Volunteer at your library!
Looking to volunteer at your local library? We can help! Mid-Columbia Libraries Volunteer Program currently provides four options for community members to give back at their libraries.
Volunteer Opportunities:
>> Afterschool Zone/Teen Zone – Volunteers assist children in the library afterschool or during lunch with structured programs including snacks, games, community presentations, and homework assistance. Children are generally in middle school or high school. This program is held at the Pasco and Keewaydin Park libraries and may be available at Prosser library. If you have a passion for helping children learn and have fun, this might be the opportunity for you.
>> Summer Reading Program – Volunteers assist with summer reading program registration, guest entertainers and performers, reading to children, and most importantly, helping us get kids excited about reading! June through August. Great for High School students, seniors, anyone! Contact your local branch if you'd like to get involved (the Kennewick, Keewaydin Park, and West Richland branches have filled their openings for 2010).
>> Paws To Read Program – This is an animal assisted program. Children practice their reading skills by reading to registered therapy dogs. Children struggling to read or who are self conscious reading aloud grow more confident while reading to a nonjudgmental audience. So, if you just happen to have a registered therapy dog at home…..call us!
>> Newspaper Indexer – This volunteer position indexes obituaries from back issues of the local Tri-City newspapers housed at the Kennewick and Pasco Branches. It requires reading the newspapers in both microform and print formats and creating an alphabetical index by last name in an electronic format. If you enjoy history and reading old newspapers this could be for you!
Interested? Apply to volunteer today!
Adult Volunteers: Volunteer Application
Youth Volunteers: Volunteer Application