5) Revisiting old favorites:
Many times we hear our volunteers exclaim “I remember this!” when they are cleaning,
stamping, or wrapping a book. It almost always leads to fun and interesting
conversations about books shaping someone’s childhood.
4) Bonding time: You’d be
surprised how much casually chatting with others can lead to group unity.
Wrapping parties are a great way to spend time with your organization while
doing something for the community.
3) Hard Numbers: We like
to keep track of things at Promising Pages, and when a group gets together to
wrap, clean, or stamp books, you can see tangible results. For example, last
week a group that volunteered with us was able to process over 1500 books in
about three hours, books that will be going directly out to the community to
the kids who need them.
2) Helping the cause: The
books our volunteers process go all over the Charlotte community. We have
several partner organizations that use us as a resource as well as doing
projects on our own to foster a love of reading for kids who may not otherwise
have books at home. Our goal is to get books out of our warehouse and into the
hands of kids as quickly as possible—and you can help!
1) We couldn’t do it
without you!: Much of the work done at Promising Pages is completed by single
and group volunteers who help us run smoothly. We are always excited when a new
group wants to get involved, or groups who have volunteered before want to
return. We mean it when we say that we couldn’t function at the capacity we do
without the help of our amazing volunteers!
-Carley Foster, #readysetread
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