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f you are still looking for CAS and REACH hours there are still opportunities at the Art Department taking an inventory of their books. Please contact Valerie.DUVIEUSART@cdl.ch.
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EnviroTrek Clean Up Series 2012 – Respect the mountain
Envirotrek Series 2012
Respect the Mountains organizes in cooperation with main sponsor KEEN Footwear the third edition of the EnviroTrek Clean Up Series. These will take place at six fantastic locations in Europe.
What is an Envirotrek? An Envirotrek is an adventure outdoor event where, aside from an the opportunity to try an outdoor activity, the participant will give back to the environment. Both locals and tourists alike can join in the fun!
The day will take a format similar to the following.
Maximum participants: 80
09.30: Gathering and start Clean-Up;
12.30: BBQ Lunch;
13.30: Outdoor activities: Either rock climbing, raft building or mountain biking;
16.00: Goodbye + Goodie bag
Envirotrek All-Inclusive Costs
Adults – 10 Euros
Youth under 12 – Free * Minimum Age – 6 years
Envirotrek 2012 Events Dates and Locations are various and to be confirmed. Last years events were at the following locations:
Naturpark St. Pietersberg, The Netherlands
Mayrhofen, Austria
Naturpark Southern Schwarzwald, Germany
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Samoens, France
Einruhr-Sinmerath, Eifel, Germany
SIGN UP VIA Envirotrek website
New opportunities with ASK
ASK is currently recruiting student volunteers for our 2012 Spring/Summer Programs.
This Spring we are organising Peer Mentoring and Monthly Kids and Teens Socials, as well as preparing for our Geneva and Leysin Summer Camps.
Peer Mentoring
We have about 5 young adults who are interested in being peer mentored. This peer mentoring activity will begin in April and we are looking for a group of students to plan outings with our mentees, to be positive role models and provide positive peer interaction whilst helping the mentee in developing their own social skills. For more information on this program please visit:
http://www.allspecialkids.org/wp/programs/care/adolescent-support/
Monthly Kids and Teens Socials
Also starting in April, we are looking for students who are interested in volunteering and getting involved in monthly weekend activities with children aged 6 to 16. This activity provides a great opportunity for the children with special needs and learning differences to meet new people in a friendly, relaxed environment, whilst also developing their social skills. The student volunteers will be learning a sensitive, positive approach to dealing with children with different social abilities. For more information please visit:
http://www.allspecialkids.org/wp/programs/care/ask-monthly-kids-teens-social/
Summer Camp
Our Geneva day camp begins on 16th July for four weeks, ending with a final fifth week of intensive study skills. We have added a new camp this year in Leysin, a two week, sports focused camp. We are looking for out-going, fun, enthusiastic individuals who are keen to work with children and who will act as positive role models, developing the confidence and social skills of the children whilst taking part and assisting in the activities. For more information please visit:
Volunteers wanted for Parent-Teacher Meetings
Needs Responsible Citizenship hours? If so come and sign up in the High School office for Parent-Teachers day.
We are looking for student volunteers to carry out a number of tasks, including:
- welcoming parents to the school,
- handing out and
- recovering parent surveys,
- distributing refreshments to teachers etc.
Please come to the high school office to sign up if you are interested in helping for one or two hours.
Do you need Eco/Green hours?
Dear Friends of Serve the City Geneva,
We have a couple of events scheduled to correspond with World Clean Up Day and wanted to invite you to sign up for one of the events.
A. We are looking for a few energetic cleaners to help clear some of the overgrown animal cages in Bellevue at the Zoo Parc d’Accueil. The animals will be very grateful for your time! This will be a half day event 9-12:30.
B. Another option is to help with some cleaning at Villa Julien at Ali Baba a second hand shop run by Carrefour Rue in Geneva (click “Activités” and then “Caverne Ali Baba” for information.) This is a full day event, from 9:00 to 16:00 .
It’s easy to sign up. Just send an email here: volunteers@servethecitygeneva.ch stating your project of interest (either “A” or “B” – or “Either event.”) We will then send you more details on the project. Let us know if you would not mind taking up a the job of a project team leader some time.
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
Primary School – Homework Tutoring
What: Homework Tutoring
When: 4: 5:30 pm Monday to Friday
Where: Villa Christina
There are opportunities for both English and French speakers, if you are interested please contact visnja.pozniak@cdl.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.
Help out in Kindergarden
CDL Kindergarden is looking for students to help them run some of their Christmas art and craft activities. The activities will run from 9:00 – 12:00 and 1:00 and 3:00, so if you have any free periods during this time and are in need of some CAS hours or just want to help with the activities.
Please contact sophie.lenoir@cdl.ch or ryan.blyth@cdl.ch for further information.
Walk a dog
If you live near to the school and would like to earn some REACH hours and like dogs. Earn some hours walking a teachers dog.
If you are interested contact Louise.Mcmullen@cdl.ch or Ryan.BLYTH@cdl.ch