About Helping Hand Home for Children: Volunteer Details

Homework Helpers
Assist children with schoolwork and help develop academic skills, such as reading and writing. Homework time is Monday through Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Bedtime Readers
Help children feel safe and secure at bedtime by reading stories to them as they fall asleep. Bedtime Hour is 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. every evening.

Volunteer Groups
Facilitate special events and activities on campus for the children, such as carnivals, field days, arts and crafts projects, sporting events, performances and workshops.

Activities Volunteer
Play with the children during after-school hours, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on weekends. You will be trained in a number of playground games you may use, and you will also assist with any activities that are happening at the Home.

Group Service Opportunities
Group or individual volunteers may also perform hand on service (wash vans, bike maintenance, grounds beautification, inventory, library organization, etc.), organize a drive (see Wish List for more info), or sponsor an activity for our kids within the community (trip, performance, baseball game, circus, museum, movie, etc.)

Foster Care Training Child Care
Provide child care for families that are a part of the foster and adoption program at Helping Hand Home for Children during schedules trainings that take place on site in our Community Room.

For more information about our volunteer opportunities and how you can make a difference in the life of a child, please visit: http://helpinghandhome.org/volunteer/