Volunteer Resource Guide 2016-2017

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6YOUTH & FAMILIES Case Managers, soliciting donations, special events, and helping with youth activities. Background check and fingerprinting required.

Children’s Speech & Reading Center 1330 Oakridge Drive, Ste 10 Fort Collins CO 80525 www.csrckids.org

dLaura Decatur (970) 419-0486 elaura@csrckids.org

Our mission is to enable children with speech-language h and reading delays and disorders to communicate clearly and effectively so that they may reach their full acad demic, social and developmental potential. Volunteers e are needed to help with administrative tasks, cleaning therapy materials, and fundraising events. Youth volunteers ages 14+ supervised.

Estes Valley Investment in Childhood Success 600 South Saint Vrain Avenue, Unit 2 Estes Park CO 80517 www.evics.org Kristen Berg kberg@evics.org

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Family Center/La Familia 309 Hickory Street, Ste 5 Fort Collins CO 80524 www.thefamilycenterfc.org Kodi Phelps (970) 221-1615 kodip@thefamilycenterfc.org

The Family Center/La Familia is an affordable, high quality, family and early childhood center that strengthens all families. We are a family resource center that provides a wide variety of programs including, but not limited to: adult education courses, health and wellness programs, parenting classes, youth programs, and other services and supports. Here at The Family Center/La Familia we have a variety of volunteer opportunities from our After School Program that runs Monday-Friday, 4-6pm where our volunteers assist in homework help and other activities with K-5 grade children, to our Early Childhood Center where volunteers provide care to infants, toddlers, and pre-school students anytime between 9am-12pm or 2:30pm-5pm, Monday-Friday. We also see people who are passionate about healthy living to lend help with cooking classes and healthy kids programs. Volunteers are also especially needed for childcare during Adult Education classes, as well as for work in our on-site community garden. Youth volunteers ages 16+ unsupervised. Background checks are required of all volunteers. A higher level background check is mandated for those volunteering in our licensed facilities. Attend an orientation to find out more!

EVICS exists to support and promote quality early childhood services, and provide parent education, so that all young children in the Estes Valley have the care, support, and opsportunities necessary to grow, learn, and succeed. Volunteers oare needed to serve as board and committee members, assist fat the Parents as Teachers meetings monthly with childcare, dfood set-up and transportation, and complete general office eand clerical duties on a limited but on-going basis.

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Take the Challenge­­– Be a Volunteer Reader, Tutor, or Mentor Do you want to make a difference in ing volunteers can change the life of a child, and someone’s life? Become a volunteer there are many organizations in Larimer County reader, tutor, or mentor! committed to supporting children’s education. United Way of Larimer County offers a central- When our youth succeed, we all succeed! ized place for those who are interested in work- Visit http://www.uwaylc.org /Post/Be-aing with children and youth to get connected to Reader-Tutor-Mentor to get connected to the an opportunity. Reading, tutoring and mentor- organization that is the best fit for you.


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