Administers literacy programs in Maricopa County.

Literacy Phoenix | Literacy Phoenix

Divisions of businesses or nonprofit agencies that are responsible for developing products or delivering designated services to the public. Departments of NGOs are generally led by a manager, supervisor, director or vice president.

Nongovernmental Agency Departments

Libraries and other organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to provide reading and writing instruction for individuals of all ages who are unable to read or write at a functional level. Some literacy programs also teach basic math skills.

Literacy Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to help students with their homework or provide supplemental instruction for students who are having difficulty with their coursework or who want to get more out of their regular educational program.

Tutoring Volunteer Opportunities

Provides academic instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Homeless Education Liaison provides assistance to school-age youth who do not have a permanent place of residence. Services include school enrollment, transportation to and from school, free breakfast and lunch programs, and other support services. Also provides information about additional resources in the community. Provides support services for students with disabilities.

Prescott Unified School District #1 | Prescott Unified School District #1

Programs that enroll exceptional learners for the majority of the school day in special classes or centers that are located on regular school sites and which group pupils who have similar instructional needs. Special classes and centers serve pupils who have intensive needs that cannot be met in a less restrictive learning environment.

Special Education Classes/Centers

Libraries that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to compile records, sort and shelve books, issue library cards, help patrons find the materials they need and provide other supportive assistance for library staff on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Library Assistant Volunteer Opportunities

Schools and other educational institutions that are actively seeking individuals who are willing to assist K-12 teachers in the instructional process on a voluntary basis without remuneration. Also included are programs that are seeking volunteers to serve in a non-instructional capacity in the classroom.

Classroom Aide Volunteer Opportunities

The local administrative units that represent the union of two or more communities that have agreed to combine their resources to offer educational services and operate elementary and/or high schools or contract for these services in the combined geographical area.

Unified School Districts

Programs offered by schools or school districts that seek to stabilize the educational experience of homeless children by identifying a school that they will attend on a consistent basis throughout the year regardless of the family's current location and by offering the supportive services they need to succeed in their educational endeavors. Included may be transportation between specified community shelter facilities and the child's school; clothing that is appropriate for a school environment; books and other educational materials; and special classes that help the homeless child deal with issues such as personal hygiene and health care in a homeless setting. The goal of the program is to transition the child into mainstream education.

Homeless School Transition Programs

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing to do general office work on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Clerical Volunteer Opportunities

Administers literacy and arts programs. Advocates for improved literacy and creative expression in Southern Arizona.

Literacy Connects | Literacy Connects

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to teach non-English and limited-English speaking individuals English language skills on a voluntary basis without remuneration. Participants learn listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with an emphasis on developing the level of communication competence that is essential for adults who are living in a setting in which English is the primary language used.

English Language Instruction Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that accept new or used books, magazines and other reading materials and keep them for use in their own program or donate them to libraries, schools and other community agencies for their own use or for distribution to people they serve.

Book/Magazine Donation Programs

Flagstaff Family Food Center Kitchen | Flagstaff Family Food Center Kitchen

Soup kitchens, congregate meal sites, shelters, residential facilities and other programs that serve meals that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to prepare, serve and/or clean up after meals provided to residents or those in need.

Meal Preparation/Serving Volunteer Opportunities

Programs offered by churches, restaurants and other organizations that provide meals in a central location for people who lack the resources needed to buy and prepare food. The food may be distributed to people who line up for the meal or may be served to people seated in a dining hall setting, and participants rarely need to establish eligibility for the service.

Soup Kitchens

Programs that promote pre-literacy and language development skills in children from birth to age five with the objective of preparing them to read. Program activities are both educational and social and focus on helping participants develop oral language skills, expand their vocabulary, develop the concept of a word, have exposure to printed words and connect them to stories, develop phonological and phoneme awareness (sounds associated with letters and words), and recognize letters of the alphabet and connect them to words. Specific activities that promote early literacy development include reading aloud, summarizing stories read, conversations and dialogue, learning new words, exposure to books, rhyming and singing, imitating sounds, identifying syllables, writing and naming letters, attaching sounds to letters, and recognizing words. Counting and elementary math may also be incorporated. Programs may be formal or informal, and may include parent participation. Classes are often held at schools, churches, libraries and community recreation centers.

Early Literacy Development Programs

Programs that provide fresh or frozen lunches or dinners which are packed in portable containers and typically picked up and eaten elsewhere. Clients may include people who are homeless or low income, have a disability or illness or meet other eligibility criteria.

Packed Lunches/Dinners

Educates parents with children ages 5 and younger about the importance of early literacy and how they can build skills in their children to help them enter school ready to learn.

Southwest Human Development Raising a Reader | Southwest Human Development Raising a Reader

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with a valid driver license and current insurance who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to pick up and remove personal and household goods, office equipment and supplies and other items that individuals and agencies want to donate. Tasks include coordinating pickup of donated goods from homes, businesses, or designated drop off points; lifting boxes, loading trucks and driving from one pickup location to another.