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Get involved and join AALEAD!

Our highly dedicated volunteers contribute their time, talent, and skills to support and enhance our programs.

Volunteering opportunities at AALEAD include….

Mentoring:

Mentors build a friendship with a child or youth in need of a positive role model and help them develop the academic and life skills necessary to succeed. This is a unique opportunity to develop and enhance a young person’s awareness of and belief in their own potential. This highly successful program has been described by both mentors and mentees as a life-changing, deeply rewarding experience.

Mentors spend a minimum of 6 hours per month with their mentee and commit to the mentoring relationship for at least 1 year. Scheduling is flexible as mentors and mentees choose activities and times according to their respective availability. There is no foreign language requirement to becoming a mentor, just the desire to make a difference in a child’s life.

Download a Fact Sheet about the AALEAD Mentoring Program.

Supporting Our Fundraising Efforts!

AALEAD’s Board of Directors and staff have developed a comprehensive fundraising strategy and we need volunteers to support this work. The Fundraising Volunteer would work closely with Board members and staff to conduct specific fundraising activities. Projects include developing an AALEAD discount card, holding a golf tournament, and creating food-based fundraising events. Hours and location are flexible and dependent on the project, in part.

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Supporting Our After School Programs!

Summer Programs

During the summer, we continue supporting our students through summer programs for our students in DC and Montgomery County.

Support our Elementary Summer Program in DC!

Our 2012 Elementary School summer programming will build on AALEAD’s 2011-2012 Program Year theme: “Get Involved …In Dialogue! …in Government! …in Community!”, by giving students the opportunity to  further explore their community and how they can “Get Involved.”  The program will be at Thomson Elementary in DC from June 25-August 3, Mon-Friday 9am-5pm.  Volunteers can come in on a flexible schedule, and typically volunteer one morning or afternoon a week.

Morning instruction will be in Mandarin and focus on deepening students’ understanding of Chinese-American culture and community.  Morning program aides must have advanced proficiency or fluency in Mandarin Chinese.

Afternoon activities will incorporate project based learning and enrichment activities designed to deepen student’s understanding of and engagement in their communities.  Students will create a newspaper, complete a community service project, learn about nutrition and exercise, explore how communities express themselves through art, and more!

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Lead workshops with our students!

Our summer programs will be exploring themes such as “Getting Involved/Giving Back” and “Health and Wellness/Bettering Yourself”.  If you have a skill or activity you would like to teach to our students that ties in with one of these themes, whether for a one-time workshop or a weekly activity, please let us know!  Some ideas for workshops include tai chi, yoga, art, music, drama, stress management, or sports.

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School Year Programs

Support our Elementary After School Programs in DC!

AALEAD’s Elementary Afterschool Program primarily serves low-income Asian American elementary school students between the ages of 5-13.  The program operates on-site at Thomson and Bancroft Elementary schools Monday through Friday, from 3:30pm – 6:00pm. Volunteers typically commit to one afternoon a week during program hours.

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Support our Middle School Programs in Montgomery County, MD!

Programs at Argyle and Loiederman Middle Schools will focus on exploring culture through food! Students will engage in cooking demonstrations, video projects, and fun field trips relating to food and community service. The year will culminate in designing Volume 2 of the AALEAD Cultural Cookbook. The program will run every Monday and Wednesday from 2:40-5:15. Volunteers may commit to volunteering one or both days each week.

Programs at Eastern and Parkland Middle Schools will focus on life skills and practical applications such as learning how to build credit, college life and applications, finding a job and interviewing for one, owning your own business, or how to vote.  There will be fun field trips that relate to the idea of life and business. These programs will run every Tuesdays and Thursday from 2:40-4:15. Volunteers may commit to volunteering one or both days each week.

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Be a Tutor!

Tutor elementary, middle, or high school students in a variety of subjects every Wednesday night from 5:00-7:00 PM at the Wheaton Community Center (11711 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD).

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Some benefits of volunteering with AALEAD include:

  • Increase your knowledge about the social issues affecting our youth and the immigrant and refugee community as a whole
  • Learn about the cultures and customs of various Asian ethnic groups
  • Develop interpersonal skills that will translate well into any career such as understanding people better, motivating others, and dealing with difficult situations
  • Make important networking contacts
  • Develop communication skills in public speaking, writing and public relations
  • Gain valuable work experience that will look great on your resume
  • Build self-esteem and self-confidence
  • Meet new and friendly people
  • Make a difference in someone’s life

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