Date of Posting: July 15, 2009

Volunteer Opportunity

Position:
Mentors, tutors, and caregivers for children and youth.
Program Served:

Central Minnesota Foster Grandparent Program

The Central Minnesota Foster Grandparent Program offers seniors age 60 and older opportunities to serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for children and youth with exceptional needs, offering emotional support to victims of abuse and neglect, tutoring in reading, mentoring troubled teenagers and young mothers, and caring for premature infants and children. Foster Grandparents thrive on direct contact with children, believing that they can make a difference in the lives of children.
Primary Duties:
 Foster Grandparents volunteer in schools, Head Start and other nonprofit human service centers throughout the Diocese.
Location: 

The Central MN Foster Grandparent Program covers the sixteen counties of the St. Cloud Diocese. CAll:

866-895-7992 St. Cloud, Little Falls, Pierz, Cold Spring
320-293-0682 Alexandria, Sauk Centre, Long Prairie
500-435-9314 Staples, Wadena, Fergus Falls, Ashby
877-771-0617 Cambridge, Mora, Elk River, Princeton
Hours: 
 Hours are variable.
A Foster Grandparent serves from 15 to 40 hours per week
   
Qualifications:
  
Experience: 
 1) Good verbal abilities.
2) Likes working with children and youth.
Other: 
  
   
Stipends / Reimbursements:
 Volunteer receives a small tax-free stipend for the service provided. (The stipend does not affect any of the benefits they may be receiving.) They also receive a meal on the days they volunteer and travel allowance.
Position Available: 
 Immediately.
Duration:
Ongoing.
Application Forms and Required Info:
Volunteer Application.
Person to Contact:
 Central Minnesota Foster Grandparent Program
157 Roosevelt Rd, Ste 200
St. Cloud, MN 56301

Ph: 320.229.4587
Ph: 866.895.7992
Fx: 320.253.7464