Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for a mission that offers you a sense of purpose? Here’s a meaningful and fulfilling opportunity. Join our team of volunteers who love helping people. You may be the greatest influence in their life.
Richland students need you and so do we!
(An orientation for volunteers will precede each program.)
Volunteer Coordinators
Dee Ann Benson 972-761-6734
Cris Sanders 972-761-6743
Conversation Partners – Coordinator: Dee Ann Benson
Wednesdays, September 23 - Nov 11, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Thursdays, September 24 - November 12, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Evening Conversation Partners – Coordinator: Chris Sanders
Thursdays,6:00-7:00pm from September 24 – November 12
Reading Assistance Program (RAP) – Coordinator: Chris Sanders
Enjoy helping foreign-born students with reading English. Listen to them read and help them with pronunciation and comprehension. Reading materials are provided. “RAP” sessions meet each Tuesday from 12:30-1:30 beginning September 22 – November 10 outside room C102.
Tutor/Mentor Program – Coordinator: Chris Sanders
Looking for a challenging, fulfilling opportunity to give some of your free time to others? Your payoff: intellectual, social, and cultural enrichment in a college environment. Tutor Richland students in math, accounting, English writing, history/government and science. Qualifications: A degree or expertise in your field of study and one to two hours per week at a scheduled time.
Living Memories of the Past – Coordinator: Chris Sanders Do you remember where you were and what your thoughts were when…? Share your memories with Richland Collegiate High School seniors during their studies of American history and government. Make the classes “come alive” with your memories and memorabilia when you visit them to relate facts and events that occurred in the past. Dates and times of visits will be flexible.