PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES
- Social Recreation
- Kitchen Prep
- Art Room
- Teen Center
| Title of Role: | Social Recreation Volunteer |
| Reports to: | Shannon Zarnoch; Social Recreation Director |
| Program Area/Location: | Marr Building |
| Objectives: | To create a welcoming, safe, and engaging atmosphere for members after school while helping to build positive relationships with youth. |
| General Role & Responsibility: | Gamesroom Staff:
· To lead and oversee activities for members ages 7-12 years old · To aid in maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly Gamesroom space Specialized Programming · Twilight Programming (an extension of Gamesroom staff and staffing needs, including clean up at the end of the night. · Implement and Run specialized activities (i.e. Girls Group, Boys Group, Dance, etc.) |
| Work Hours/Commitment: | Gamesroom: 2 pm – 6 pm
Specialized Programming Staff: 6 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Skills & Qualifications: | · Positive and friendly attitude
· Willingness to engage with members |
| How the Role fits in with the work of BGCD? | Here at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, we believe in a positive, enriched environment to teach, support and enhance the lives of our members. Members learn best by playing and positive and fun experiences keep members coming back to the club to participate in our programming. |
| Behavior Expectations: | · Positive attitude, kind, and polite
· Follows directions from staff · Communicate respectfully · Wear comfortable clothing |
| Title of Role: | Social Recreation Volunteer |
| Reports to: | Shannon Zarnoch; Social Recreation Director |
| Program Area/Location: | Marr Building |
| Objectives: | To create a welcoming, safe, and engaging atmosphere for members after school while helping to build positive relationships with youth. |
| General Role & Responsibility: | Gamesroom Staff:
· To lead and oversee activities for members ages 7-12 years old · To aid in maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly Gamesroom space Specialized Programming · Twilight Programming (an extension of Gamesroom staff and staffing needs, including clean up at the end of the night. · Implement and Run specialized activities (i.e. Girls Group, Boys Group, Dance, etc.) |
| Work Hours/Commitment: | Gamesroom: 2 pm – 6 pm
Specialized Programming Staff: 6 pm – 8:30 pm |
| Skills & Qualifications: | · Positive and friendly attitude
· Willingness to engage with members |
| How the Role fits in with the work of BGCD? | Here at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, we believe in a positive, enriched environment to teach, support and enhance the lives of our members. Members learn best by playing and positive and fun experiences keep members coming back to the club to participate in our programming. |
| Behavior Expectations: | · Positive attitude, kind, and polite
· Follows directions from staff · Communicate respectfully · Wear comfortable clothing |
| Title of Role: | Kitchen Prep |
| Reports to: | Bozena Tomalka, Kid’s Café Director |
| Program Area
/Location: |
Kid’s Café – Marr Building |
| Objectives: | Responsible for assisting in all daily kitchen operation and preparations. |
| General Role & Responsibility: | · Food preparation of all meals served. This includes chopping vegetables, breaking down, cutting or grinding meat, weighing and mixing ingredients, washing and preparing vegetables, storing food, and more.
· Maintain a clean and orderly kitchen by washing dishes, sanitizing surfaces, taking out trash etc. |
| Work Hours
/Commitment: |
Flexible work hours; week days. TBD with Kid’s Café Director |
| Skills & Qualifications: | · A team player with good communication skills
· Manual dexterity able to operate cutting tools and kitchen utensils · Knowledge of health and safety rules in a kitchen · Knowledge of kitchen operations and food preparation required. · Experience working with children. · Great communication skills |
| How the Role fits in with the work of BGCD? | We are focused on providing our members with nutritious meals in accordance with the Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition. Meals incorporate proteins, grains and fruits and vegetables, as recommended by the Department of Education, and are cooked fresh every day on location.
We serve over 300 meals per weeknight during the school year and over 700 meals per day during the summer months. |
| Behavior Expectations: | · Positive attitude, kind, and polite
· Follows all kitchen guidelines and procedures · Communicates respectfully with Kitchen staff and all club members · Wear comfortable clothing |
| Title of Role: | Art Room Volunteer |
| Reports to: | Katy Sullivan; Fine Arts and Media Director |
| Program Area/Location: | Art Program – McLaughlin Building 4th Floor |
| Objectives: | · To help out in the Art Room
· To assist the Fine Arts and Media Director, Katy · To assist the members during art classes |
| General Role & Responsibility: | · Help members with art projects and encourage creativity
· Assist with preparation of materials for upcoming projects · Wash brushes and fill paint · Light cleaning including cleaning up tables and sinks, sweeping floors, etc. · Overall organization of the room |
| Work Hours/Commitment: | Weekly or daily between 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
| Skills & Qualifications: | Friendly, imaginative, creative and upbeat. Does not need to be particularly artistically trained, but willing to learn about projects and help out. |
| How the Role fits in with the work of BGCD? | Here at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, we believe in a positive, enriched environment to teach, support and enhance the lives of our members. In art, we positively push the members to be creative and think outside the box. We want them to realize that there is no such thing as, “right/wrong” or “good/bad” art, but rather individual and unique creative processes and work. |
| Behavior Expectations: | Behavior: Kind, polite, and eager to help
Dress: Clothes should be worn that can be soiled (it can be very messy) |
| Title of Role: | Teen Program Volunteer |
| Reports to: | Ariana Nazario; Teen Director |
| Program Area/Location: | Teen Center: McLaughlin Building, 3rd Floor |
| Objectives: | Assist with/engage in teen programming and activities to support teen members at the club and help to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the Teen Center. |
| General Role & Responsibility: | Work with staff to develop academic and social skills of individual members in our education program. |
| Work Hours/Commitment: | Monday through Friday from 2pm – 5pm |
| Skills & Qualifications: | · Positive and friendly attitude
· Passionate about working with youth · Enthusiastic about the BGCD mission and the Teen Program · Team and relationship building skills |
| How the Role fits in with the work of BGCD? | Here at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, we believe in a positive, enriched environment to teach, support and enhance the lives of our members. We strive to create this environment in all spaces for members of all ages, including teen members. |
| Behavior Expectations: | · Positive attitude, kind, and polite
· Follows directions from staff · Work collaboratively with all staff and management |
Established in 1974 as the Colonel Daniel Marr Boys Club, Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester is dedicated to making a positive impact on the youth and their families in our community. Inside our three clubhouses we are a place for Dorchester’s young people to learn, explore talents, play and make friends. Today, as always, our members between ages five and 18 have access to 200+ activities for just $5 a year.
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