Needs From: United Way of Portage County

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6 Reading Role Models will be needed at Streetsboro Elementary as there are 6 kindergarten classes. Reading will be for a half hour starting at 11:00 a.m. for the dates listed.

Below is some basics for Reading Role Models:
• Wear your United Way Reading Role Model shirt
• Bring 4-5 books age appropriate to read to kindergarten class during the ½ hour reading
• Try to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to reading time
• Sign in with front office (office attendant will direct all readers to kindergarten rooms)
• Have FUN! This is a great time to encourage early grade reading, feel free to include audience participation by asking questions or by having a short discussion after you read.

PLEASE log your volunteer hours :)

5 Reading Role Models will be needed at Willyard Elementary.  We are adding Willyard as a monthly reading event.  Please see list of dates below and sign up for as many as you wish.  Thank you.

Below is some basics for Reading Role Models:
• Wear your United Way Reading Role Model shirt
• Bring 4-5 books age appropriate to read to kindergarten class during the ½ hour reading
• Try to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to reading time
• Sign in with front office (office attendant will direct all readers to kindergarten rooms)
• Have FUN! This is a great time to encourage early grade reading, feel free to include audience participation by asking questions or by having a short discussion after you read.

PLEASE log your volunteer hours :)

Reading Role Models are needed for 2 Pre -K classrooms and 2 Kindergarten classrooms at 2:30 p.m. for the dates listed. 

2 Reading Role Models are needed for the 2 Pre-K classroom for 11:00 a.m. for the dates listed.

Below is some basics for Reading Role Models:
• Wear your United Way Reading Role Model shirt
• Bring 4-5 books age appropriate to read to kindergarten/Pre-K class during the ½ hour reading
• Try to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to reading time
• Sign in with front office (office attendant will direct all readers to kindergarten rooms)
• Have FUN! This is a great time to encourage early grade reading, feel free to include audience participation by asking questions or by having a short discussion after you read.

PLEASE log your volunteer hours :)

There are 4 kindergarten classes, we will need 4 readers.  Readings will be the second Friday of the month.  All readings will start at 9:15 a.m.  Please see listed dates and register under those dates.  Thank you.

Below is some basics for Reading Role Models:
• Wear your United Way Reading Role Model shirt
• Bring 4-5 books age appropriate to read to kindergarten class during the ½ hour reading
• Try to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to reading time
• Sign in with front office (office attendant will direct all readers to kindergarten rooms)
• Have FUN! This is a great time to encourage early grade reading, feel free to include audience participation by asking questions or by having a short discussion after you read.

PLEASE log your volunteer hours :)

We partner with Kent State University staff and students who volunteer to create and assemble literacy kits that are distributed to local Kindergarten and Pre-K students.  Click HERE to learn more about this program and see past Literacy Kits

4 Reading Role Models are needed for 4 classrooms from 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. for the dates listed.

Below is some basics for Reading Role Models:
• Wear your United Way Reading Role Model shirt
• Bring 4-5 books age appropriate to read to kindergarten class during the ½ hour reading
• Try to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to reading time
• Sign in with front office (office attendant will direct all readers to kindergarten rooms)
• Have FUN! This is a great time to encourage early grade reading, feel free to include audience participation by asking questions or by having a short discussion after you read.

PLEASE log your volunteer hours :)

United Way is in need of a volunteer that is available to come in a couple hours a week to help out with some Administrative/Clerical duties.  If you have a few extra hours a week and would like to give back to your community, this is the perfect volunteer opportunity for you.  For questions email me at maureeng@uwportage.org or just sign up and I will contact you to schedule a time that works for you.

1.  Respond to this need if you are a Board Member and/or Committee Member

2.  Add Hours under this need for all board/committee meetings you attend along with any UWPC events that you attend as a board/committee member.

For questions, please email maureeng@uwportage.org

Would you like to help promote the love of reading?  Volunteer to build the next Big Red Bookshelf and help bring the love of reading to children in Portage County.  Click HERE for a complete set of building plans and material list.  NOTE: the paint should be Sherwin Williams Real Red #SW6868.

Volunteer to Create an Impact in Portage County
United Way of Portage County invests funds into valuable community programs through the dollars raised during the annual campaign. This allocation of grants is performed with volunteer panels who review grant applications, complete site visits and make recommendations for funding. These key Grant Review Volunteers engage in a multi-year selection and review process that match community needs, evidence based best practices and program interventions to ensure the best outcomes for residents in our community. This committee selects the most effective programs monitors their long-term outcomes.

Links

Grant Review Volunteer Guide

From time to time we are in need of volunteers to help deliver Literacy Kits to local Portage County Schools, Big Red Bookshelves and/or Big Red Bookshelf books to locations within Portage County.  To learn about our Literacy Kit program, click HERE

The dimensions of the bookshelves are 40” H x 36” W x 12” D.  Each bookshelf will be delivered with 3-4 boxes of books.  To learn about our Big Red Bookshelf program, click HERE

Coordinate your efforts with your co-workers, family, neighbors or community groups to conduct a book drive. Donated books will be used to create new bookshelves and re-stock existing locations. 

The Big Red Bookshelf project places bright red bookshelves, stocked with new or gently-used books appropriate for children ages birth - 3rd grade, in the community where families with young children visit. These books have been donated by community members. Children are invited to take a book home to keep and share!

As we receive gently used and new donated children's books for our Big Red Bookshelf program these books need to be sorted by reading level and packed in boxes for distribution to keep the bookshelves located throughout Portage County full.  This is done in the United Way office in Ravenna.