Ways to Earn Volunteer Hours Room Parent
(two per class) – (Automatic 20 hours of service) Responsible for
coordinating the lunch volunteer schedule for every month of the school
year, assists the teacher with party planning throughout the year,
collects money and/or donations for fundraising events, coordinates
classroom birthday parties and the teachers breakfast. Each class is
asked to contribute breakfast items on their assigned day to provide the
teachers breakfast. Sends correspondence (via e-mail or flyers) to
parents regarding special events in the classroom and school. Event
Chairperson (Usually two co-chairs per event) – Responsible for
planning, operating and coordinating fundraiser or “fun”raiser events
such as the Halloween Bingo, Art Auction, Chance Extravaganza, Spring
Fling, and Christmas Dinner. Lunch Helper – Assisting with
lunch in the cafeteria while your child is eating lunch with his/her
class. This may include passing out lunches, assisting with opening
lunch items (for the younger grades), cleaning up the occasional spill
or two, set –up and clean-up of lunch tables and chairs. Also, when on
lunch duty, parent volunteers accompany their child’s class to the
playground during recess and act as playground/recess monitors. In the
event that inclement weather exists, the lunch volunteers will supervise
the children in their classroom during recess. Event Volunteer
– Earn hours while helping to staff and run different fundraising
events. Kitchen help with serving and selling snacks, selling raffle and
event tickets, staffing booths and coordinating activities.
Ambassador Family – Earn 5 hours as an Ambassador Family by
attending the New Family dinner in August and providing outreach and
support to families who are new to Saint Augustine School. Store
Certificate Seller – Volunteer to sell store certificates and fill
orders in the school on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays from 8:30am to
9:30am. Uniform Exchange Coordinator – Operate the uniform
exchange several times a year and coordinate the exchange and sale of
gently used uniforms for Saint Augustine families. (Automatic 10 hours
of service) Phone Tree Coordinator – Coordinate and activate
the phone tree during urgent and emergency events. The phone tree is a
telephone calling tree that is used when urgent information needs to be
communicated quickly to all parents at Saint Augustine School. The phone
tree coordinator calls multiple phone tree volunteers who each have a
list of families to contact. Each phone tree volunteer is given home,
work, cell phone and back-up number for both parents. This method of
outreach is utilized when an urgent change or notice needs to be
communicated quickly to all Saint Augustine School families. Phone
Tree Volunteer – Participates in the phone tree by calling a list of
parents. Each phone tree volunteer is given home, work, cell phone and
back-up number for both parents. Calls are made to each number until a
live person is reached to whom the message can be relayed. This method
of outreach is utilized when an urgent change or notice needs to be
communicated quickly to all Saint Augustine School families.
Attend Home and School Association General Meetings – Parents earn
one hour for every HSA meeting that they attend.
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