Volunteer Opportunities

Reading Buddies:

Want to help support Kindergarten through 3rd grade develop reading skills? As a Reading Buddy you will read aloud to small groups or one-on-one with youth, assisting them with comprehension, and encouraging their reading development.

Reading Buddies Volunteer

• Have Questions? Email our Education Program Manager, Lela Stringer, at lstringer@bgccorvallis.org

Johnson Teen Center:

Tutor:

• Help middle school and high school students understand and complete homework in many subjects.
• Science and math are most desired! Specifically Algebra (1 and 2) and Calculus.
• Tutors need to be available at least one day a week for one hour.

Mentor – Los Hermanos:

• Be a mentor to young men in our middle school program that teaches responsibility.
• Participants learn through sports, structured activities, group discussions and guest presentations.
• Volunteers would need to commit to one day a week for 8-10 weeks.

Mentor – SMART Girls:

• Be a mentor to our middle and high school girls in our health, fitness, prevention education and self-esteem enhancement program.
• Participants learn through group discussions, health and fitness activities, field trips and guest presentations.
• Volunteers would need to commit to one day a week for 8-10 weeks.

Teen Center Late-Nights:

• Late-nights are offered three times a year (October, February/March, May).
• We open the Johnson Teen Center for teens to hang out in a safe, inclusive, supervised atmosphere.
• Late-nights are from 6pm-10pm.

Questions about volunteering in the Teen Center? Contact our Teen Center Director, Paige Schubert, pschubert@bgccorvallis.org.

If you are in 7th – 12th grade and would like to volunteer at the Club, contact our Teen Workforce Program Manager, Susie Colyar, scolyar@bgccorvallis.org, about how to get involved.