Become a volunteer tutor!
Do you have 2-3 hours a week during the day to help a struggling young reader? Become a volunteer tutor and share the joy of reading with a child! Volunteers are matched with an elementary school and choose a set time each week between 9am and 3pm on school days. Programs vary and volunteers can work with students from kindergarten to grade seven. Volunteers must attend a training session, and pass a criminal record check, including a vulnerable sector check, before being placed in a school.
YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE ONCE A WEEK FOR 2-3 HOURS DURING A SCHOOL DAY. MOST SCHOOL ONE TO ONE READING PROGRAMS OPERATE FROM MID-OCTOBER TO THE END OF MAY.
You can help children learn literacy skills for life. Literate children have the building blocks to seek out ideas, articulate thoughts, shape personal relationships and express their hopes and dreams.
Open a book and open the world for a child.
To volunteer, download the application form below and send it to:
1. ONE TO ONE Literacy Society
Room 204 Seymour Elementary School
Seymour Elementary
1130 Keefer St.
Vancouver BC V6A 1Z3
2. Fax it to: 604-255-5515
3. Cut and paste it into the body of an email and send it to
volunteer@one-to-one.ca
Contact us to register for training or to request a full information package by calling 604.255.5559 or emailing volunteer@one-to-one.ca. Please note, Criminal Record Checks can take about 20 days from application to receipt. Please apply to the Police Department at 5th and Cambie if you live in Vancouver or at the RCMP Detachment in your community, if you live outside of Vancouver. You can also download a criminal record check from the website http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/criminal-records-review/apply/index.htm and follow the on line instructions to apply. ONE TO ONE will send you additional instructions when you submit your application.