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4 people are interested
Activity Leader
ORGANIZATION: Boys & Girls Aid
Please visit the new page to apply.
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4 people are interested
Have a special talent, skill, or interest? Come share your passion with children in the foster care system or young adults who are transitioning out of homelessness and into stable housing. Volunteer will bring supplies needed for activities and will engage 5-10 youth in hour long activity circles. Each circle will end with the creation of something the youth can hold on to, or volunteers can work with the youth on a large project over the course of several weeks or months.
A few examples include:
- Writing Circles: Volunteer provides journals to each youth and provides writing prompts. Each youth spends a few minutes writing and then if they choose to, can share their masterpieces with the group. The kids love this one!
- Financial Independence and Responsibility: This is an excellent opportunity for the young adults in the transitional living program who are working towards supporting themselves. Volunteers share information on budgeting, employment tips, and resume building.
- Craft Time: Volunteer comes up with a craft project for the youth and provides art supplies and lesson on how to use the supplies to create something special.
Location Options:
SE Portland (girls ages 10-18 in foster care)
SW Portland (boys ages 10-18 in foster care)
Beaverton (youth ages 16-23 in the transitional living program)
Commitment: Volunteer can lead an activity often as once per week and is infrequently as once per month.
Shift hours: Depends on volunteer’s availability and program schedule
Application Deadline: Open
Volunteers must be able to pass a criminal background check
More opportunities with Boys & Girls Aid
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Boys & Girls Aid
Location:
9320 SW Barbur Blvd #200, Portland, OR 97219, US
Mission Statement
Boys & Girls Aid has a 135-year history providing quality foster care services to children and families in Oregon. We’re focused on a future where every child, teen and young adult has the tools necessary to build lifelong and lasting relationships. We're committed to ensuring every child grows up with a family of their own.
Description
In 1885, Boys & Girls Aid was founded in response to a crisis. Children were being abandoned on the streets of Portland with nowhere to go. The agency created a home for these children to go to and connection in the community to find families for them.
Over 135 years later and Oregon is facing a new crisis.
More than 8,000 children are living in Oregon’s foster care system. This morning, these children woke up in a bed that is not theirs, they are living without their parents, their siblings, their family pet, their teachers and friends. They are living in limbo, unsure about their future.
At Boys & Girls Aid, we see children in foster care for who they really are - kids. They are young people who have done nothing to deserve their situation and we believe that in the right family, they can thrive. It is our mission to make sure every child in foster care grows up in a family.
This is Boys & Girls Aid’s solution. Children in foster care need families who know their history and are invested in their future. The cycle of foster care is a brutal one that ends with children struggling as adults. To avoid this, we need to ensure their future safety and resolve their past traumas by connecting them with a forever family.
Our journey to end the cycle of foster care is not one we want to go at alone. Join us in building a better future for children in Oregon.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
SE Portland (girls ages 10-18 in foster care)SW Portland (boys ages 10-18 in foster care)Beaverton (youth ages 16-23 in the transitional liPortland, OR 97202
DATE POSTED
October 30, 2018
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Child Care
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- once per week or as once per month