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YOU! Finally, you know. 826michigan is accepting enthusiastic people with hearts of gold, or salsa (not hearts of salsa, just people who happened to have stumbled upon a large supply of salsa to share, preferably of the medium spice level), to be our volunteers!
Here are the rolls our Volunteers eat:
Tutor: We offer tutoring throughout the school year, Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30. We train our tutors (through a program that Eastern Michigan has helped create), so there is no experience required. Any time you can give, from one hour a month to three hours a day, will directly improve a student’s life. You will also receive a button, or you can make one on our massive button making machine. These are the kind of thrills you have been searching for but never thought you'd find...UNTIL NOW.
Workshop Leader: Got an idea for a great workshop? Contact us and we’ll help you set it up, fill the attendance sheet, and make everything work. Everyone loves a teacher!
Workshop Helper: Help make a good workshop great! Helpers help (get it?) with every part of a workshop, including working one-on-one or with small groups of students.
Intern: Nothing says "resume gold" like an internship with 826michigan. You’ll help teach, assist in grant writing and organizational management, and even wear a tie from the late eighties (last item is not optional).
Volunteer Coordinator: Help us keep in touch with our greatest asset—you! Well, other people too, but they will be people like you. And we need that.
Fundraising: Have experience as a grant writer? We need you. Want to help plan and organize fundraising events? We need you. Have connections to people like the Rockefeller Family? Oh yes, we need you.
Field trips: Have time open during the day? We need volunteers to help conduct field trips to 826. Anyone with writing, drawing, copyediting, book layout, or publishing experience or interest who can help would be greeted with much rejoicing, and possibly a flower necklace.
We also need skilled individuals to do any number of the billion and one things that need to get done around here.
