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to Read to Seniors As part of its year-round ROAR program,
the Library coordinates two groups of volunteers who read to seniors, and we are
looking for a few more volunteers for each group. The group at the
Gables meets on Friday mornings; the group at the Winchester Nursing Center meets
on Tuesday afternoons. Each volunteer signs up for two to four convenient dates
over a three-month period. Volunteers generally read one or two
short selections of their choosing; residents may share memories engendered by
the selections or their own current reading interests. Each group of volunteers
gets together for a brown bag lunch several times a year to share ideas and experiences. For
more information or to volunteer, please contact Janet Nelson at 781-721-7171
ext. 20 or jnelson@minlib.net.
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GUIDELINES.
Library volunteers support, enrich, and enhance the Library's services and programs
by performing tasks that paid staff members are not available to do. Volunteers
are asked to work a regular schedule of two hours a week for a minimum of three
months. For the sake of maturity, commitment, and consistency, only students of
high school age (and above) will be accepted for available junior volunteer positions.
APPLICATION. New volunteers will be asked to fill out application forms
and volunteer worksheets, which are available in the Administrative Office. The
Library will make every effort to match volunteers to the available jobs.
VOLUNTEER JOBS. Volunteers are matched to available jobs which may
include filing, bookmending, adopting a shelf, preparing for children's craft
programs, processing materials, delivering books to shut-in patrons, leading book
discussions at senior facilities, and reading to children as a summer teen R.O.A.R.
reader.
In 2006, more than
forty volunteers gave a total of 2,314 hours to their community library, performing
a variety of needed services that would otherwise require staff time.
R.O.A.R. (Rush Out And Read) PROGRAM. To celebrate its one hundred years of service to
the community in 1993, the Winchester Co-operative Bank chose to fund a library
program to provide library outreach to the residents of Winchester. Thus, R.O.A.R.
was born, and the program seeks each year to reach out to potential readers of
all ages.
The summer teen R.O.A.R. Corps welcomes middle and high school
students who are chosen to read aloud to children who do not come into the library
during the summer months. The Corps reads to children at the playgrounds, swim
clubs, Recreation Department camps, and beaches in Winchester.
The
senior R.O.A.R. Corps goes to the senior facilities in town to lead book discussions
or to share personal favorites.
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