neighborhood service

Neighborhood service of 10 hours is a required part of the course. Service should be completed (if appropriate) by Nov. 1st. Follow guides, keep Paul in the loop on all organizational matters, be kind to your host sites and staff. Places that need volunteers are usually really need the help, so they are often overwhelmed with various tasks. Be patient, flexible, and empathetic. They are not there to serve you.

Grandville Avenue Academy of the Arts
Art and Humanities classes for all ages at various times during the day. Limit one (of us) per course. Would like solid commitment for 10 week fall session.
644 Grandville Avenue SW
Contact: Amy Brower, Program Director
742-0692
abrower@gaah.org
available classes/times

fall session from september 11 - november 16th (10 weeks)
various 1 hour weekly sessions from morning, afternoon, evening

Criminal History Check required

up to 5 of us, max one per course
Stephanie Mills
Dean Foster
Ian MacNider
Zyra Castillo

Grandville Avenue Neighborhood Library
Very unique library started by Neighborhood Organization. Gathering spot for after school. Supportive language intensive environment for neighborhood kids, many speaking English at School and Spanish at home.

Contact: Sue Garza, Librarian
Grandville Avenue Neighborhood Library
1260 Grandville Avenue SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 475-1150
Fax: (616) 475-1152
Email: library@gaah.org

Criminal History Check.pdf required

Homework Help
Monday – Friday, 2:00pm – 6:00pm

Chess Club
Various times

Tolly Time
Monthly story time held on the third Thursday of the month from 3:30pm – 5:00pm

up to 4 of us, not more than two there at any one time
Sara Wassenaar
kelly Ohara
Erin Proctor

Art from scratch

In the big warehouse building just south of Wealthy on Grandville
Industrial waste material is gathered and rediestributed for art education/projects
handle and sort materials, design curricula from scrap
Betsy Hamm, founder - does this after school (teacher by day) and weekends
mobile 901-7486 hammb@grps.k12.mi.us

Up to 3 of us
Jennifer Dunbar
Giles Hefferan
Ryan Greaves
Jay Cackowski

Ucom United Church Outreach Ministries

(volunteer work is not religious in nature and does not require church affiliation)

Homework House
Contact for Homework House: Veronica Benesch, 241-4006 x 28, veronica.benesch@ucomgr.org
Afterschool homework sessions at 2 locations. This runs Mon-Thurs. Would like us to commit to one day a week through the semester. One hour blocks of time not yet scheduled (will be between 4-6pm)

requires Grand Rapids Public Schools background check.

Starts 2nd or 3rd week in September and runs through Early December. They would like people who could do the whole session because it is disruptive to the students when tutors don't see them through the session.

David Schofield
Ruby Miller

2 locations
Franklin SW Campus 6,7,8th graders
This is mostly math (no specialty needed) but also other subjects

Hall School k-12

Also,
Ucom provides many services so other volunteer opportunities are abundent. This can be in blocks or more of a weekly schedule.
Contact for other than Homework House: Shawn Keener, 241-4006, shawn.keener@ucomgr.org

no limit on civic student participants

Mixed Greens
(placement confirmed)
Afterschool multi-disciplinary curriculum combines gardening, food, culture, science, environment. . . . Neighborhood Garden behind Grandville Avenue Academy for the Arts.
contact, jen 301.3592 jen@mixedgreens.org

mondays from 4:30-5:30pm from sept. 11 - Nov. 13

1 civic studiors
Sarah Darnell

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