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48 people are interested
Volunteer for Children's Book Drive - Sunday March 10th 2024
ORGANIZATION: Project Cicero
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48 people are interested
Once a year, we run a pop-up book drive for 1200 public school teachers to collect gently used children's books over 2 days. We are looking for dedicated volunteers who can spend minimum of 4 hours any or all of the days (Saturday or Sunday) to assist in the operations of the event
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We specifically need young people with strong arms and legs to help us move boxes of books within the distribution room. This helps restocking our teacher shopping tables and provides teachers help with leaving the event with all their suitcases full of books. All training provided onsite.
This is perfect for anyone who loves to help and be physically active.
Volunteer tasks require standing and good mobility in a large and noisy event space.
We are looking for doers, with dedication and common sense who will feel a great reward at giving back directly to underserved children and teachers in our NYC community.
We are 100% run by volunteers so we thank you for considering this engagement.
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About Project Cicero
Location:
53 E 79TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10075, US
Mission Statement
Project Cicero is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization with its primary goal to enhance classroom and school libraries in under-resourced New York City public schools.
Description
How Project Cicero works
Project Cicero collects new and gently used books for children and young adults in a once a year event. Primarily, Project Cicero receives books from families with children in 100+ New York City independent, public and parochial schools.
Collected books are transported to a NYC hotel ballroom where hundreds of student, parent and teacher volunteers unpack, sort, and display the books. Qualified teachers from under-resourced schools pre-register online to attend the annual distribution.
Project Cicero encourages children to help children. Each year, hundreds of students have helped to make Project Cicero a success. Student coordinators at each of the participating schools, aided by parents and faculty, organize and advertise the collection of the books. Volunteer students can receive community service recognition for their participation.
Project Cicero operates under an all-volunteer board and without dedicated fundraising initiatives.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
601 West 26th Street(between 11th and 12th avenues)New York, NY 10001
DATE POSTED
February 9, 2024
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Reading / Writing
- Operations
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Minimum is 4+ hours on Sunday
- Must be able to lift boxes