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Train Your Brain site volunteers (including teens needing OSSD hours)

Posted by on February 7th, 2024

Description

Literacy Lambton is always looking for our next team of Train Your Brain site volunteers.

This program is offered in eight-week sessions.
Fall (October-November), Winter (mid-January- March Break), and Spring (post-March break- May long weekend)
It happens one night per week from 6-7:30pm.
Usually Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday nights at various sites that rotate around Lambton County

What will you do?

Your mission: to up the fun and help our young brainiacs to flex their math & reading muscle and gain a confident approach to learning

You will support the program’s Head Coach in a number of ways:

– program set up or tear down and activity preparation
– facilitating drop off/pick up time by welcoming or sending off participants
– working one-to-one or in small groups with children playing games, reading, doing physical activities that reinforce the math and reading skills they are learning in school

Interested?

Apply at www.literacylambton.org/volunteer

Details

Start Date: 2024-03-13
End Date: Ongoing
Length of Commitment: one night per week x 8 weeks
Time Commitment: 2 hours per week
Total Days Needed: 8
Minimum Age Required: 14
Training Required: Yes
Training Provided: Yes
Skills Required: Patience, modelling kindness, promoting failure as necessary to learning, fun and playful attitude
Activities: Playing games in one-to-one and small group settings Assisting Head Coach with housekeeping details like welcoming participants, preparing the space
Transportation: Yes
Population Served:
Additional Information: Apply via Literacy Lambton website: www.literacylambton.org/volunteer

Location Details

Street: 180 College Ave. N
City: Sarnia
Postal Code: N7T 7X2
Travel Directions:

Contact Person

Name: Tracy Pound
Position: Executive Director
Email: tracy.pound@literacylambton.org
Website: https://www.literacylambton.org/volunteer
Day Phone: 5193324876
Evening Phone:
Fax: