Volunteer Fundraiser at APART Pizza on Montrose in Chicago for Intellectual Practice Program

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A weekend, out-of-school program needs mentors to provide tutoring services for students in grades 3-5. The position offers free admission to company events, and occasional stipends. If hired, the mentor will be required to participate in the "Lollipop Kids Spectaculaire Writing Workshop and Science Adventure" fundraiser for Chicago kids, which is scheduled for 4/4/2015, between the hours of 11:00am to 2:45pm. The volunteer fundraiser on 3/22 will be an opportunity for potential tutors and coaches to meet one another and help us raise money for the program. For every food item purchased, Apart Pizza will donate 40% to the Rebecca Everlene Trust Company. For our Wizard of Oz themed event, participants will: Experience the thrill of wonder by participating in an improvisation of Dahl’s The Witches by (performer to TBD), and learn about his amazing life. Receive electronic bracelets that will test them on science, math and vocabulary to help them prepare for standardized testing. Create their own art pieces by working with Alison Selivon, owner of Designs by Alison, to create authentic thinking caps from fabric and other fantastic items. Strengthen their critical thinking skills by observing, interpreting, evaluating, associating, and comparing illustrations, while writing a short story based on the artwork that they saw, which will be published and given to them in a clothbound book with gold writing. Meet the President of the Chicago Journalists Association, Allen Rafalson, and hear excerpts from the adventurous 'Santa Claus Trial’. Attend the science workshop with Robert Summers, owner of 2Rinfinity, and Mechanical Engineer Chris Goebbert where they will learn more about viscosity, physics, sublimation, and chemical reactions. Work with a Bio-Rad Science Ambassador that will guide kids through a DNA extraction experiment, collecting their own DNA and providing them with a keepsake ornament containing their unique precipitated DNA. Our sponsors for the Lollipop Kids event are: Loft on Lake - Chicago Apart Pizza City Wide Property Management - Chicago Designs by Alison UBER 2RInfinity Eli’s Cheesecake Brown Sugar Bakery Kitchfix Chicago Sky Valid Hysteria Otterbox RedBox Flat Top Grill