Join AMERICORPS

Boise Parks & Recreation is looking for two half-time mentor/tutors to work with youth through the AMERICORPS national service program. The application deadline is July 25.  

The mentor/tutors will:
— Supervise youth during an after-school recreation program
— Organize daily tutoring activities for youth
— Design and implement community service projects
— Assist with recruiting and training volunteers

Starting date is Sept. 1 for the 11-month positions, which provide a living allowance of $5,300. Upon completion of the term of service, participants receive a $2,300 education award.

Applications are available at the website.

For information, contact the LCSC AMERICORPS Boise regional office at (208) 854-6727 or Paul Schoenfelder, Boise Parks & Recreation Youth Services, at pschoenfelder@cityofboise.org or 384-4486.

Looking for volunteer opportunities? Don’t forget volunteermatch.org

I’ve heard good reports from readers of this blog, who have used the site to find a few good local volunteer opportunities.

This is just a reminder that it’s out there for all of you with a little spare time, or an inclination to be part of your community in a whole new way. Connect to the site.

Kudos to NNU’s women’s soccer team

The team members spent two weeks of their spring season in an especially compelling way — traveling to Guatemala to work with missionaries there on a number of projects. That included helping build bleachers for a public soccer field in the city of Paradise located atop a landfill. After that, the team helped build the Shalom Baptist Church and School, which involved helping haul 38,000 pounds of gravel and concrete. The team also ran soccer camps, and played games, most notably with inmates at a women’s prison in Guatemala City.

Team coaches Jamie and Rachel Lindvall are already planning their return trip for the spring of 2010.
To learn how you can support the team, contact Jamie Lindvall at JLLindvall@NNU.Edu.