Volunteer

Adult and Teen Programs: Assisting staff to prepare, set up, and clean up for adult and teen programs.

Child and Family Programs: Assisting staff to prepare, set up, and clean up for child and family programs.

Community Outreach: Attending at community events with staff, to publicize the library.

Cricut Machine Volunteers: Assisting with the Cricut machine in helping us create merchandise and advertisement materials where necessary. 

Shelf Reading & Organizing: Attending at the Library to organize books in accordance with the Dewey decimal and alphabetical systems we have in place.

Youth Knitting Group

Location: Cobourg Public Library

Summary: This is a volunteer opportunity you can do from home. Youth Knitters create hats, mittens, scarves and slippers for the most vulnerable in our community to be provided to the Cobourg Public Library and distributed through our Mitten Tree (or a variation thereof) and to local non-profit organizations that help homeless folks.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Submit one or more (there is no limit) of the following items within 12 months and receive the following amount of volunteer hours per item, once submitted:

• Hat (for 2 volunteer hours)
• Mittens (2 volunteer hours)
• Scarf (3 volunteer hours)
• Slippers (2 volunteer hours)

Skills and Qualifications:

• 14 - 19 years old
• An interest and ability in knitting
• Must attend high school at Cobourg Collegiate Institute (CCI), William Academy or St. Mary Secondary

Screening Requirement: You must be able to knit and have access to your own knitting materials.

Reference Check? No

Screening Process: Yes.

Each Applicant will have to meet with the Community Engagement Assistant by Zoom or phone to confirm their goals and go over how to submit items.

Interested?  Then send in your application today!