Share your talents and enhance our programs: read to children, help with homework, stage a play, coach sports, teach chess, go on field trips—or tell us what you’d like to do. We look for people with skills in the following areas who could help for a week, a month, or more:

For Trenton Afterschool Programs:

• Reading and Storytelling
• Homework Help
• Arts and Crafts
• Board Games and Chess

• Stepping and Dance
• Robotics
• Gardening
• Sports, especially soccer and basketball

*Please note: Volunteers participating in programs on an on-going basis will be asked to provide background clearances. Contact Emma Ginty at (609) 392-6662 ext. 117 for more information on procedures.

*All volunteers under the age of 18 must have parental or guardian permission.

Days of Service

Throughout the year, our staff and AmeriCorps members conduct community service and service learning projects with students, their families, school staff, and community members.  Most projects are school and neighborhood-based service projects. Consider joining us.

Martin Luther King Day of Service:
The nation's largest celebration of Dr. King's life and work.
Date: January 2011
Location: Philadelphia and Trenton
Contact: Philadelphia: Craig Heim (215) 221-6909, Trenton: Emma Ginty, (609) 392-6662 ext. 117

Read Across America Day (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss Day)
Date: March 2011
Location: Trenton
Contact: Emma Ginty, (609) 392-6662 ext. 117

Global Youth Service Day:
Service projects and events involve and reward young people for being proactive in their communities.
Date: April 2011
Location: Philadelphia and Trenton
Contact: Philadelphia: Craig Heim (215) 221-6909, Trenton: Emma Ginty, (609) 392-6662 ext. 117