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Your efforts as a volunteer for young
children can make a big difference for the children and families of this community.
Below are highlights of a few of the available volunteer opportunities. Feel free to
contact us if you are interested in doing something special that is not listed below.
As
an individual, you can...
 | Share a hobby, craft, or personal collection with children. |
| Read stories to children. |
| Provide clerical assistance to early childhood organizations. |
| Help the Health Department nurse perform health screenings on young children. |
| Teach children how to use a computer. |
| Teach adults who work with young children how to use a computer. |
| Be a substitute teacher for a young children's program so a teacher can attend
professional growth classes. |
| Help improve facilities which provide programs and services for young children and
families. |
| Serve on committees or boards affecting early childhood programs and services. |
| Become a Guardian Ad Litem -- a court-appointed volunteer for an abused/neglected -- to
help ensure that the best is done for a child involved in a court case. |
| Tutor parents of young children in adult literacy. |
| Assist in a summer program for young children. |
| Staff registration tables at children fairs or events. |
| Provide translation to Spanish-speaking parents and children. |
| Serve as a guest speaker about early childhood development. |
| Provide, prepare, and distribute snacks at children's events and fairs. |
| Provide free child care during committee meetings, community forums, and other events. |
| Become a Big Brother or Big Sister to a young child. |
| Visit and hold an abandoned baby at a local hospital. |
| Volunteer at a Women's Shelter for mothers with young children. |
| Consider becoming a foster parent. |
| Consider adopting a young child. |
| Mentor young families. |
| Activity kits. |
| Show and tell bags. |
| Dramatic play costumes. |
| Big pillows. |
| Wooden swing sets. |
| Bean bag chairs. |
| Children's books. |
| Children's toys and games. |
| Children's magazine subscriptions. |
| Infant and toddler equipment and toys. |
| Educational programs for young children. |
| Professional magazine subscriptions covering child-related topics. |
| Write a letter-to-the-editor about young children's issues in your community. |
| Contact local media and ask them to explore programs supporting early childhood
development. |
| Find out where elected officials stand on early childhood services and programs. |
| Educate elected officials about the importance of early childhood development. |
| Ask elected officials to support programs that provide programs and services for young
children and their families. |
As an organization/business, you can...
| Repair or renovate children's playgrounds. |
| Renovate facilities for young children and their families. |
| Mentor young children. |
| Read stories to young children. |
| Adopt a local early childhood program, and offer volunteers, the use of facilities,
financial support and other resources. |
| Share expertise with early childhood development and family support programs. |
| Serve on committees or boards affecting early childhood programs and services. |
| Build early care, education and family center facilities. |
| Create areas for mothers to nurse their infants. |
| Donate items that support early childhood development. |
| Sponsor space for parenting, family support, health care, and early care and education
programs. |
| Donate space for parenting, family support, health care, and early care and education
programs. |
| Provide in-kind support, such as copying, faxing, mailing or printing, for organizations
providing programs and services for young children. |
| Provide meeting space to community groups improving programs and services for families
with young children. |
| Make facilities safe and inviting for young children and their parents. |
| Provide child care to parents. |
| Participate in partnerships with community sectors to improve programs and services for
young children and their families. |
| Initiate partnerships with community sectors to improve programs and services for young
children and their families. |
| Host or sponsor community forums on early childhood topics, such as brain development,
parenting programs, quality child care, or access to health care. |
| Publish articles about the importance of the early years. |
| Work with media to publicize local programs that offer parent education, family support,
early care and education, and health services. |
| Provide parenting information. |
| Form family support groups. |
| Sponsor or host family literacy classes. |
| Inform others in your organization/business about the importance of the first years of
life. |
| Provide family insurance coverage that includes prenatal and maternity care, well child,
mental health care and immunizations. |
| Conduct surveys or focus groups to learn about the needs of families with young children. |
| Inform the public about the importance of the early years on advertisements, promotions
and products. |
| Include information about healthy early childhood development in professional training
and education programs. |
| Invite local speakers to offer parenting seminars. |
| Communicate concern about the importance of the early years to policy makers. |
| Collect information about local early childhood needs and resources, family activities
and initiatives. |
| Publish information about local early childhood needs and resources, family activities
and initiatives. |
| Promote and provide immunizations and health exams for young children. |
| Publicize the importance of the first years of life. |
| Encourage families tread to their children, beginning at birth and throughout childhood. |
| Help parents gain access to resources about parenting and child development. |
| Learn more about early childhood development. |
| Fund public awareness efforts about the importance of early childhood development. |
| Celebrate and honor community leaders and organizations that are making a difference for
young children and their families. |
| Honor and reward volunteers who provide or improve early childhood programs and services. |
| Provide long-term financial support for early childhood development efforts. |
For More Information Contact:
Hertford County Partnership for Children, Inc.
711 E. Vance St., PO Box 504, Murfreesboro, NC 27855
Tel: 252-398-4124
FAX: 252-398-3965
Internet:
hcpc@adelphia.net
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