Opportunities From: Montgomery County Volunteer Center

1. We welcome all students from Kindergarten to 12th grade, as well as amateur college students.
2. All music levels and genres are welcome.

** UNMUTE In-person concerts in Montgomery County are held at the following locations, 

@ Brightview Fallsgrove Senior Living (9200 Darnestown Rd, Rockville, MD 20850).

@ Modena Reserve (10540 Metropolitan Ave., Kensington, MD 20895)

@ Sunrise Brighton Gardens of Friendship Heights (5555 Friendship Blvd., Chevy Chase, MD 20815)

** UNMUTE In-person concerts in Howard County are held at the following locations,

@ Lighthouse Senior Living (3100 N Ridge Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043)

@ Long Life Senior Center (9075 Guilford Road, Columbia, MD 21046)

@ Sunrise Senior Living Columbia C (6500 Freetown Rd., Columbia, MD 21044)

@ Residencies at Vantage Point (5400 Vantage Point Rd, Columbia, MD 21044)

** UNMUTE In-person concerts in Baltimore County are held at the following location,

@ Lorien Mays Chapel (12230 Roundwood Rd, Timonium, MD 21093)

@ Brightview Hunt Valley (11509 McCormick Rd, Cockeysville, MD 21030)

UNMUTE's Student Service Learning (SSL) hours Calculation Rules and Timeline has been adjusted to meet public school's policies and compliance requirements. 

2025-2026 SSL verification form Timeline:

Volunteer with UNMUTE to bring warmth and music to the senior community !!

Email germantown@bgcgw.org or call 301.353.9600 for more information.

A great opportunity for students interested in the teaching/child care/youth development field.

-After School Program Junior Leaders (Counselor-in-Training) opportunities are for high school students (9th - 12th grade), 14 years old - 18 years old.  This opportunity is during the school year.

-Keystone Club opportunities are for high school students (9th - 12th grade), 14 years old - 18 years old.  This opportunity is during the school year.

-Torch Club opportunities are for middle school students (6th - 8th grade).  This opportunity is during the school year.

-Summer Camp Junior Leaders (Counselor-in-Training) opportunities are for high school students going into the (9th - 12th grade) for the upcoming school year, 14 years old - 18 years old.  This opportunity is during the summer.

-Volunteers will be required to attend an orientation.

-Volunteers that are 18 years old or older must pass a criminal background check.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours in a public space under direct supervision of the nonprofit organization. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

 Service Opportunity for High School Students!

Are you a Junior or Senior interested in teaching and making a real difference in the lives of young children? Join us at Friendship Children’s Center and spend up to four hours a day alongside our teachers, helping infants through Pre-K students grow, learn, and thrive!

As a volunteer, you’ll:

Dive into hands-on activities like art projects, free play, outdoor adventures, and neighborhood walks

Inspire confidence and trust while serving as a positive role model

Make a lasting impact on our community’s youngest learners

This is a physically active role—you’ll stand, walk, run, and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Prior experience with children—babysitting, tutoring, summer camp, or helping out at home—is a plus!

Jump in, have fun, and help shape the next generation!

NOTICE: Effective November 15, 2021, all City of Rockville volunteers need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Volunteers for this opportunity must also successfully complete a background check prior to volunteering. 

Volunteers assist with the Learn to Swim program at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center. Volunteers work as an instructor's aid and are paired up in the pool with paid instructors. They also help take attendance, set out the kickboards, diving rings, and lifejackets and help put away the swim equipment after lessons. Volunteers must be able to demonstrate the swimming skills for the level they are working with. A time commitment of 7-8 weeks is required. 

Session dates are (roughly):

Winter session 1 Early January-mid-February; Winter session 2 mid-February-early April; Spring session mid-April-mid June; Summer sessions (1-4) mid-June-early August; Fall session 1 early September-late October; Fall session 2 late October-mid-December.

Visit the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center website for more information about our facility. 

This opportunity is available for student volunteers to earn SSL hours. Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit organization directly with any questions and/or concerns. The nonprofit is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy at any time the student is interacting with the nonprofit and its clients. The nonprofit will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. For SSL hours to be added to a student’s record, students must submit MCPS Form 560-51, Student Service Learning Activity Verification Form, to the school SSL coordinator by the due dates on the form (no later than the last Friday in May), which can be found at bit.ly/SSLReflection. Students will need to complete sections 1 and 3 of MCPS Form 560-51 in full. In lieu of section 2 of MCPS Form 560-51, students should attach the “SSL Hour Form” completed and provided to the student by the City of Rockville supervisor.

The nonprofit organization Science is Elemental (SIE) is looking for scientists eager to support elementary school teachers and spend a few hours a month (flexibly) answering teachers’ questions about their science curriculum. If desired (but not essential for volunteering), there will also be opportunities to speak (virtually or in-person) about your science or career to elementary school students. While some elementary school teachers are well-grounded in the sciences, most are not, as being so is not a requirement for a degree in elementary education, nor for being hired in most school systems. As a result, they may need science support from others to fully understand the material they are teaching.

The goal of this project is to provide the scientific background teachers want to know so that they can better serve their students. We need some scientists now, to complete our testing, and then more once the school year starts. Once the network is live, we plan to provide the answers to teachers’ questions within one hour.

Volunteers will use Slack to receive and answer questions. It is expected that each volunteer monitor Slack, when they have time, for questions being asked. In this manner, volunteers only provide their services when it is convenient for them to do so. Our goal is to have a sufficiently large network of scientist volunteers to allow coverage of the Slack channel for the entire day, and especially during and immediately after school hours.

The qualifications for this volunteer role are:

1)      At least three years working in any science (to include computer and data sciences, and engineering fields), or three years graduate study in such fields.

2)      Willingness to obtain a Science is Elemental Slack account (at no cost to you)

3)      Have some time during the day to monitor the Slack channel, even if it’s only for a few minutes at a time.

4)      Desire to help elementary school teachers instill a love for the sciences in their students.

In your response to this opportunity, please indicate if you might be available, depending on scheduling, to help SIE run some tests of the system this summer.

We have a Reggio Emilia inspired summer program for children ages 2-5 years. Volunteers are needed to assist educators with daily activities for children, such as art, music, water play, story time, sports and movement, and more. Volunteer hours are from 9am to 1pm.

We are currently accepting volunteers for next summers program which starts in June of 2026. More details to follow.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours in a public space under direct supervision of the nonprofit organization. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

We are working to have volunteer opportunities in the garden ASAP.  Please reach out to Avery Cross at avery.cross@holycrosshealth.org to express your interest or if you have any questions.

Description

The Community Garden at HCH is a 400 sq ft space with 24 garden beds and a greenhouse, used by community members to grow their own food and by HCH to grow seedlings and produce for donation—helping provide fresh, nutritious foods to those facing food insecurity.

We’re looking for volunteers to support garden maintenance during scheduled shifts. This is a great chance to learn about gardening, connect with the local community, and support our mission.

Volunteer tasks may include:

· Weeding, planting, watering, harvesting, pest management, other garden tasks

· Applying bulk soil amendments, dumping and spreading wood chips

· Compost maintenance

· Greenhouse and tool shed organization and cleaning

Tasks vary with the season, with the most help needed in spring and summer. HCH provides tools, gloves, and guidance. At least one staff member will be on-site during shifts.

What to bring/wear:

· Water bottle, and snacks if desired

· Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothes you don’t mind getting dirty

· Closed-toe shoes

Volunteers must be 18+ or accompanied by a guardian, unless arranged otherwise. All activities are optional—please take breaks as needed—but note that many tasks involve physical labor such as lifting, squatting, standing for long periods, and working in hot weather.

To volunteer, complete the form below to sign up for an available shift. Each volunteer must submit the form to participate. Please do not show up unless you have received confirmation. New available shift times will be posted regularly on the form as they are scheduled. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Food Security Initiatives Program Coordinator, Avery Cross at avery.cross@holycrosshealth.org.

Thank you for your interest and support!

FORM REQUIRED TO FILL: Form

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

To volunteer in the garden you must apply to become a HCH volunteer if you are not already eligible. Below is the link to the HCH website’s instructions for applying if you are interested and the contact information for learning more about how to apply. If you are already a HCH volunteer, you are already eligible to sign up for shifts, please complete the form at the bottom of the page.

Sarah Walker 
Manager, Volunteer Services  
Tel: 301-754-7306 
Email: sarah.walker001@holycrosshealth.org 

*feel free to CC Avery at avery.cross@holycrosshealth.org

We have teacher assistant opportunities for students with experience in computer programming or robotics competitions to join the Weestar STEM Summer Camp during summer vacation. We also offer volunteer opportunities for students who are fluent in Chinese to serve as teacher assistants in the Gateway to China Summer Camp in Howard County.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours in a public space under direct supervision of the nonprofit organization. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

During the summer, volunteers serve as camp counselors, supporting campers with their daily routines, schedules, and Taekwondo activities. They play an important role in ensuring the safety of our campers while creating an environment where they can learn, make new friends, and have fun. Volunteers set a high standard, acting as supportive and caring examples of good role models within the day camp setting.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Elevate the Future is a U.S.-based student-led 501(c)(3) organization committed to improving digital and economic literacy around the world. We have 43 chapters in 18 countries with over 400 team members.

Elevate the Future's Maryland Chapter seeks remote student volunteers for its Business Education Department. Applications are ongoing, and we encourage any students interested in economics, entrepreneurship, the social sciences, and business education to apply.

ETF MD IS A CERTIFIED ISSUER OF MCPS  STUDENT SERVICE LEARNING (SSL) HOURS.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS ROLE WILL EARN SSL HOURS FOR THEIR WORK.

Initial appointment rank upon selection is commensurate with knowledge and experience. Volunteers with one year of active, high-quality service to Elevate the Future Maryland will automatically be promoted to Level 2 (senior) rank.

Developers will create educational materials for business curricula. This includes slide presentations, example activities, and extension activities. The Business Education Department may also host educational events and competitions, including but not limited to guest speaker seminars, pitch contests, and entrepreneurship-oriented summer camps, for which developers are permitted to instruct.

Quality work must be submitted before the deadline and done in a professional manner. Students will earn hour-for-hour the amount of time serving when they are directly supervised, as well as limited additional hours per week for asynchronous tasks they are assigned to.

Please note the following guidelines for student service through live virtual platforms:

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy at any time the student is interacting with the nonprofit and its clients. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. This service activity is designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home. 

Description

2025-2026 ongoing SSL Opportunities for youth sponsored by The Tacy Foundation

Here is a list of many different In-Person and remote opportunities that you are invited to choose this school year:

5. Write about your Piano Pals® or Guitar Pals® or Reading Express® Your Reflections may be about a particular life lesson that you taught this fall or last year during the holiday season. Tell about how your young student saw the world of holidays through his or her eyes. Your writing may reflect (1) a change in your idea of community service, (2) what you discovered that you did not know before you taught (Write about this in regard to the children whom you are serving), and/or (3) the importance of music in the lives of the children you are working with. It may include a particularly difficult challenge that you faced or are facing in working with children. The piece may be about how you discovered a side of yourself you had not known before these music classes. Relate how you would like to take what you learned into the world to share with others and to serve again. (1 SSL hour after it is published online or in the Newsletter). Send to volunteer.thetacyfoundation@gmail.comand/or thetacyfoundation@gmail.com.  

Piano Pals for Elementary school children, Guitar Pals for Elementary school children, and Piano Pals for Seniors.  Look for Summer Training sessions (coming in July) for new volunteers.  Experienced mentors will teach new volunteers.  

Student participation in the above service projects is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. The above service activities are designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home. Consent Forms for Virtual Learning by 501(c)(3) organizations (The Tacy Foundation) must be signed by the parent prior to enrollment. No exceptions.

Please note: this opportunity is only available throughout the MCPS school year.  We do not host this particular distribution during the summer months.  Instead, students can join us at our regular packing on Friday mornings at the TPSS Coop and TP SDA Church. 

Small Things Matter's Kokua Foods Program helps address food insecurity in our community.  

We are looking for vaccinated teens (and adults) to help us pack and distribute food to the families that we serve.  The pandemic brought about by COVID-19 have made these families even more vulnerable than before and they need some additional food support.  These staples and fresh produce help them with their food insecurity.  

Middle school and high school students who are vaccinated are eligible to earn SSL hours by working onsite at our distributions on Tuesdays. Community service hours are also available.  Please see our website for the dates.

If you are interested in helping please send an email to thesmallthingsmatter@yahoo.com

Dates in 2025:

Tuesday March 4, 2025

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: 

Please read the guidelines here:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/ssl/virtual.aspx

Please email Roxanne (thesmallthingsmatter@yahoo.com) if you have questions.

Thanks!

Small Things Matter

www.smallthingsmatter.org

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. This service activity is designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home until schools resume normal status. 

The IRC in Silver Spring is now recruiting Spring 2025 interns! IRC internships give interns the opportunity to work directly with refugees to support them in accomplishing tasks needed to live successfully in the U.S. We offer 17 unique internships that provide a wide variety of opportunities to gain direct exposure to the refugee resettlement sector.

The IRC was founded at the behest of Albert Einstein in 1933 to assist people fleeing from persecution. Since then, the IRC has grown and works all over the world providing humanitarian support. In Silver Spring, the IRC works with refugees the moment they step off the plane to help them get situated and become self-sufficient members of their new community.  

You can find the full description by going to the IRC Careers page and filtering by City (Silver Spring) and Employee Category (Intern). Prospective interns will use the same link to apply.

·       Anti-Trafficking: The Anti-Trafficking Intern will work in close coordination with the case management teams to serve survivors of human trafficking who are struggling to navigate various systems to access resources and services.

·       Asylee & Humanitarian Parolee Casework: The Asylee & Humanitarian Parolee Casework team is the first point of contact for asylee clients. Caseworkers provide 8 months of case management to asylees. The services include providing monthly cash assistance, ensuring that clients apply for public benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps, ensuring that clients apply for social security and enroll in health insurance and ESL classes. 

·       Career Development: The Career Development Program assists employed clients in securing job upgrades to improve economic conditions and align with career history and/or career objectives. The intern will work closely with the Career Development team and Financial Capabilities program to promote client self-sufficiency and encourage clients to work towards long-term career goals.

·       Community Engagement: The aim of community engagement is to establish strong, mutually beneficial connections between the community and the IRC in Silver Spring order to garner monetary, in-kind and volunteer resources for refugee clients. The community engagement intern supports the administration of the family mentor program.  

·       Development: The development team focuses on securing funding for IRC offices; assisting with donor prospecting, research, data collection and grant management activities.

·       Refugee Economic Empowerment: The Economic Empowerment program assists refugees to become economically self-sufficient by placing recently arrived refugees in their first job in the United States.  

·       Refugee Employment and Skill-Building: The Refugee Employment and Skill-Building Program aims to reduce barriers to self-sufficiency and employment and assist refugees to secure full-time employment. 

·       Refugee Employment Coordination: The Employment Coordination Program supports humanitarian immigrants to achieve economic self-sufficiency through engagement in work participation activities including volunteering, internship procurement, vocational English as a second language classes, and referrals to certificate-bearing professional development courses.  

·       Financial Capabilities: The Financial Capabilities program supports clients to become financially capable through financial education, coaching and providing low-interest loan products. Services include financial education and counseling that help clients understand banking, budgeting, saving, debt management, building credit and auto purchase. 

·       Gender Equity: IRC programming assists refugees to become economically self-sufficient and supports acclimatization within the United States by providing access to casework services. This role will support the IRC’s Gender Equality work, cross-cutting programmatically and departmentally to support the administration of equitable services and the proper consideration of gender concerns in programmatic and departmental initiatives. 

·       Immigration Legal Services: The IRC's Immigration Department provides high quality, low-cost immigration services, including filing applications for adjustment of status (i.e. green cards), work authorization, naturalization, family reunification for refugees, asylees, victims of trafficking and other immigrants. 

·       Operations: IRC's Operations Team in Silver Spring, Maryland, supports operations functions and provides related administrative support, resulting in a well-functioning, compliant environment for staff, clients, and partners. This is a challenging position that requires strong organization, creative problem-solving, personal initiative, and the ability to work well in a multicultural and fast -paced environment.

·       Refugee Walk-in Services: The Intake program is the first point of contact to all “walk-in” clients that visit the IRC in Silver Spring. We provide fast track enrollment in public benefits and referrals to internal and/or external resources and programs as needed. 

·       Extended Case Management: The Extended Case Management (ECM) team provides case management services to up to 400 new clients each year. The team works directly with new refugees, asylees, parolees, and other humanitarian immigrants resettling in the DC Metro area, including Haitian, Ukrainian, Latin American, African, and Middle Eastern individuals; utilizing a holistic 2Gen household approach for the families served, the team addresses both short-term and long-term barriers to support overall well-being in the US.

·       Refugee Health and Social Integration: The refugee health and social integration intern will work in close coordination with the case management teams to serve refugees and other vulnerable immigrants who are struggling to navigate various systems to access resources and services.

·       Refugee Resettlement: The Refugee Resettlement team supports refugees during their first eight months in the United States. The housing team prepares apartments for new families. Caseworkers connect refugees with services include providing monthly cash assistance, ensuring that clients apply for public benefits such Medicaid, food stamps, social security and enroll in health insurance and ESL classes. The cultural orientation team introduce refugees to U.S. customs and systems. 

·       Youth Program: The IRC’s Youth Program works to support the integration of school-age recently arrived refugees and asylees. Interns will support the enrolling of new clients in the youth program and completing individual service plans for each individual client. 

All selected interns must undergo and clear a background and reference check in order to intern with the Silver Spring office. We ask that candidates make a $30 donation to help us cover the associated costs. Currently, 87% of our funding goes directly to programming to support our clients, and your help to cover this cost will ensure that no funding is directed away from serving our clients. Instructions will be provided after you have been selected to intern or volunteer. The IRC is not able to sponsor visas.  

The ability to work in-person at least one day per week is required. Internships require a minimum commitment of 15 hours per week. Spring interns are expected to begin their internship by attending an in-person intern orientation on January 27th, 2025, from 9:15AM-3:30PM. The Spring internship terms ends on May 16th, 2025. Please note, the deadline to apply for Spring 2025 internships is January 6, 2025.

Internships with the IRC in Silver Spring are unpaid. Spring 2025 interns may be eligible for per diem reimbursement at the rate of $15/day to offset the costs of food and travel. For information on scholarship opportunities, contact your university or the IRC Silver Spring Community Engagement Coordinator at Michalina.Kulesza@rescue.org.

We currently offer internships during the following semesters: 
Spring: January – May 
Summer: June– August 
Fall: September – December 
Internships are typically posted 2-3 months prior to the anticipated start date. 

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.  

If you need assistance in the application or hiring process to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact Talent Acquisitions at IRC.Recruitment@rescue.org. As required by law, the IRC will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with a known disability.

BECA is seeking Summer Camp Counselors for our annual Summer Camp, a summer bridge program for 1st – 6th-grade students from our partner schools, San Jeronimo Bilingual School and Santa Monica Bilingual School, in Honduras.

For interested volunteers who are not available during our summer camp weeks, we offer similar service learning volunteer opportunities for small groups - including student groups, families, and other organizations/companies.

The three-week summer camp (that happens annually - typically the last week of June through the first two weeks of July) includes fun games, activities, and literacy and math enrichment. The camp contributes to preventing summer learning loss and offers BECA's students an enriching opportunity during a time when many of their peers are still in school (public schools in Honduras operate on a February - November schedule). Our camp counselors and Counselors in Training learn just as much as our students do and have just as much fun too. 

Our counselors are a wonderfully varied group - including recent high school graduates, current college students on summer vacation, educators looking for service learning summer opportunities, and even retirees from all over the world. 

All Summer Camp Counselors (and other service learning volunteers) connect with the BECA team and each other via email and two onboarding video calls prior to coming to Honduras to discuss the following:

packing/arriving in-country

brainstorming the summer camp theme

lesson planning topics for reading & writing, arts & crafts, and physical education

We kick off with a 3-4 day orientation in-country (shorter for shorter experiences)

Summer Camp runs 8:00 am – 12:00 pm, Monday through Friday

In the afternoons, the team is busy completing a service project, participating in a reflection series, going on home visits, or participating in team bonding activities

RESPONSIBILITIES

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Because the Summer Camp is a supplemental program, BECA recoups the program’s expenses through donations paid by Summer Camp Counselors and CITs. We ask that you contribute or fundraise $1,500 for the BECA program to help defray costs (staff support, food, accommodation, and training). A limited number of reduced contribution slots may be available. If you are interested in a service learning experience for your group, we are happy to discuss a fee structure that makes sense for all. We can also help groups/individuals set up a fundraising page using our networkforgood platform.

For current college students and educators, please note that volunteers in the past have successfully applied for on-campus grant monies or local grant opportunities to cover this expense and travel. We encourage you to explore what opportunities your college/community offers to subsidize summer experiences. Please contact us if you have any questions; we will try to help you in any way possible.

*** STUDENT SERVICE LEARNING: Students will earn hour-for-hour the amount of time serving when they are directly supervised (typically an average of four hours/day during summer camp and similar service learning trips).***

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Regarding Virtual (zoom or whatsapp) Orientation Sessions:

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy at any time the student is interacting with the nonprofit and its clients. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. This service activity is designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home. 

Serve as a mentor and adult leader with one of our Clubs throughout the county. We have high school groups in Silver Spring, Rockville, and Poolesville. A middle school group in Gaithersburg, serving students from around the county, as well as a high school group for Spanish speaking teens in Gaithersburg. We also serve teen parents and their children in Montgomery County through our YoungLives program that meets in Wheaton and Rockville.

We are a Christian based outreach program that provides a safe place for young people in the community to develop relationships with caring adults from the community who love Jesus and want to see them flourish. We offer one on one opportunities as well as group programming. Every winter we take students to camp for a weekend getaway in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockbridge Alum Springs, and in the summer we take students to a weeklong camp, either at Rockbridge or Lake Champion in Glen Spey, NY. 

Each Club meets in different rhythms and at various points throughout the week, typically 2-4 times per month in the evenings. We provide training, background checks, and team-based onboarding for all our volunteers.

Imagination Stage is seeking Teen volunteers to assist with our 2025 Summer Camps! Volunteering at Imagination Stage provides young people with the opportunity to assist in the classroom while learning new theater and educational skills! Teen volunteers will aid in setting up the classroom space, model exemplary behavior for the campers, and assist our teaching artists in creating a positive camp atmosphere. Volunteers do not need to commit for the entire summer; if selected as a teen volunteer, we will accommodate your busy summer schedule. If you are interested in applying to be a Teen Volunteer with Imagination Stage, fill out the Google Form below. Once you have filled out the form, we will contact you in the coming days with next steps. If you have any questions about becoming a Teen Volunteer, email our Education Program Manager Sami at stopping@imaginationstage.org for more information.

Google Form Application

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours in a public space under direct supervision of the nonprofit organization. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Again this Fall, Tacy Foundation will offer these opportunities as follows:

(1) training for teens to learn how to teach the (purple) Primer Books of Faber Piano Adventures for anyone who missed the early Summer classes. 

Dates: Weekends by appointment as needed. Invitations given via Signup.com for Piano Pals Training.   In-Person and/or Online Training.

(2) training for mentors to learn and teach Creative Improv from Faber Piano Adventures.  Written reflection and video presentation, and Sign In Sheet required for SSL Credit.      See below:  

New Webinar Series for Learning and Teaching Creative Improv

Join your hosts Randall Faber and Brian DiBlassio to learn how bursts of creativity spinning from favorite Piano Adventures songs can make lessonsexploratory and fun. Each live webinar provides focused, hands-on training to enhance your teaching toolkit.

August 4,    1pm to 2:30pm ET

Introduction to Creative Improv: You Already Have the Skills to Get Going!

August 11,   1pm to 2:30pm ET

Beyond the Printed Page: Opening up Tunes

August 18,   1pm to 2:30pm ET

Next Level Improv-abilities for Jazz & Blues

Webinars are free and open to all. Recordings will be available in the Teacher Atlas.

Enrollment with the Foundation is required. Go to www.tacyfoundation.org, How to Volunteer page.

All parents of Volunteers must go to www.tacyfoundation.org and sign the Consent Form.  This is found in the "How to Volunteer" section.  This form is required.  An Orientation via telephone conference call follows.  Classes are open AFTER the process of enrollment and Orientation are completed.  No exceptions.

If you missed the Summer classes and you are interested in joining a Virtual class (for learning how to teach grades K-5), we will offer this beginning in the winter months while in-school Piano Pals programs continue at Gaithersburg ES, Brown Station ES, Fox Chapel ES, and Clopper Mill ES, and Tanglewood Apartments HOC.  

Each SSL Credit Hour is logged by the Adult Host of the sessions.  One hour of class time equals 1 hour of ssl credit.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy at any time the student is interacting with the nonprofit and its clients. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. This service activity is designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home. 

WE NEED MENTORS WHO WANT TO SPEND TIME EACH MONTH WITH A YOUTH AGED 8-18! APPLY NOW!

Asian American LEAD supports low-income & underserved youth with educational empowerment, identity development, and leadership opportunities through after school, summer, and mentoring programs. We connect youth ages 8-18 with adults to form relationships that provide youth with a safe avenue to express their feelings and frustrations, foster positive self-identity, and develop the skills they need to be confident, engaged, and successful.

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Roles & Responsibilities of a Mentor:
-Listen to their mentee's concerns
-Enhance their mentee's belief in their own potential
-Provide a safe environment for mentees to explore new interests
-Submit monthly mentor logs about mentoring activities to AALEAD
-Work with mentee to achieve goals
-Notify AALEAD about any life changes that would inhibit mentoring

Time Commitment:
-Spend ~5 hours per month together for at least one year
-In-person meetings are required throughout the year, but there may be virtual sessions as well

Mentor Qualifications:
- Over the age of 21
- Pass background and reference checks
- Have lifestyle compatible with mentoring for at least one year
- Commitment to making a difference in a young person's life
- Commitment to positive youth development

The JCA Samuel J. Gorlitz Kensington Club in Rockville is a social club designed for seniors in the early stage of memory loss. 

The Kensington Club@Parklawn on the JCA Headquarters Terrace has a large patio with raised flower beds and patio furniture. We are in search of 1-2 summer volunteers from June 1 to September 1(end date flexible), who are interested in horticulture and could provide regular care to patio plants at least one day per week, about 1-4 hours per week. Volunteer can take care of plants on Tuesdays or Thursdays anytime between 8-6pm. Student to communicate all lengthy and scheduled absences to supervisor to arrange coverage during this absence. Hours can vary during summer as long as mutually agreed upon between volunteer and supervisor. Orientation will be provided. The student must possess self-motivation, good judgement, good communication, and reliability to maintain this summer commitment to keep plants alive and thriving for the seniors in this day program. 

This is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers who seek flex hours but who enjoy working with plants and providing an independent, indirect service to program for seniors with dementia.  

*For students, there is a potential for 20-30 SSL hours for a 8 week summer commitment. July 1 - September 1, 2023 (negotiable).

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Purpose:  This position supports the lead writer for Celestial Manna, Inc, a faith-based food rescue non‑profit.  This position accomplishes research and drafts grant proposals, fundraising materials and related documents to fund the ongoing operations of Celestial Manna.

Location: This position is virtual. 

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Carpe Diem Arts, Inc. is looking for a volunteer Development Advisor to join our Board of Directors. They will explore and participate in developing funding opportunities as well as cultivating the donor base relationships.

Responsibilities include:

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

Carpe Diem Arts is a local and small nonprofit dedicated to connecting people of all ages in the DC metro community to music, dance, and visual arts through regularly occurring events, as well as providing children with opportunities to learn and grow via the arts through summer camps, in-school music instruction, and after-school programming. 

MISSION: Carpe Diem Arts' mission is to inspire creative self-expression that empowers individuals, strengthens communities, and builds better futures, while also supporting the livelihoods of master teaching and performing artists who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

VISION: Through shared arts experiences in the visual, literary and performing arts, individuals and groups find common ground, discover new talents and interests, and build lasting relationships. 

VALUES: Our guiding values are social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and joy--- employing the arts to unite, energize and inspire us to create the change we need to see in the world. Bringing the arts to life in ways that matter and make a difference.

The Student Union is a high school club sponsored by the City of Gaithersburg. Students must be in grades 9-12 to become a member and registration is $10/year for City residents and $15/year for non-residents. Membership includes admission to after school programs at Bohrer Park, access to the Olde Towne & Robertson Park Youth Centers, field trips, and volunteer opportunities. These volunteer opportunities include: -Tree plantings -Car washes -Environmental clean-ups -Intergenerational programs at retirement/nursing homes -Assist in supervision of younger participants during recreational activities, special events, field trips, and at the Youth Centers -Making toys for animal shelter -Preparing meals for homeless shelters -Serving food at local food banks/soup kitchens -Participation in youth advisory committees -Assist in tasks to prepare for City events and City-sponsored activities -Support volunteers at Holiday Giving programs, Homeless Resource Fair, & City festivals (Winter Lights, Oktoberfest, Book Festival, SummerFest)

Volunteers must be active members of the Student Union (grades 9-12 and are expected to follow the City's rules and regulations during their participation in volunteer programs.  Visit our website at www.gaithersburgmd.gov, keyword search "Student Union" to download the membership registration form and calendar.  Email studentunion@gaithersburgmd.gov with questions.

The primary duty of the volunteer is to assist the paid counselors with the overall supervision of the participants at the camps to ensure their safety and positive experience. The CITs are primarily responsible for helping with an assigned group of campers whereas the IRVs work one-on-one with an individual camper with disabilities to help facilitate the participant's inclusion into the program. Volunteers must be 14 years old or have completed 8th grade in order to participate. All volunteers must attend a mandatory training.

https://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/recreation/youth-teen-activities/summer-camps/volunteer-opportunities

Please find below a list of virtual/remote opportunities for volunteers to continue reminding Seniors that we are grateful for them. Hospital patients and staff will be heartened by your music and stories.  These activities are designed to be completed in the safety of your home during Quarantine for the time being (ending when MCPS and all MD/VA schools return to normal status). If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the following steps:

Here is a list of many different virtual/remote opportunities that you can complete until schools return to normal status:

1.  Find music that has great meaning for the seniors (songs from 1940’s to 1990’s).  Use the time you would ordinarily spend practicing for an event to learn at least one or two songs. You will be ready to share these favorite songs when the doors open again. During this Fall season, add Fall and Winter repertoire to your list of music to bring after Quarantine. (1 SSL hour)

2.  Draw a picture depicting the Summer season for the seniors.  Include a crossword puzzle for them to keep their minds sharp. Write a rhyme and picture.  Reflect on their importance to your life by their great contributions through history (from 1940’s to the present).  Send these to the Teen Communications Intern for the Foundation. There have been many adventures from your generous, heroic efforts, and they are so beautiful to read.  Sharing your thoughts with other volunteers will embolden them to overcome their fear and hesitancy.  Sharing them with adults and seniors reminds the seniors that they are important.  It is their privilege to pass down to YOU the great work ethic, sense of purpose, and experiences in grappling with emergencies that they have learned during their lifetime.  During this silence from seeing them, we will ask the Communications Intern to receive these writings and place them on Facebook. Most seniors have access to Facebook.  They can see their young music friends’ messages of concern and of thanks for their lives.  We will also mail your messages to them either via email or USPS. (.5 SSL hour)

3.  Make and send your music video of music in public domain on YouTube performances. We will offer your music to the Activity Directors (of seniors facilities) as Virtual Live Performance.  You are allowed to speak clearly your message to seniors:  “I miss seeing you, so I would like to play this song for you now…..”. (1 SSL hour)

4. Write a thoughtful, encouraging email message to a senior.   Let the senior know how he or she has reminded you of courage and strength during hard times.

You may refer to the Beethoven story written and illustrated below by Faber Piano Adventures.  (See web site below on this email message.)

https://beethoven.pianoadventures.com/?mc_cid=fe4353e2fc&mc_eid=4e5fc455a7

Tell him or her that you are studying about another hero (besides the senior) who has helped you.  In other words, share with seniors in an email message to them to encourage them to be strong and to have hope.  

Send your letter to the Program Manager: programs.thetacyfoundation@gmail.com.  She will send your letter or story to the seniors in all of the places where we play music.  They will see our video playlist too and will look forward to the time when COVID is over and we will return to them. 

1.5 SSL per email letter.  5 full paragraphs of expressive, encouraging connection between the struggles of Beethoven’s life challenges and your experience so far in the pandemic of 2020.

5.  Write (and or) illustrate a particular memorable moment when you played music at a hospital.  Perhaps someone came up to you and thanked you.  Maybe a family had just heard a very sad prognosis, or a family was happily bringing home a newborn baby, or another family was bringing home a loved one from a hospital stay.  As they always do, they stopped to hear your music.  Another time, perhaps you saw people enter the lobby through the big doors and turn toward the music and sigh a deep breath of hope and courage.  Write a descriptive piece on this.  Your writing may bring peace of mind to someone in a senior facility or a hospital who cannot express the sadness or the despair.  Stories are the best medicine for reminding us of the inestimable value of paying forward our hope for others through music. (1 SSL hour)

6. Write about your Piano Pals® or Guitar Pals® or Reading Express® experiences. Your Reflections may be about a particular life lesson you gained in this setting.  Tell about how your Title 1 student saw the world through his or her eyes.  Your writing may reflect (1) a change in your idea of community service, (2) what you discovered that you did not know before you taught (Write about this in regard to the children whom you are serving), and/or (3) the importance of music in the lives of the children you are working with.  It may include a particularly difficult challenge that you faced or are facing in working with children. The piece may be about how you discovered a side of yourself you had not known before these music classes.  Relate how you would like to take what you learned into the world to share with others and to serve again. (1 SSL hour)

7.  Assemble USBs for shipments to NYC's First Responders as well as hospital patients.  Place USB into plastic pouches with inserts as a donation (1 SSL hour per 100 USBs)

   Design CHEERFUL THANK YOU cards for hospitals, First Responders, and the military families that will receive Tacy  Foundation USBs  at Fisher Houses, and First Responders. (1 SSL hour for 15 cards)

9.  The Reading Express Virtual Library:  Make a video recording of a children's book, a fairy tale, or Your Own Storybook of holidays in your family.  Show the pictures on the camera as you read the book.  No matter how difficult life becomes and how trapped a child feels, he or she can go anywhere in the universe with a book or story.  Reading to a child can take him anywhere, bring her hope and joy in any life situation. BE SURE THE STORY IS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN or contact the publisher directly first to receive written permission to make a video of the story.  (1 hour SSL)   

11.  Virtual Live Music via YouTube Video Concerts (in Virginia & Maryland) of  Music.  Prepare songs to play live on YouTube.  Chief Interns will place on a private playlist.  45-minute programs are to be sent to Seniors Facilities that request video to be viewed at any time that is convenient for each facility.  Look for Signup.com opportunities.  Prepare any classical and or public domain songs to cheer each listener!  1.5 hour SSL Credit.

Student participation in the above service projects is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. The above service activities are designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home until schools resume normal status. 

CSF youth programs offer after school and summer enrichment programs that include core programming of homework assistance, reading and math tutoring, computer instruction, journaling and public speaking, as well as services tailored to the resident’s needs as well as other educational and recreational sessions identified to meet and expand the exposure needs of the youth. Adult and Senior morning program offers a variety of services that included fill out forms, computer training, exercise class, arts/crafts, bingo, Manna bread distribution, Senior Brown Bag, Manna Food Boxes, and monthly health workshops. The requirements for our volunteers are to be willing to help with any task need it, also background check will apply to teenagers and adults.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Assisting with daily set up, maintenance and clean up of camp equipment. Camps are offered during the school year, on days when school is not in session, as well throughout the summer months. 

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Deliver meals out of our distribution site at Leisure World! Meal delivery takes place Monday-Friday, 11am-12:30pm. Routes take about an hour to complete. Volunteers use their own vehicles and typically help once a week on a consistent weekday. Substitute positions available! Volunteer orientation required. Parent/guardian must accompany teen volunteers and consent to a background check. Great for days off of school and summer/winter break!

Not approved for MCPS SSL hours. See guidelines for agencies on how virtual opportunities may be considered for SSL.

Dates & Time: 
-Monday 6-8pm during the school year Sept-May
- Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs 6-8 pm during the Summer

-Fall: September 23-December 16
-Winter: January 27-March 23
-Spring: April 6-May 18
-Summer: June 28-Aug 6

*Dates subject to change.

Details:

YBA PLAY is a free instructional league that immerses youth in The Academy Way - a positive culture that cultivates excellence and performance mastery through an emphasis on teamwork, effort, continual learning, and a love of baseball/softball. We see this not as just a coaching job but an opportunity to make DC a better place.

Join the movement! Grow the game of baseball in Washington DC! Help build community! The responsibility of the National Pastime in the Nation's Capital.

RefAmerica UPDATE for Summer 2020 (virtual) and 2021 (in-person):   Hope you all are healthy and staying safe.  Yes, RefAmerica is still looking for local American high school students who want to help promote a warm American welcome for refugees in the United States.  As we will be unable to bring resettled refugee teens to Washington D.C. this summer for the RefAmerica leadership program, we plan to have a certain number of virtual sessions with a RefAmerica group of teen refugees and volunteers in July 2020 to allow participants to begin their cross-cultural experience, to begin to bond, to begin to develop story-telling and public speaking skills, and to receive some mentoring in anticipation of their in-person program in Washington next summer (2021).  If you are a graduating senior, rising senior, or a rising junior, your virtual participation in this program in July 2020 could help lessen the feelings of isolation and frustration experienced by relatively recently arrived refugee teens as they attempt to operate and adapt in a new language and a foreign country during a pandemic lockdown and its aftermath.  Support and insights from American peers will be invaluable to them as they try to get know their new home country and its inhabitants under very trying conditions, and volunteers will gain much from refugee insights as well.

We are accepting applications through mid-June and will interview RefAmerica applicants (by phone).  (If you are interested in helping welcome refugee peers, we would suggest that this is an ideal time to focus on the RefAmerica application when you are necessarily at home and practicing social distancing.)  Those accepted into the program can rest assured that so long as they qualify this year, they will have the opportunity to participate with their refugee contemporaries in the in-person program in Washington next year (health conditions permitting), and we will look to our volunteer teen participants this July to provide much-needed moral support to these refugee peers by participating in a few virtual sessions.   

 RefAmerica’s one-month, Washington-based, in-person program scheduled to be held next in 2021 will, as in previous years, will be held in July for  six – ten recently resettled refugee high school students drawn from around the U.S. and six - ten comparably aged American teens from Montgomery County, MD, and surrounding areas.

RefAmerica is a program in leadership, public-speaking, cross-cultural understanding, and the narrative method.  Participants have the opportunity to get to know Washington DC; to learn more about American immigrant stories; to engage in a unique cross-cultural program of sharing traditions, team-building experiences and personal stories; to explore their own roles within a greater American story of immigration and integration; to meet with government and legislative officials, refugee program professionals, and others; and to plan ways to welcome refugees and promote cross-cultural understanding in their home communities.  The goal of RefAmerica is to promote full inclusion of recently arrived refugees in America and provide small groups of participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees, like generations of Americans before them, a new American story.  Volunteer participants in the  July 2021 in-person program are eligible for SSL.   

If you would like to participate in RefAmerica program (in-person July 2021 and virtually July 2020) please email refamericafoundation@gmail.com for an application.

We would also welcome hearing from anyone whose parents might want to host a recently resettled refugee high school student for the month of July 2021 or anyone who is just interested in learning more, helping in fund-raising events, or helping in any other way,

Participation in the summer program is competitive and requires an application, short bio, and resume.  For this volunteer opportunity, we are looking for friendly, outgoing, supportive students with a commitment to and record of community service.  In 2021 (and virtually in 2020), local volunteer participants will join with refugee participants in a wide array of cross-cultural exchange, team-building, and community service activities; build public speaking and leadership skills; and advocate for refugees.  They will offer their refugee contemporaries friendship, welcome, and an introduction to teen life in their new home country.  In 2021, program participants must make a full four-week commitment (including weekends).  In 2020, virtual participation will be 5-8 partial days throughout July (schedule and timing collectively TBD). 

RefAmerica is in its fourth year of bringing refugees and local teens together to tell their stories in a summer program of training, shared experience, and cultural exchange.  Check out  https://twitter.com/refugees/status/998605511833550851 for UNHCR’s animated tweet of Alaa’s story from RefAmerica 2017.  You can also check online for RefAmerica's first-prize essay in the 2018 Dream Builders contest and for various NGO postings about individual refugees who have participated in the RefAmerica program. 

The G.R.OWN Foods program for girls is in need of some experienced and Master gardeners to provide periodic instruction and guidance to our group of girl gardeners in Silver Spring.

We are also in need of carpenters to help construct raised garden beds for our garden plots in Silver Spring.

G.R.OWN Foods stands for Girls Raising Our OWN Foods, and we strive to help girls get outside and learn to tend and grow a garden for their own consumption, and sell produce in their own booth in a local farmer's market.

We want to encourage healthy food choices and use gardening as a way to understand the food chain.  Importantly, we hope to work with our girls to help establish a more reasonable pace of life by practicing patience and understanding the patterns and timing of seed-time-harvest.

If you have experience with seasonal or year-round vegetable, herb, and fruit gardening, and think you could provide hands-on instruction to a small group at your convenience, we would love for you to work with us.  Workshops would take place at our garden plot in spring/summer weather-permitting, as well as indoors at library or other community-based locations in Silver Spring, Maryland.

For the fall season, we could use some expertise in how to create small indoor gardens, and how to preserve the soil and prepare the ground for winter.

In spring, we would like to learn about how to select seeds, grow seedlings, prepare fertile ground for planting, planting strategies, and various types of gardening - in and out of soil.

We are also in need of carpenters to teach our group how to build raised beds for gardening as well as indoor gardening shelves.

We hope to partner with Home Depot or Lowe's for donations of gardening and building supplies.  We would be happy to have an adult volunteer to take on establishing that partnership and soliciting donations on our behalf.

https://bepurposefull.org/2019/10/14/girls-raising-own-foods/

     RefAmerica is an effort of love which relies on the power of personal stories to build cross-cultural understanding.  Now in its fourth year, RefAmerica’s leadership and public speaking program brings recently resettled refugee teens from around the United States to join with local American counterpart volunteers and American host families for one month in the summer (this year:  June 26 – July 26).  We seek to provide participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees – like generation of Americans before them – a new American story.  Our goal is to help foster a warm American welcome for, and full inclusion of, refugees resettled in the United States. 

     RefAmerica is about sharing traditions, team-building, learning about the narrative method, and building leadership and advocacy skills.  Participants visit key Washington sites and share their individual stories and their group’s story at speaking events; in meetings with government, think tank, and international organization representatives; and on Capitol Hill.  We celebrate Thanksgiving in July, prepare a meal for host families from refugee family recipes, tackle a ropes course together, and help set up apartments for soon-to-arrive refugees.  Please Google RefAmerica to get a further sense of what we do.

     We are a successful fledgling organization eager to move to the next level, and we could use your help… both in the lead-up to July and during the summer program.  If you have skills in website design, social media or videography or have creative ideas about fundraising or event organization, if you might be interested in recruiting host parents or other volunteers or engaging in Congressional or other forms of outreach, if you might have organizational or substantive expertise to share with RefAmerica or its participants or know of a possible audience or venue for our group to share their stories, or if you might want to attend and help with some of our events or might be able to help with local transportation for our participants, please consider joining our RefAmerica family and help foster a warm American welcome for refugees.

If you are a college student or 20-something who wants to help promote a warm American welcome for refugees in the United States, you may be interested in volunteering as a RefAmerica counselor, management team member and near-peer mentor.  In summer 2020,  RefAmerica will again be running its one-month (June 26 – July 26) summer program for:  six - ten recently resettled refugee high school students drawn from around the U.S. and six - ten comparably aged American high school students from Montgomery County, MD, and surrounding areas.

RefAmerica is a program in leadership, public-speaking, cross-cultural understanding, and the narrative method.  Participants have the opportunity to get to know Washington DC; to learn more about American immigrant stories; to engage in a unique cross-cultural program of sharing traditions, team-building experiences, and personal stories; to explore their own roles within a greater American story of immigration and integration; and to plan ways to welcome refugees and promote cross-cultural understanding in their home communities.  Participants visit key Washington sites and share their stories at speaking events, in meetings with government, think tank, and international organization representatives, and on Capitol Hill.  The goal of RefAmerica is to promote full inclusion of recently arrived refugees in America and provide small groups of participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees, like generations of Americans before them, a new American story.  We rely also on the power of personal narrative to help foster a warm American welcome for refugees.

A RefAmerica counselor/management team member would help chaperone and coordinate team activities; communicate and coordinate with venues, host parents, event guests, donors, and participants; help with speech prep, participate in team activities; help with event set-up and fund-raising; serve as a near-peer mentor,and more.   We are looking for someone who can volunteer part-time in June and August and full-time in July. We are particularly interested in considering outgoing, responsible and reliable individuals with volunteer, counseling, and cross-cultural experience and with strong people skills and compassion.  We are happy to assume the supervision and reporting responsibilities for a college internship.

Description

Elite Soccer Youth Development Academy (ESYDA) is looking for student (11th & 12th) and adult tutors to assist in academic guidance to elementary and middle school students.

This program is located at:

12301 Old Columbia Pike

Silver Spring, MD 20904

Key responsibilities include:

We ask volunteers to commit to tutoring for as much of the school year as possible. Tutors are also needed to help during the summer months.

To learn more and to apply, contact kendell.battle@esyda.org with you name and phone number.

Where: Montgomery County and other DMV areas convenient to Washington DC.   When: June 26 - July 26, 2020.    If you will have extra room in your home and heart this coming July, please consider becoming a summer host parent to a refugee high schooler who will be participating in RefAmerica.  Each refugee teen has been resettled with his/her family somewhere in the United States within the past three years through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.  You would welcome your refugee son or daughter into your home and family for a month (July 2020) as he/she participates with local Montgomery County (and surrounding area) youth in RefAmerica's cross-cultural leadership and public-speaking program in the nation’s capital.  Host families are also invited to participate in fun and interesting events.  RefAmerica provides participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees – like generations of Americans before them – a new American story.  Please join RefAmerica, under fiscal sponsorship of sister program New Story Leadership, in fostering a warm American welcome for refugees. Host families will be asked to permit a background check and a home visit and to sign a hosting agreement. They will receive a RefAmerica program and hosting briefing.  Family settings with school or college-aged children are preferred but not required.  Please email refamericafoundation@gmail.com for further information.