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| You can make a difference for the children in the MRH Schools. Recent research tells that when the community partners with schools, the schools improve. When kids see their parents, family members, neighbors, and community members involved in the schools, they know for sure their schools are important and what they are learning is important. There are important, meaningful jobs that work into very restrictive schedules. Call the MRH schools and say you would like to volunteer for the schools. Together we can find a job that fits your talents, interests, and schedule. Community members can partner with the schools to improve the educational experience of our students. You can mentor an individual student, be an OASIS tutor, make phone calls, work in a school garden, prepare mailings, or serve on district wide committees. The same variety of volunteer opportunities that is available for parents is available for community members. Community Program Seeks Volunteers Family Support Network, a Webster-Groves based nonprofit agency that is dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect through cost-free, in-home family therapy, is beginning a mentor program in May 2004. Mentors would be asked to spend quality-time with FSN client children doing various activities of the mentor/child's choosing. Values/Attitudes the volunteer must espouse: Believes in services to families in their own homes and communities. Believes that the family is generally the best social unit to care for children and protect them from violence, and that parenting skills can be taught, modeled, and subsequently learned. Believes in the importance of being creative, resourceful, pragmatic, and collaborative in approach to helping people. Requirements: Must be 16 years of age Must have a working telephone Must attend agency orientation and two hours of Case Aide training at FSN Must pass a Mo and or IL Division of Family Services background check for child abuse/neglect. Must submit to a police records check and provide $5.00 for that purpose. Qualifications: No professional training or degree is required Must demonstrate an ability to work closely in a team setting and to work in a culturally diverse setting. Contact: Lynn Frost, Director of Public Relations/Volunteer Services Family Support Network 29 North Gore St. Louis, Mo 63119 314-963-1450 The following are two specific volunteer programs that MRH sponsors: OASIS The purpose of the OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program is to provide an opportunity for older adults to develop relationships with primary grade children and help foster in them a positive self-image and motivation to read and communicate. BRUNO Bruno is Jamacian slang meaning 'yard dog' and the tradition in Jamaican schools where adults volunteered to watch over the students. At MRH, BRUNO is when parents assist with supervision of kids during key times in the day. Volunteers walk kids to and from lunch, supervise lunch and visit with kids, and form relationships with students. 
The following is a list of activities that parents and volunteers could participate in at each building: Tutor a student Listen to students read Help with a teacher's clerical work Attend field trips Help in class with art projects Appear as guest speaker Help with school security or maintenance Gardening Work in school library Photograph school activities Provide transportation for other parents Prepare newsletters Do copying and laminating Call parents and organize phone trees Enter data onto computer Provide snacks Correct papers Prepare bulletin boards Stuff envelopes Distribute brochures door-to-door Read with a student Assist a student with homework 
The following is a list of specific activities available at individual schools: ECC Attend student performances and field trips Assist with gardening Help with mailings Eat lunch with students Elementary School Sponsor after school activities Help in the mornings in the cafeteria and playground Read to students Be a BRUNO (see description above) Middle School Attend expeditions and field trips Chaperone school dances and social activities Be a BRUNO (see description above) High School Attend sporting events Join the Blue Pride Booster Club Tutor students Chaperone school dances and social activities |
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