Becoming a Volunteer
Volunteers are essential to helping the Youngstown Free
Library thrive in the community. We recognize that there are a
thousand ways you could spend your valuable free time, and we
are honored if you are interested in spending your free time
helping us!
Library volunteers must be at least 13 years of age. It is the
policy of this organization to provide equal opportunities
without regard to race, color, religion, national origin,
gender, sexual preference, or disability.
Interested in joining us? Just download this form and mail or drop it off to join us.
A Call for Adult Volunteers
Are you a self-starter?
Are you comfortable planning and running something
semi-independently or independently?
Are you interested in being an important part of the
annual Summer Reading Season at the Youngstown Free
Library?
In the past, adult volunteers have been essential to making
our past Summer Reading Seasons so successful. Typically,
our tiny library offers 50-65 free programs for children
every summer. That's a massive number of programs
for a library of our size and staff.
For our tiny library, we can only offer these huge programs
because of dedicated volunteers who plan and assemble
programs on topics that work with their interests and their
schedule. In past years, volunteers have created and
assembled weekly Take & Make Craft Kits, set up weekly
outdoor StoryWalks, run science craft programs, run bicycle
repair programs, run book clubs for middle-grade kids, and
run hands-on problem-solving programs.
What are you passionate about, and what would YOU
like to share with young people in our community?
Here are some ideas to get you started:
• a weekly game organizer for kids on Wednesday afternoons
• monthly middle-grade or teen book club
• an art program for 8-13-year-olds
• anything involving learning about animals and how they work together!
• StoryWalk setups on Friday evenings in Falkner Park
• programs for all ages about kindness and inclusion
Sonora needs your help this summer, and she will be
planning out summer programs during the whole month of
May--don't miss your chance to make a difference!