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5 people are interested
Recreation Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Boys & Girls Aid
Please visit the new page to apply.
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5 people are interested
Do you love fun? Physical activity? Board Games? Playing musical instruments? Having dance parties? Karaoke? Then this is the volunteer role for you. Come share your passion for fun with youth in foster care. Volunteers come lead a group of 5 to10 youth in a fun activity the volunteer is passionate about. Or the volunteer can be a chaperone for offsite outings to museums, wildlife areas, or theme parks.
A few examples include:
- Sing-along/karaoke parties
- Teaching/practicing/performing dance routines
- Running/jogging with the youth
SE Portland (girls ages 10-18 in foster care)
SW Portland (boys ages 10-18 in foster care)
Shift hours: Depends on volunteer’s availability and program schedule
Commitment: Volunteer can lead a recreational activity often as once per week and is infrequently as once per month.
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)Portland, OR 97202
DATE POSTED
October 30, 2018
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Child Care
- Singing
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- as once per week or as once per month