• Volunteer

Child Nursery Centers welcomes volunteers willing to share their abilities, interest and talents to help accomplish our mission of providing high quality, comprehensive early care and education for all children.

There are a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the organization and at all our centers. We strive to fully engage our volunteers' capacity to supplement and enhance delivery of services to children and families, provide more one-on-one interaction with children, enable the paid staff to be more productive, offer their unique skills and guidance and increase the overall quality of our programs.

We love making a difference in the lives of the children every day at CNC, and we know you will, too. We look forward to having you as part of the CNC team.

Please contact Karen Wiedemann, Volunteer Services Director, 632-1754 ext. 40 or kwiedemann@cscnc.org, for more information about how to become a CNC volunteer. (Minimum age for volunteers: 16.)

Listed below are only a few of the ways you can volunteer at CNC. Call Karen to explore other opportunities.

CNC is seeking volunteers to facilitate registration of children into Court Care, the drop-in child care facility serving the El Paso County Courthouse, in an efficient and expeditious manner during high volume time periods.

Responsibilities:
Greet parents and children and welcome them to Court Care.

Assist parents with filling out the paperwork to register their children.

Answer telephone.

Present a calm, reassuring manner to parents and children.

Skills Required:
Attention to detail. Paperwork must be filled out completely and
accurately.

Good people skills with adults and children. Adults are likely dealing
with stressful situations and need to be reassured that their children
will be well cared for in a safe environment. Children may be
apprehensive about staying in an unfamiliar setting and need to be
warmly welcomed and put at ease.

Good phone skills. Callers need to be greeted professionally and
provided with accurate information.

Training provided.

CNC is seeking volunteers to help with clerical tasks: photocopying; assembling personnel manuals, parent enrollment packets, etc.; assisting with mailings; filing; and other basic office tasks.

When: Two mornings per week, Tuesday-Thursday (your choice)

Where: Corporate Offices at Historic Day Nursery, 104 E. Rio Grande

Skills Required:
Attention to detail. The work is not difficult but must be done accurately
and completely.

Able to work independently after receiving instructions.

Willing to ask quesitons to insure complete understanding of tasks.

Good Clerical skills - able to file alphabetically, collate, photocopy.

Able to function in a busy office environment and multi-task.

Computer skills (Word, Excel) desirable, but not required.

Training provided.

Does your inner child need an outlet? Not getting enough play time? Our kids love adult friends - play, help with activities, read stories, talk to and just hang out with CNC children. Choose the age you prefer - babies through elementary school.

When: Any weekday morning.

Where: Any of our Centers. (Click on the yellow chalk - "Locations".)

Skills Required:
Patience with young children. (Ability to color and finger-paint helpful!)

Have a skill, talent, craft or hobby that you'd like to share and teach to young children? Our kids are eager learners. We're open to (almost) anything. Call Karen, 632-1754 x40, to talk about the possibilities.