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Lift Children to better beginnings: Volunteer
Ways you can volunteer
Create, Make and
Assemble
- Dramatic play costumes
- Big pillows
- Games that are age appropriate
- Activity kits
- Cut Ellison shapes for resource bags
- Items that support early childhood
development
- Children’s books
- Children’s magazine subscriptions
- Professional magazines
subscriptions
- Professional magazine
subscriptions that cover child-related topics
- Recycled goods for creative art
projects:
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Acorns
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Baby formula cans
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Baby wipe containers
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Baskets - sturdy, small &
large (for display to show parents, early childhood educators how they can
utilize baskets to create/store simple math games or set up a reading space for
their child(ren).
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Buttons
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Cards (especially the front cover)
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Cassette or CD jackets/cases
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Clorox or Lysol Wipe containers (cylinder shaped/plastic)
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Clothing items/jewelry/shoes/ in good condition that would be fun
for dress up.
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Cylinder containers & items such as oatmeal/lids, Pringle
cans/lids, curlers, etc.
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Detergent Boxes (small ones like those used for tablets or
concentrate)
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Hats, scarves, mittens (to use for “winter” displays)
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Ice cream sticks
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Junk mail (postcards/stickers)
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Laundry buckets (concentrated detergent usually comes in them)
~ large and small
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Lids ~ 2+inches+larger
from items such as: jelly, pickle, spaghetti sauce, and baby food jars. Also,
lids from juice cans.
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Margarine containers/lids
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Milk cartons - all sizes
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Old clean nylons - black,
tan, ivory and beige shades (variety of skin tones)
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Old clean socks - black,
tan, ivory and beige shades (variety of skin tones)
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Paper towel & toilet paper tubes (especially the sturdy) industry
strength from businesses, churches and restaurants)
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Peanut butter jars and lids
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Pictures of children/families/people young & old from magazines
(3x5 or larger)
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Pine cones (and a few pine branches)
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Scarves you no longer use and/or don’t want
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Shells
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Shoe strings ~ leather,
vinyl, cloth
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Soda pop bottles ~ clear
plastic w/lids
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Yarn
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Yogurt cups - various
sizes
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What else can you think of?
Boards and Committees
As board members, become a leader
responsible for making decisions, reviewing recommendations made by the various
operating committees and task forces, and providing general direction to the
organization.
Lend your skills and expertise
to one of the Partnership’s committees:
- Child Care Solutions Advisory
Council
- Parent Advisory Committee
- Accountability/Evaluation
Committee
- Allocations Committee
- Public Awareness/Community
Outreach Committee
- Executive Committee
- Facilities Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Personnel Committee
- Resource Development Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee
- Finance Committee
- Business Involvement Committee
Share Your Expertise
- Share a hobby, craft or personal collection with
children.
- Teach children how to use a computer.
- Read a story to children at a child care center.
- Sing a song with children.
- Provide babysitting service for parents while they use
the production area in the Early Learning Resource Center.
- Provide babysitting services so parents may attend
parenting classes and/or committee/board meetings.
- Facilitate a parent group meeting.
- Share accounting skills, management training, public
relations, etc. with early care and educational programs.
Advocate and Educate
- Learn more about early childhood
development.
- Educate elected officials about
the importance of early childhood development.
- Provide parenting information.
- Form family support groups.
- Encourage families to read to
their children, beginning at birth and throughout childhood.
- Inform others in your
business/organization about the importance of the first years of life.
- Provide new parents with
educational materials that support parenting role and information about
community resources.
- Write a letter to the editor about
young children’s issues in the community.
- Find out where elected officials
stand on early childhood issues and programs before you vote.
Clerical
- Prepare monthly newsletters for
mailing.
- Assist with various other
mailings.
- Stuff envelopes.
- Copy information packets for Early
Learning Resource Center.
- Copy articles and place in
resource files.
- Label toys when assembled in
resource bags.
- Make copies of parent handbooks.
- File parent handouts.
- Organize/label Smart Start books.
Shop
Repair or Renovate
- Playgrounds and facilities at child care centers.
- Toys.
Speakers Bureau
- Serve as a guest speaker at civic clubs or
organizations. Inform them about the Partnership and the services it offers.
Special Events
- Represent the Partnership at community-wide special
events.
- Assist with assembling displays and distribution of
handouts.
- Participate in conducting “hands-on” activities with
young children
- Staff registration tables at special events.
Volunteers are assisted in all areas by paid professional
staff whose responsibility is to administer the policies, implement the programs
and manage the Partnership’s daily operation.
Together, volunteers and staff help ensure that all
children in Iredell County arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.
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