Email the teen staff at either teens@sbpl.info or sbplteenvolunteers@gmail.com to inquire about any open jobs listed. Email is the primary way to communicate both to ask and to verify that the job you selected is yours. Do not just show up.
A current application on file is required for anyone wishing to participate in volunteer opportunities. If you do not file your application by or before 6/30, you will not be able to until after 9/1.
Please note: Any opportunities listed for September still require a valid application on file. If you have not yet filed an application you cannot ask for the position until after Sept 1 when you can file one. If you accept a position, you MUST file a new application as soon as possible once they are available.
Opportunities Working with Children
Afterschool Adventures Craft Help: Date-Wednesday October 5th. Location: Program Room 1A/B. Time: 4:30 – 6:00pm You will be assisting with craft preparation, helping children complete the craft during the event and with cleanup after. (all spots taken)
Fall Family Fun Festival! Date: Saturday September 30th. Rain date Sunday October 1st. *You must be able to work the original date and or rain date. We will notify you if the date does indeed need to change ahead of time.
Time: 2:30-6:30pm Location: Woodlot Park (all spots taken)
All volunteers will be helping to set up, clean up and work their designated section. Please let us know which section below you would like to work.Craft help(all spots taken)Games & Prizes help(all spots taken)Amusements; helping manage bounce castles and ride lines.(all spots taken)
Miscellaneous Opportunities
Borrower Services is looking for someone to package holds for delivery on Sundays 2-4pm and Wednesdays 4-6pm starting as soon as possible and continuing until 10/29.
Book sale help– the Friends of the Library are doing a pop-up book sale and need help with setting up, keeping things organized and putting everything away when it is over. You need to be comfortable bending, lifting, shifting and following directions. You may volunteer for more than one day but not more than one shift per day. Please specify which day/time you are asking to volunteer for. Thurs 10/12 need help from 3:30 or 4 until 7pm. Fri 10/13 need help from 3:30 or 4 until 6pm. Sat 10/14 need help for 10am-noon OR noon-2pm OR 2-4:30pm. Sun 10/15 need help from 1-3pm OR 3-5pm. Mon 10/16 need help from 3:30 or 4 until 7pm
Teen Focused Opportunities
Teen Pancake Brunch Help: Sunday October 1st 1-3pm. We will need help setting up the pancake ingredients and stations, cleaning up during and after the program. Please note there will be some allergens present at this event. (all spots taken)
More opportunities coming soon!
Virtual Volunteering
Saleena is allowing 5 articles per week per person for any articles written by teens. Each article is worth 1 hour of service and dated as of the date published. You can write anything: reviews of anything (personal reviews only); thoughts, informative articles, poetry, or stories. Be aware that these are aimed at your peers, not a school project; so you can write in a more informal style (but if writing factual information remember to cite sources). One of the teen staff members will check your article after you email it, any editing and changes have to be done before the article is posted. You will be informed whether it needs work or if it is to be posted, but posting may be delayed if there are a lot of articles. You need to write an article, lists of facts will no longer be accepted, as lists are not sharing thoughts or opinions and can be easily obtained from anywhere.
Another way to volunteer is to make a YouTube video for your fellow teens, or for the little ones (preference is strongly in the “for teens” category). Your video must be submitted to Saleena in a format that can be uploaded to YouTube, and you must clearly state what audience the video is for and your name. You will receive 2.5 hours per video uploaded, dated as of the date the video is uploaded. Videos must be at least 90 seconds, and cannot be longer than 15 minutes. If any changes or issues arise, you will be notified by email. (The new volunteer time earned is in effect for all videos done as of 3/1/23. Videos prior to that time will keep the hours allotted for making videos at that time).
No more than 3 videos per week allowed. Please note: no more than 3 videos for young children per month.
Remember, you cannot volunteer if you don’t have a current application on file. If you haven’t filed by June 30, you will have to wait until September. Everyone needs to re-submit their application every September.
Email the teen staff at either teens@sbpl.info or sbplteenvolunteers@gmail.com