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5 people are interested
Help girls learn financial literacy! (Sacramento)
ORGANIZATION: Girl Scouts Heart of Central California
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5 people are interested
April is financial literacy month! At our Hands On Banking events, Girl Scouts will have the chance to learn about needs versus wants, budgets, saving, investing, and building good credit. During this event, girls will visit a variety of activity stations, engaging in hands on activities, focused on financial literacy. After engaging in all the activities girls will earn their very own Hands on Banking Patch, and complete several steps toward earning their financial literacy badges.
Event Support volunteers will lead activity stations for girls, encouraging them to feel comfortable with finance as they learn new skills and earn badges. Volunteers will also help with event check-in, set up and clean up.
Qualifications:
- Experience working with young children
- Experience in banking, finance, math or teaching a plus
- Must be over 18 years old
- Must be able to volunteer for the full event
- Supportive of different learning and communication styles
- Willing to lead activity stations for girls of all ages (full instructions for each station will be given at the event)
- Punctual, dependable, enthusiastic, flexible and positive attitude
- Ability to facilitate programs when given instructions
Benefits of volunteering in this role:
- Gain experience supporting group activities for children
- Work in a diverse setting with an emphasis on building girls’ knowledge in leadership, service and the outdoors
- Be a champion for girls as they develop a lifetime of leadership skills and confidence
- Expand your professional network; list volunteer work on LinkedIn and be recognized for your contributions and service
- Students: This position is eligible for community service hours (Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older.)
Location: Sacramento(Specific location details will be shared once volunteers are registered and approved for this event.)
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About Girl Scouts Heart of Central California
Location:
6601 Elvas Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95819, US
Mission Statement
Building girls of courage, confidence, and character that make the world a better place.
Description
Girl Scouts is the world’s most successful organization dedicated to creating girl leaders, with 3.2 million active members and more than 59 million alumnae. Since its founding in 1912, women have explored new fields of knowledge, learned valuable skills and developed strong core values through Girl Scouting. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
At Girl Scouts, girls are going to have tons of fun, make new friends and go on fantastic new adventures. They’re also going to get the chance to do big things. Our program centers on something called the Girl Scout Leadership Experience-a collection of activities and experiences girls have as they earn badges, sell cookies, go on exciting trips, explore the outdoors, do Take Action projects that make a difference and more. The result? A lifetime of leadership!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
SacramentoSacramento, CA 95819
DATE POSTED
February 7, 2020
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Financial Literacy
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- One time event, 3 hour shift.
- Volunteers must be 18 years old or older and be able to volunteer for the full shift.