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23 people are interested
Volunteer Librarian
ORGANIZATION: Tree House Books
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23 people are interested
Description of Position
Visit treehousebooks.org/volunteer to apply!
Come join our volunteer-staffed Giving Library by organizing and inventorying our growing library as well as selecting and packaging book donations to go out into the community. Volunteers should be ready and enthusiastic to regularly interact with the people of our community, help them find certain books, suggests books, and engage in conversation. Our Volunteer Librarians are a crucial part of our operation and the face of our bookstore to those who are coming in for a book or dropping off a donation. Our Library is open 10 am- 6 pm, Monday-Friday and are scheduling shifts at a minimum of two hours. Become an essential part of our Giving Library today!
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Track, organize, and display our Free Sidewalk Books Cart and Table
- Keep appropriate and meticulous records of the number of books that community members select from the library with Google Forms
- Track Library Foot Traffic with Google Forms
- Collect donations from Community Members
- Engage with Community Members as they come into the Library
- Organize and inventory books according to systems discussed at training
- Select and Pack books to go out for distribution
- Promote Tree House Books as a place to give and get books in Philadelphia
All Tree House Books Volunteers must be able to obtain and submit the following clearances by the date of their first scheduled volunteer shift:
- FBI Cogent Fingerprints
- Child Abuse Clearances
- Criminal Background Checks
More opportunities with Tree House Books
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Tree House Books
Location:
1430 W SUSQUEHANNA AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19121, US
Mission Statement
Tree House Books is on a mission to grow and sustain a community of readers, writers, and thinkers in Philadelphia.
Description
Tree House Books is a Literacy Center and Giving Library based in North Philadelphia serving children and their families in building literacy skills. What makes us unique is that our programs move beyond strictly academics to include a social, emotional, and cultural focus. In addition to providing access to a wide variety of books, we foster healthy attitudes towards reading and writing and help our participants expand their self-concept through awareness of the opportunities reading provides. We also engage the community in holistic literacy activities that reflect our community’s rich ethnic, racial, and cultural heritage, giving us all as readers time and space to examine issues we find relevant to our lives.
At Tree House books we do two things: provide access to high-quality books through our donation based Giving Library and family literacy programming for children ages 0-16 with a focus on language acquisition, recreational reading, critical thinking, and creative writing. We have recently launched our Books in Every Home Campaign, in which we have set an ambitious goal to distribute over 200,000 books by 2020!
To find out more about our programs, volunteer, internship, and donation opportunities, visit us at Treehousebooks.org!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1430 W SUSQUEHANNA AVEPHILADELPHIA, PA 19121
DATE POSTED
November 15, 2018
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Organization
- Relationship Building
- Reading / Writing
- Multi-Tasking
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Minimum of two hour shifts
- FBI Fingerprints, Criminal Background Check, and Child Abuse Clearance