Volunteer
Tree House Books empowers young community members by nurturing their social, academic, and creative development.
We invite you to join us. Tree House is looking for people who want to make a positive impact in the lives of children and adults by volunteering, helping out around our bookstore, and participating in events. If you’re interested in volunteering, feel free to send a quick email or just stop by—spend some time at Tree House!
Contact
Volunteer and Tutoring Time Coordinator:
Lauren Macaluso, treehousevolunteers@gmail.com
Magazine Workshop Coordinator:
Colwin Bocasan, colwin@treehousebooks.org
Volunteer Application Process
Volunteer Application
Child Abuse Clearance
Read the Tree House Books’ Volunteer Blog to learn about what it means to be a volunteer!
Tutoring Time Volunteer
Tutoring Time is 3:00-5:00pm, Tuesday through Friday, during the school year. Our tutors help Tree House kids with their homework. When homework is all finished, tutors guide them through a book of their choice or they participate together in the Tree House activity of the day.
Status: accepting applications for Winter & Spring 2012 volunteers.
Magazine Workshop Volunteer
Be part of The Ave.! Help create a magazine written by the neighborhood, for the neighborhood. Give instruction and staff support 5:30-7:00pm on Wednesdays with a group of Tree House kids and a few other adults. We’ll do creative projects together, writing, photography, art-making, and collaborative experiments.
Status: currently accepting applications for Magazine Workshop volunteers!
Bookstore Operations Volunteer
Be part of the volunteer staff at Tree House by providing steady support during our daily bookstore hours 10:00am-5:00pm, Tuesday through Friday. We could use some help selling books, creating seasonal displays, sorting and pricing, and as always, brainstorming possible community events.
Status: currently accepting applications for Bookstore Operations volunteers!
Special Workshop Volunteer
Do you have special skills and talents? Let us know, and we’ll create a workshop to share your gifts with children and adults. Do you know a lot about another country? Come be part of our international events. Do you come up with lots of interesting ideas? Share them!
Status: currently accepting applications for Special Workshop volunteers!
Administrative Support Volunteer
Hours: anytime, anywhere! We need volunteers to help with mailings, web-site design, correspondence, and marketing. Much of the work can be done at home in the evenings.
Status: currently accepting applications for Administrative Support volunteers!
Tree Shade Summer Program
Our Tree Shade Summer Program is a six week summer camp with art projects, guest speakers, and performances developed by the children. This year, our Tree Shade program will focus on the “Make Your Space Beautiful” project. Tree Shade camp hours are 1:00-3:30pm, Tuesday through Thursday, during the summer. We need volunteers to help create and coordinate our summer program!
Status: currently accepting applications for Tree Shade Summer Program counselors!
Young Friends Temple Chapter
The Young Friends of Tree House Books is a student organization on Temple University’s campus whose goal is to connect the Temple University community with the surrounding neighborhood as well as build awareness about education inequity.
Contact
MaryKate Higgins, Co-President: marykate.higgins@temple.edu
Lauren McTiernan, Co-President: lauren.mctiernan@temple.edu
Young Friends Professional
The mission of Young Friends Professional is the help support the growth of Tree House Books by hosting fund-raising happy hours and supply drives and by being mentors for the Junior Staff Member Program. Meetings are held every third Tuesday of the month at 6:00pm at Tree House Books. Please watch our calendars for our next upcoming happy hour or supply drive.
Contact
Michael Reid, mike@treehousebooks.org
Internships
Coming soon!
