we want everyone to have an enjoyable time while doing something good for other kids! Specific tasks include wiping covers, taping torn pages, erasing scribbles, covering inscriptions and reinforcing worn spines. The role of parents is to help their kids with these tasks. At the end of the session, every kid can select a fun prize from our treasure box to take home. Show your kids that helping others can be fun and rewarding at the same time!
The book gap: For children in poverty, one of the biggest obstacles to literacy development (which begins at birth) is the scarcity of books in the home. While the ratio of books to children in middle-income neighborhoods is approximately 13 books to 1 child, the ratio in low-income neighborhoods is a mere 1 book to 300 children. The Children’s Book Bank narrows the book gap by providing the community with a place for families donate the books their children have outgrown, moving thousands and thousands of children’s books into the homes of kids in need.
FAQs:
Can I bring books to donate? Yes, of course! You are welcome to bring either new or gently-used books with you to this volunteer event. The Children’s Book Bank serves children of all ages, so donations of “read aloud” and chapter books are greatly appreciated. Books in Spanish are a particular need. And if you're interested in learning more about hosting a book drive for the Children's Book Bank, we'd love to hear from you! Email info@childrensbookbank.org for more information.
Where do the books go? Children’s Book Bank partners with local agencies to identify families and children in need of books. Last year every Head Start preschooler in Multnomah County received a bag of 15 books of their own to have at home.
Keywords: breaking_the_cycle
Project Requirements:
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You must be 4 years of age or older to attend this project; any volunteer under age 14 must attend with a parent or adult chaperone.
All volunteers under 18 are required to bring a Youth Volunteer Release Form signed by their parent or legal guardian. Please download, complete, and bring this waiver with you on the day of the project.
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If you plan to bring children/additional volunteers you MUST reserve slots for them. The best way to do this is to create a Volunteer Team, then sign up your team for this project. Questions? Email teams@handsonportland.org
IMPORTANT NOTE: You are responsible for ensuring that everyone signed up through your team attends - only sign up team members who have confirmed their availability. Teams that repeatedly sign up, but do not show up or show up with fewer volunteers than they signed up, may be removed. To add or remove team members from a project: log in to your volunteer account and click "Manage My Team" next to the appropriate upcoming opportunity.
Click "Sign Up" below to reserve your spot! Need help signing up? Call 503-200-3355.
Age Minimum (with Adult): 4+, Minimum Age:14+
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