Serve the City Geneva

As you have experienced recently the temperatures have been plummeting well below zero. A bitter cold is gripping the whole Europe. To date, over 200 people have died and millions of others are affected across the continent, including many in Geneva.

One of our faithful service providers, The Salvation Army, are asking for our assistance as it aims to cope with the increasing demand of people in need.

There is an opportunity to serve lunches to those impacted by these Artcic conditions every day from 11:30 – 14:00.

If you want to serve, please contact Richard Holt at: richardghni@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and kind consideration.

Richard Holt

Serve the City Geneva

http://www.servethecitygeneva.ch/

ASK Volunteer Programmes

We are looking for student volunteers that are interested in working with children and also volunteers who are keen to use their natural skills to help develop our programmes.

If your students are interested in getting involved with any of the following programmes, starting from January 2012, please ask them to email Lydia.shaw@allspecialkids.org stating which programme(s) they would like to help with.

Study Skills & Homework Club

This Program is for those students who enjoy working one on one with children, who wish to develop core tutoring skills and learn valuable study skills to help make learning easier, more fun and creative for the special children who have learning differences. Note: the training for this program will lead to working at our camps during school breaks and summer camps.

  • Volunteers will help with paired reading, prepare classroom activities and assist children with the computer based learning programmes.
  • Volunteers will work along-side the tutors /teachers trained in special needs education.
  • You must be available for a one day training and from 3.30pm – 6pm either on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons.
  • Location – Geneva or Lausanne

Monthly Kids & Teen’s Social

These monthly events are to provide our special children with a series of stress-free, fun monthly activities, which offer a friendly, supervised environment, while improving their social skills. Activities can be anything from ice-skating to bowling, pizza making to Pony riding.

  • We need volunteers who can help with researching and planning the activities and taking part in the monthly outings.
  • You must be available for one after-school planning session and commit to attending the weekend outing once a month.
  • Location – Geneva or Lausanne area

Research

We need volunteers who can help us research the best experts in the field of special needs, child development and learning support. We invite these specialist experts to Geneva as part of our annual seminar series.

  • You will be provided with names and template reports to do this research.
  • Location – non (location) specific, but must have access to the internet.

Lending Library

We need volunteers for our lending library, who can help us with maintaining, reviewing and publicising our books, videos and learning resources.

  • We need volunteers who can help with research, catalogue management and write book reviews.
  • You must be available 2-3 hours a week to come to the ASK office.
  • Location – Geneva

Web Support

Our website is the way a lot of parents first find ASK and we need volunteers who are skilled in IT and enjoy working with web technology.

  • We need volunteers who can help build our web presence, both through our website and on other social media sites.
  • We need assistance with regular website maintenance, create promotional fliers and marketing brochures. You must be available 2-3 hours a week to come to the ASK office.
  • Location – Geneva.

Christmas Market

CAS and REACH Hours available
Students are needed to help with the Christmas Market on the 7th December.

We need volunteers to set up tables at our PFA stalls the evening before from 4-6pm on the 6th of December,  and to tidy up at the end of the event around 4pm.
If interested see Ms Ross or email: caroline.ross@cdl.ch

Become an ASK volunteer

The ASK volunteer programme is for volunteers who want to make a difference through volunteering. To truly make a difference, volunteers need to be committed to their volunteer service, and be willing to invest their time to make a change in the lives of people who need their help.
ASK volunteer program provides the opportunity and the support to both adults and young adults (ages 15 through 18) to make a difference in their community through volunteering. Through a unique network approach, ASK volunteer program exposes the volunteers to positive experiences that may affect their views on community service… now and in the future.

WHO COULD BE AN ASK VOLUNTEER?

Someone we can call upon to help us during their free time, to assist in one of the many activities run by ASK. Our volunteers include young adults who mentor a peer and/or help out at the monthly organized outings. We are a parent community that believes in using our time & talent to help children; young and not so young, who need a little more attention, time and patience to reach their best potential in life.

Please visit our website Programs link and view the programs that may interest you. 

Volunteer Brochure             Volunteer Registration Form

 

Me, Elderly?

The Red Cross of Geneva are looking for volunteers to lend a hand in their new project: “Me, Elderly”.

Aims:

  • to improve the daily lives and well-being of elderly people across Geneva
  • to develop and facilitate aid between generations
  • to visit retirement homes in Geneva and spend time with the elderly

Are you young, motivated and willing to make a difference to the lives of the elderly?

For more information email: crj@croix-rouge-ge.ch

 

Geneva Association for Social Integration

There are several volunteer opportunities to earn service hours volunteering for the Geneva Association of Social Integration (AGIS) – these are people of all ages who would like to spend some of their spare time with handicapped people.
You don’t need any particular skills, just the willingness to share a little bit of your free time, once a week, once a month, or whenever you can.

If you have the time to offer and would like to know more please contact.
info@agis-ge.ch tél: 022 308 98 10 (French Speaking), have a look at some of the offers available at the moment.

Red Cross Food Collection

In Pays de Gex the yearly food collection in supermarkets by the French Banque Alimentaire is going to take place on Friday November 25 and Saturday November 26. Spoken French is fine, but not a necessity, if at least someone in each group of students speaks French. (There are many English speaking customers.
The Croix Rouge (Red Cross) is coordinating the event and volunteers are needed in:

  • Carrefour La Poterie (the big Carrefour in Ferney-Voltaire)
  • Migros in the shopping center Val Thoiry

It is suggested that students from College du Leman participate after school on Friday afternoon until the shops are closing,

Friday

  • 4.30 – 9.00 PM (or until the shops close)

Saturday

  • 8.30 AM – 9.00 PM or 
  • 8.30 – 10.00 AM
  • 4.30 – closing.

It is necessary to fill in and sign a form at Croix Rouge beforehand and show a passport and leave a copy of the passport. For those below 18 years of age, the parent has to sign.

Minors need written permission from their parents, and an adult (min 18 years) needs to be in the group of four at any time.

The students need to fill in their REACH forms and take them to the supermarkets, so they can be evaluated and signed or handed in to the Red Cross on the same day.

If you are are interested you can get in touch with the Red Cross:

Please get in touch with:

Catherine Bollard, Tel. +33  474 51 87 84 or  +33 623 84 42 14 e-mail: cathy.bollard@orange.fr. for further information. Mme Bollard speaks French and very little English.
Fiona Roynette Tel:  +33 450 40 60 23  The Red Cross in Prevessin and responsible for the food collection at Leclerc speaks English and French.

Croix-Rouge Française
Délégation Pays de Gex
453, Route du Nant
F-01280 Prévessin-Moëns
France