RIF NOVA YOUNG AMBASSADOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM APPLICATION
The application process for RIF NOVA's Young Ambassador Volunteer Program is open for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications will be accepted through June 15, 2026. Please apply only if you are sincerely interested and willing to commit to at least two activities during your YA service year. Only those under serious consideration will be contacted.
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Young Ambassador Volunteer Program Details What is it? It's a chance for you to help us do what we do, based on your interests and time available. Each year, RIF NOVA plans to solicit applications for up to three young people who will then serve during the following academic year in the program. What might you do? Help us with... Book collections: Interested in helping collect new and gently used books and/or distributing them, along with new books, at book donation events? If so, come join us. Wait until you see the joy on a child's face when receiving a book to own! Book sorting: When gently used books are delivered to RIF NOVA, they need to be sorted into various age groupings and stickered with the RIF NOVA logo for distribution to schools and at community events. We'd love your help with the sorting, stickering, and boxing process. Fundraising: Fundraising is our most pressing need; all of our funding needs to be raised by the RIF NOVA board. Might you organize and launch a fundraiser? Event help and participation: RIF NOVA participates in a number of community events where books are distributed. How can you help? Pick up books for delivery to the event site. Be Clifford, our mascot, and engage with children attending the event. That is a big job, for sure, because everyone LOVES Clifford! Social media expertise: Do you have social media skills? If so, we would use your help to spread the word about RIF NOVA's many activities! Monitor bookstore websites: Regularly check the websites of local bookstores and other sites for children's book events that can be shared and promoted via RIF NOVA's social media. Create a photo slideshow or movie: Such material would be geared to generate interest and donations via our website and social media. Adopt a Little Free Library: Most RIF NOVA-supported schools have a Little Free Library in front of the school or nearby. Adopt a LFL for the school year and make sure it is amply supplied with books. (RIF NOVA will supply the books.) |
2025-2026 Young Ambassadors play Clifford for children at a holiday event.
Other ideas/proposals: All ideas are welcome! If you have an idea to propose, please include it in your application. What's in this for you? It's a chance to develop skills to note on a high school or college application or resume, not to mention an opportunity to provide a service to our community and make a difference in the lives of NOVA children. In addition, your participation may qualify for school service hours. Please check with your counselor/advisor. If you would like to volunteer to help RIF NOVA outside of the Young Ambassador program, please contact us at: [email protected]. |
