25 doable ways to volunteer at your kid’s school
Illustrations: Jordan Sondler. Photo: Stocksy United
We know you can?t finagle a day off for every field trip to the museum. Or your shift work prevents you from committing to a regular volunteering gig. We get that it?s tough to make it to school council meetings with a new baby or toddler at home. But with a new year starting, the pressure will be on to donate at least some of your time or talent to your kid?s school.
It?s not that you don?t want to be involved; after all, getting to know the staff and your kid?s friends gives you the inside scoop into his world. But sometimes it feels like you?re asked to do a zillion things, and you just can?t swing it all. Cue the busy-parent guilt and aversion to raising your hand.
This year, take some time before the flood of volunteer notices starts to figure out what type of involvement you?re interested in, so you?ll know which opportunities to jump on and which ones to leave for another keener. To inspire you, we asked moms, dads and educators for ideas on how to get involved?beyond field trips and bake sales?and came up with 25 totally doable ways to volunteer at your kid?s school, no matter where your talents and time constraints lie.
1. Manage paperwork
You?ve got an hour while watching Better Call Saul, right" Sandy Choe, a mom of two boys, organizes Scholastic book orders from home. Let your kid?s teacher and your school?s council know you?re available to take on some paper- or keyboard-button pushing at home.
2. Be kn...
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