One of the best ways that you can help your child’s school is by volunteering. Every parent has something to offer, and you'll feel good as you help out. Even if you have a full-time job and other responsibilities, you can still carve out a little time to give back to your child's school. Here are five ways you can help:
Volunteer Your Talents
If you have a skill a talent in any area, it's a fair bet that the children would be interested. With so many budget cuts in school districts, you can supplement the children's learning with a class or two in art, writing, music, film, gardening, computers or acting. These can be fun and interactive workshops that allow children to actively take part and create something of their very own.
Organize a Workplace Tour
Most school children love field trips. If you have a job or profession that would be interesting to young minds, you can suggest a tour of your workplace. Hospitals, factories, laboratories, dairy farms, and theaters or convert halls are all good places for a field trip.
Join the PTA
The PTA (Parents and Teachers Association) is often the main volunteer organization of a school. By joining, you learn about new developments in the school and fundraising events to participate in. You also get to connect with other parents and members of the school community.
Work in the School Library
There are many volunteer opportunities in the school library. You can take a shift to supervise the library when librarians are not available due to budget cuts. You can help students to check out books, shelve books, or donate books.
Set Up a Tyson Project A+ Program
I posted about Tyson Project A+™ just a few weeks ago. Tyson® is working to help schools earn money. Clip, redeem and return labels from Tyson® product packaging and Tyson® will give your school 24 cents for every label you send in. The money adds up and the school can then use it to buy whatever it needs or wants to benefit the school.
In fact, right now, Walmart and Tyson® have formed a partnership seeking nominations for Tyson Project A+™. Nominate your school by sharing why your school needs a head start on collecting Tyson Project A+™ labels. The school with the most nominations will receive a packet of labels worth $1,000 to help their school get a head start on collecting Tyson Project A+™ labels. This is such an easy way to help support your child’s school!