Be a Volunteer!
(Grades 7-12)
Choose in person or virtual opportunities!
Help out at our summer reading station, make bookmarks for our homebound patrons, and more. The application opens May 15th at Finkelsteinlibrary.or!
All new and returning volunteers must attend an orientation.
Reading Buddies
Share your love of reading with a buddy! Play word games and read together with a reader in elementary school.
Program Help
Sign up to help out at programs for all ages throughout the summer. From helping to pour paint to making slime, each program offers a different experience. Come join the fun!
Summer Reading Station
The cornerstone of our summer reading program! Help out our younger patrons log the books they’ve read all summer long. Daytime and evening shifts available.
General Volunteers
Help our library each week by making decorations, cleaning toys, straightening up bookshelves, helping with craft program preparations, and more! Meets once a week for two hours. This is an in-person volunteer opportunity.
ARC Angels
Never enough time to read for pleasure? This is the virtual volunteer program you need! Read an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) and write a comprehensive review using our handy Google form. ARCs will be provided by the library and are yours to keep. Earn community service hours based on length of book, based on three hours per 100 pages plus 1 hour per review. For example, a 300 page book will earn 10 community service hours.
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Applications are being accepted all year round!
Next round of Orientations will be in March.
To complete the application process,
please submit a copy of your most recent report card
to fmlteen@rcls.org,
in addition to filling out our online application.