Volunteers

Volunteers are SO IMPORTANT! This year at Art Camp (2010) we had 30 volunteers.

Volunteers help with students, keep Art Camp on time, make snack, hand out snack, teach the bible lesson, help clean, help set up the art show and run errands.

Helping with students:
Volunteers coming during camp time are mostly assigned to work with students. The teacher leads the lesson while volunteers are role models of listening and help one-on-one when needed.

Volunteers speak to children respectfully and at their level. Volunteering is more than just 'helping out.' God has a lot to teach you through the work that you do; come ready to learn while you are having fun.

*Your duties include: taking young children to the restroom, helping clean, serve snack, keeping groups on schedule, directing students to stay on task by using positive reinforcement, redirection and proximity control, and showing Christ’s love and patience to each child.
*You do not need to be an artist to help the students. Encourage each student to do their best. Please refrain from drawing on any student’s work. (If a small child asks you to guide their hand, you may.)
*There is always something to do! Look on the scheduled list or ASK! This is a time for the children; make it about them!

Snack:
Parents give me food allergy information beforehand. Children this age generally know what they can not eat. Children are more than welcome to bring their own snack if they would like. Keep in mind this is a 'snack' and it should be somewhat healthy to keep them going for the rest of the evening.

*Please have snack arrive before 5:45pm the day you are assigned.
*Enough for 35 kids
*Please provide something with some nutritional value and easy to serve.
*Please provide 1 item and juice or two items then water will be served.
*Please portion items to make them easy to serve- snack size baggies, pre-cut bars, etc.
*You do not need to provide napkins or cups.
Suggestions: cheese slices & crackers, trail mix & juice, dried fruit, celery with peanut butter and M&Ms on it, Popsicles & oranges (1 mandarin per child or ½ an orange per child.), homemade rice crispy bars or brownies (cut to correct sizes) & grapes.

Bible Lesson Teacher:
We have done a lot of different bible lessons over the past five years. Normally, I have one teacher with the little kids all week and one teacher with the big kids all week. This did not work out this year. I came up with the lesson, divided it and people volunteered to teach one day. This seemed to go well. The lesson changes to fit the teachers we have.