Before you even begin thinking about volunteering, ask yourself – Am I well enough to volunteer?
Your safety and limiting the spread of COVID-19 is everyone’s main priority. We encourage you to review and adhere to the recommendations on the Buncombe County readiness site on how best to avoid COVID-19 and what to do if you think you might have it.
In our mission to help students become career and community ready, we are recruiting volunteers to help middle grade students understand the fundamentals of budgeting and household finances. These are critical, must know skills that every student will need upon graduating from high school. This is your chance to help them succeed!
Enter Reality Store — an event where students are assigned a specific career and a sample salary to match. Students are then tasked with going around to stations to pay for various household expenditures and seeing if they can make it to the end of the month with their budget intact! It's a fun and enlightening event for students and volunteers alike.
Volunteer Responsibilities:
- Accepting payment for household services
- Helping students make their purchase decisions
- sometimes helping them properly balance their household budgets
Requirements:
- List anything that will be required of the volunteer for them to start volunteering with your organization
- Example: background check
- Example: completion of application or forms on their first shift
- Example: completion of orientation and training
- Example: interview
- Example: personal transportation to sites
Skills Required:
- List any skills that will a volunteer should already be able to do effectively and readily
- Example: Positive and compassionate customer service skills
- Example: Excellent written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
- List working conditions, physical and mental
- Example: Ability to remain standing for long periods
- Example: Ability to lift up to 10 lbs.
Attire:
- List what is or isn’t allowed to be worn while someone is volunteering, or give suggestions of what to wear so they will be comfortable
- Example: Business casual
- Example: Comfortable, close-toed shoes
- Example: Long pants with no visible holes or tears
Location:
- Enka Middle School, 390 Asbury Rd, Candler, NC 28715
Health and Safety:
- List whatever policy your organization is currently following in terms of COVID-19 prevention
- Example: Masks are optional, must bring your own if you need one
- Example: Hand sanitizer/gel is available on site
To sign up for this volunteer opportunity, simply
- Click the blue "respond" button above to secure your spot and receive next step instructions from our organization
- Please DO NOT SHOW UP IF YOU DID NOT RESPOND!
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe is not responsible for opportunities managed by partner agencies. If you are onsite at a volunteer opportunity and don't feel safety guidelines are being followed, please connect with onsite project organizers and if not addressed, please let us know by completing our Volunteer Experience Form.
