Library Buddy - Help low-income kids during weekly trips to Library

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Volunteer with Interfaith Outreach's youth summer camp, specifically with our weekly trips to the library. Encourage summer reading and continued academic progress while having fun with youth and building positive relationships.

Volunteers of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to sign up!

1 afternoon per week (Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday)

12:00 am-1:30 pm

Schedule:

• 12-12:30 pm, come and eat lunch with the kids and build relationships
• 12:30-12:45 pm, jump on the bus with the kids and head to the library!
• 12:45 am-1:45 pm, help kids find age and skill appropriate books. Read to kids or listen to them read to you!
• 1:45 pm, jump on the bus with the kids and head back to our summer camp site.

Major Responsibilities:

• Build positive, caring relationships with campers.
• Assist campers in finding good-fit library books.
• Help campers get started with reading their library books.
• Arrive on time and come consistently on the day of your choice.

Interfaith Outreach & Community Partner's is a community-based human service organization serving families and individuals who live in eight west Hennepin County suburbs. Our vision is to create a vibrant community where all are welcome and everyone counts, where all children are cherished and protected, and where family life is valued and supported by all. We provide help in the areas of food, family support, housing and neighboroods, education and youth, employment, and transportation.

Summer youth camps provide the safe places for school age children where they can explore and grow when they are not in school. Our eight-week summer camp is available to youth grades K-6 who live at nine affordable housing apartment communities. The camp is available at absolutely no cost to their families.

Kid campers enjoy social, recreational, learning and skill building activities in a safe and fun environment.

*Volunteer must be 14 years or older

*Volunteers must pass a background check