A steward is essentially the caretaker of the Little Free Library (LFL). This person promotes the library and makes sure it is clean, inviting and fully stocked. Stewards must be 18 years of age or older, and have regular access to the library’s location. Stewards of libraries are asked to: 1. Participate in media coverage…
Being a HEMI Mentor is challenging work, but deeply rewarding. HEMI – the Higher Education Mentoring Initiative – is a team of professionals who work with foster youth and community volunteers like you. As a key member of the team, HEMI Mentors spend about an hour a week with their mentee helping them achieve success…
The kids we serve LOVE to feel special! Activities that give them a break from their normal routines and letters in the mail from their Pen Pals are some of their favorite things. So whether it is a special dinner one night each month or a weekly craft for them and their peers, you are…
As a volunteer with YouthBuild of Northern Kentucky, and depending on what volunteer position you are interested in (mentor, academic tutor group facilitator, or Construction Skills aide), you take some time to get to know the participants and staff, job-shadow the staff and other volunteers, build relationships with the participants, and then start to volunteer…
Community Grandparents exists to connect younger parents with older mentors to help parents meet life’s challenges. The goal of the program is to foster a new positive relationship with families while providing mentors with an opportunity to build meaningful and lasting relationships with our community. Grandparents are paired one-on-one with a mentee to form a…
City Gospel Mission comes alongside under-resourced and first-generation college students who are the proud recipients of the Cincinnati Christian University Urban Scholars scholarship award. Before their first semester of college, scholarship recipients attend our 6-week college prep course that covers such topics as campus life, college writing, study skills, leadership, intercultural communication and time management.…
We give at-risk children caring, enduring, one-to-one relationships that change their lives. Are you interested in becoming a mentor? Just a few hours each week can make a big difference in the life of a child. Our mentors help children envision a better future, improve communication with their families and friends and feel loved and…
Our sports, recreation and performing arts initiatives for kids may all seem very different, but they have a few important things in common: they teach kids the love of God and help them become healthy, caring individuals. Whether a teen is cycling with us to Niagara Falls or playing in one of our basketball leagues,…
The greatest need for volunteers is to help with the residents during the weekday evening hours (6-8 p.m.) and Saturday and Sunday for planned outings. The ranges of activities/services volunteers can provide for the residential area are: being a friendly visitor (reading, talking, etc.), lending assistance with outings (volunteer pays their way but most always at…
Want to REALLY make an impact? Become a mentor to one of Ethel Taylor’s students. We ask mentors spend at least 3 hours a month with their mentee. Whether that’s an hour tutoring every week or lunch and a movie one Sunday. The flexibility and level of commitment is your choice but WE NEED MENTORS!