Volunteer Position Description

Title: Youth Program Aide

Purpose: Parks & People Foundation’s vision is a healthy, safe and beautiful environment for Baltimore’s neighborhoods where people want to live, work, learn and play.

Supervisor: Erin Shutt
Volunteer Coordinator

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Hands-on interaction with campers and staff at our SuperKids
campsites.
• Assist with projects onsite at our after-school program,
KidsGrow.
• Assist in updating and maintaining our youth programs database.
• Keep youth programs records organized and accessible.
• Plan and organize trips, projects and events for program
participants.
• Brainstorm and develop new project ideas to engage our students.
• Research and generate new ideas for our youth programs
fundraising campaign.
• Establish a Leadership Service Council to facilitate service
learning opportunities/events for students at existing KidsGrow
sites.
• Increase parent participation by organizing Parent Nights for
families of our youth participants.
• Add creative input to update and improve our current youth
program curriculum.

Qualifications:
• Supports Parks & People’s vision of a healthy, safe and
beautiful environment for Baltimore’s neighborhoods where
people want to live, work, learn and play.
• Energetic and upbeat demeanor.
• Familiar with basic computer programs such as Microsoft Word
and Excel, and willing to learn new computer-based programs.
• Good organizational and research skills.
• Demonstrates strong leadership abilities.
• Comfortable learning and executing new tasks.
• Flexible in terms of location (office versus outdoor setting)
and nature of work preformed.

Time Commitment:
• Days/hours are negotiable.

Training and Benefits:
• Will receive a general orientation about Parks & People
Foundation before starting commitment.
• Opportunity to provide practical and objective support to the
Parks & People Foundation youth programs.
• Increase personal knowledge of Baltimore City’s parks,
recreation and youth.
• Gain experience in educational planning and facilitation.
• Opportunity to serve community-based organizations throughout
Baltimore City.
• Become a prospect to be nominated for prestigious volunteer
awards.
• Free parking, service learning hours,and
reference/recommendation letters are available.
• Additional training opportunities as they become available.
• Opportunity to participate in all Parks & People Foundation
volunteer events and recognition ceremonies.

Evaluation and Reporting Procedures:
• Annual evaluation by the Volunteer Coordinator and monthly
recording and reporting on volunteer hours and activities.

Location:
Parks & People Foundation Office
800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010
Baltimore, MD 21211
Main office door is located in the back of the building

Organization Contact:
Erin Shutt
Volunteer Coordinator
410-448-5663 ext. 126
erin.shutt@parkandpeople.org

Have general commputer skills.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Parks & People Foundation - MD - Baltimore

We need volunteers who are free at these times

Weekly

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers

Adults (55+) Unpaid Interns Individual Young Adults (18-25)

Upcoming Dates:

Date Time # volunteers requested   May 13, 2008 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM 3   May 14, 2008 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM 3   May 15, 2008 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM 3

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Contact Person:
Erin Shutt, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

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Address:

800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010 Baltimore, MD 21211 (See a map)

Directions:

From Downtown Travel northbound on the JFX (I-83). Take the 28th Street/Druid Park Lake Drive exit, number 7A-B/6. Keep LEFT at the 1st fork in the ramp. Keep RIGHT at the 2nd fork in the ramp. Merge onto West 28th Street. At the light, turn LEFT onto Sisson Street. At the 2nd light, turn LEFT onto Wyman Park Drive. The Stieff Silver Building is on the RIGHT. The Parks and People Foundation office is on the ground floor of the building. From North of the JFX Travel southbound on the JFX (I-83). Take the 28th Street/Druid Park Lake Drive exit, number 7. Merge onto West 28th Street. At the 1st light, turn LEFT onto Sisson Street. At the 2nd light, turn LEFT onto Wyman Park Drive. The Stieff Silver Building is on the RIGHT. The Parks and People Foundation office is on the ground floor of the building. For Bus Routes Call the MTA Transit information center at (410) 539-5000 (main number), 1-866-Ride-MTA (Toll Free), (410) 539-3497 (hearing impaired), or visit www.mtamaryland.com.   Nearest Bus Stop: 27, 10 minute walk

Web Site: http://www.parksandpeople.org