Volunteering
Maple Avenue PFT offers a variety of opportunities for parents to volunteer throughout the year.
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Year-Round Volunteering Options
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Popcorn Fridays – Five teams of 5 Volunteers come into Maple Avenue to make popcorn, collect money and distribute the bags before snack time. Teams usually work on a Five week schedule. Sibling Friendly Opportunity, you do not need to be a Designated Volunteer for this. Volunteers are usually finished by 11am. Sign up to be a Popcorn Volunteer by clicking the "Popcorn" box on the Membership Drive Form by September 20.
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Special Events Volunteers
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Book Fair – Assist students in selecting books and ringing up their purchases.
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Field Trips – Accompany students and staff on excursions away from Maple Avenue. Designated Volunteers only.
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Winter Pop-Up Recess Activities - Teams of two come in during Recess once a week during the winter months to play games and do activities with the students. You must be a Designated Volunteer to participate.
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4th Grade Breakfast – Send the Fourth graders off to Mountain View with a flourish! Set up, serve food and clean up for this special event in our student’s journey.
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PFT Events - Throughout the year the PFT hosts several events that need volunteers to assist the Coordinators with. Events include, but are not limited to: Fun Run, Holiday Breakfast, Kid's Vote, Little Miss, Penny Wars, Read-A-Thon, Staff Appreciation Week, Maple Madness.
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To sign up to receive notifications on Volunteer Opportunities, become a PFT Member through our Annual Membership Drive before October 4, 2024. Check any boxes for events that you wish to volunteer for.
Volunteer opportunities will be posted on the facebook page and emailed out to all people that signed up for that specific event during the Membership Drive at the beginning of the year, then all PFT Members and finally to the PFT Facebook Page.
To ensure that you receive these emails through the year, participate in the beginning of the year Membership Drive.
What is a Designated Volunteer?
For the Safety of all students, SAU 19 requires that any volunteer that may have the potential to be alone with a student while in the building or on a field trip must be finger printed, have a background check done by the state, and watched the SAU Anti-Bullying Video.
For more information, please go to the SAU Website.
Please note, this process may take up to 30 days, so please get this done ASAP.
Information on Designated Volunteers is kept with the SAU, the PFT does not have access to who is and is not aDesignated Volunteer. If you have a question on your volunteer status, please call, Rebecca Fragos at 603-497-4818 x5750.
