Dear Faculty & Staff, This fall we are introducing a more formal volunteer program for our current parents. As always, we invite all parents to become involved in the Kennedy Catholic community. This new program is an effort to create easy points of entry for skilled volunteers to work with us, and an easier system for you to request assistance with your one-time and/or ongoing needs. Below is a brief description of the program and directions for requesting assistance. I will also talk about this briefly at our first Sept faculty meeting. Overview Faculty, staff, committees, advisory board members, BSharp board, Booster board, and Parent Club board members can submit detailed requests for volunteers for one time opportunities or ongoing services. Upon electronic submission to the Advancement Office, the positions will be added to a database of volunteer needs. Opportunities will be emailed to the parent community bi-weekly (beginning Aug 25 and every other Monday following), and parents will register for volunteer roles through Sign Up Genius (www.signupgenius.com). The Advancement Office will provide the event coordinator (you!) with a list of volunteers and their contact information. The person/s requesting the volunteers will be responsible for managing the activity and thanking/follow up with the volunteers afterwards. Possible volunteer roles vary greatly by department. Examples might include class speakers, field trip chaperones, assistance with mailings or data entry, retreat shopping, performance or game snacks/meal planning, other administrative roles, cleaning, event/mass set up and clean up, classroom support, committee work...among countless other opportunities. To request any type of service or assistance from a volunteer or team of volunteers, please simply email Karen Cascio or me with as much detail and lead time as possible. Please include times, locations, tasks and any special skills the position might require. We will send our first list to parents on Monday, Aug 25 and every other Monday following. Thank you for your support and for considering using volunteers this year! Amy Hall Director of Advancement John F. Kennedy Catholic High School <http://www.kennedyhs.org/> www.kennedyhs.org 206.226.5679 Kennedy Catholic Circular Seal 2012_2Color(RGB)