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OUR VOLUNTEERSThe heart of our organization is our volunteers!
TOGETHER WE CAN accomplish more than we could ever do individually. We have volunteer opportunities for all ages and skill levels. And youth volunteers earn service hours! |
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HEARTS OF LOVE WEEKEND FOOD BAGS
When: Thursdays 12:00-1:00, Delivery 12:45-1:30 Where: Omega Retreat Center Sophia Center, Room 5 316 W Highland Drive Boerne 78006 LOVE Boerne Kids, a program of the Boerne Community Coalition (BCC), assembles Hearts of Love Weekend Food Bags each week. Throughout the school year, the bags are delivered to children enrolled in the Kendall County Head Start program & children residing at the Roy Maas Youth Alternative Meadowland campus. During the summer break, the bags are delivered to children participating in the Summer Lunch Program.
Additional details are provided on the signup genius for specifics on volunteer activities, times and location. Help us LOVE Boerne Kids - please sign up today! |
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BLUE SANTA TOY & GIFT CARD DRIVE
When: Now thru December 7, 2020 Help us support the Kendall County Sheriff's Office Blue Santa Program. The sheriff's office is now accepting toys and gift cards to be provided to children in our community.
The Blue Santa Christmas Toy Drive was established to provide families in need with assistance in providing their children with Christmas gifts that they would not otherwise receive. Approximately 320 children were able to receive gifts in 2019 with the assistance of our generous community donations. You can help by supplying new, unwrapped toys for boys and girls from infant to 17 years old, as well as gift cards to local businesses. Any donations can be dropped off at the Sheriff's Office located at 6 Staudt Street or at any of the following additional drop off locations until December 7th: * Boerne Police Department - 124 Old San Antonio Road, Boerne * Kendall County Elections Office - 221 Fawn Valley Road, Boerne * Black Rifle Coffee - 101 South Main Street, Boerne * Access Storage - 105 Shooting Club Road, Boerne * Apache Rifleworks - 50502 IH10 West, Comfort * Haupstrasse Barber Shop - 108 E. San Antonio Avenue, Boerne * Boerne Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram - 30300 IH10 West, Boerne |
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"PARK IT FOR A CAUSE" FUNDRAISERS
When: Varies see signup details Where: Salty & Sweet Salty & Sweet has donated the use of their parking lot to LOVE Boerne Kids, a program of the Boerne Community Coalition (BCC), for Main Street events to host "Park It For a Cause" Fundraisers.
Volunteers are needed to stand at the parking lot entrance with provided posters to advertise the parking fundraiser & collect the $20 donation per car (unless they are only going into Salty & Sweet for a treat). Additional details are provided on the signup genius for specifics on volunteer activities, times and location. Help us LOVE Boerne Kids - please sign up today! |
GIFTS OF LOVE TEAM VOLUNTEER
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Our gifts of love program helps to provide gifts to local children in need. For Christmas, the BCC partners with the Kendall County Sheriff Office to support their Blue Santa Christmas gift program. The BCC also works in partnership with the Kendall County Child Services Board to provide gift cards for birthdays to children in the child protection service and foster care systems, residents of the Kendall County Women's Shelter and residents of the Roy Maas Youth Alternatives Meadowland campus. In summer we help obtain donations for Project Backpack to provide school supplies to kids in the BISD Sam's Kids program.
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Examples Gifts of Love team duties includes:
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MAY LOVE BOERNE KIDS MONTH TEAM VOLUNTEER
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For the past few years, the mayor of Boerne has supported our organization by declaring May as LOVE Boerne Kids month! May is our biggest month for advertising and obtaining food, gift card and cash donations as we gear up for our busiest time of the year, providing food and scholarships in the summer for local children who face food insecurity. We need volunteers to help with coordinating our BISD district wide school food drives and to work with other local partners such as churches, civic organizations and businesses to obtain gift card and cash donations.
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Example volunteer activities include:
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COMMUNITY EVENTS TEAM VOLUNTEER
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The BCC is invited to attend several community events throughout the year such as Boerne Boo and Dia de los Ninos at the Patrick Heath Public Library, and the Movies in the Park and Outdoor Family Fair held at the Town Square. It is our chance to inform the community about our great programs and all the wonderful volunteer opportunities we have available. At the same time we provide some fun food and activities for community kids. We are looking for some fun loving, sociable people to be part of a team that rotate being the primary BCC volunteer responsible for set up/tear down of our event table and to assist other BCC volunteers with distributing information and event activities to attendees.
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Example community events volunteer activities include:
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FOOD DRIVE TEAM VOLUNTEER
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Various times of the year we hold food drives or receive food donations for our school break lunch and Hearts of Love weekend or weekly food bag programs. We are looking for a small team of volunteers who are interested in helping us for a few hours as needed with these food drive efforts throughout the year.
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Example food drive team volunteer efforts include:
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KIDS CAN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM LIAISON
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The Kids Can Program is an after-school program, in partnership with St. Mark Presbyterian Church and Fabra Elementary School, that provides qualifying students an hour of one-on-one homework help, healthy snacks, and chapel time. We are looking for a volunteer to serve as the program liaison.
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Kids Can After School program liaison responsibilities:
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