Pat Sullivan:
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: August 2, 2006
Last week I told you about some programs at the Covina Public Library. This week let me tell you about some volunteer opportunities there.
The library has an After School Homework Center where students in at least grade eight with straight As may serve as a peer tutor if they are also on the school's honor toll.
For information on this position, which looks very good on a resume, call the children's librarian at (626) 967-3936.
Tutors are also needed in the literacy program at the library. There are three half-day weekend training sessions that you must attend before being assigned an adult student to work with.
This is a very rewarding volunteer opportunity. Lisa Valore can tell you all you need to know about it so call her at (626) 858-4553 or go online to www.covinaliteracy.org
There are other jobs that need to be done at the library like shelving books and clerical chores. The Friends of the Covina Library could probably do with some help as well.
Volunteer applications can be picked up from the Circulation Desk any time you are at the library.
When I used to work at the Covina Public Library there was a doctor in town who never put his senior citizen patients in to physical therapy. He sent them to the library to shelve books.
If you have never shelved it is quite challenging in some ways and much more interesting than repetitive exercises at the gym. You push, pull, stretch, bend, squat, lift and make other movements that are actually a very good exercise that produces something worthwhile and a sense of satisfaction.
You also meet some very nice people in the library.
Try it, you might like it.
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