Interested in Volunteering?
Your time and talent
Our Top Needs
The Welcome Table
Saturdays from 7:00am – 12:00pm.
Join The Welcome Table Team, volunteers, and neighbors every Saturday morning. Help is needed organizing and distributing food and clothing. To RSVP sign up here or contact Maggie Sanborn at msanborn@stjamesphila.org.
Community and Family Service Day
Select Saturdays from 9:00am – 12:00pm. (Dates TBD! – Check back!)
Join St. James School families, community members and faith community partners for a hands-on volunteer experience. The Head of School and Volunteer Coordinator will provide you with a list of tasks for the morning. Whether it is cleaning, organizing, painting or raking leaves, there is always plenty of work for you or your group. Dress comfortably and bring a pair of work gloves. To RSVP please contact Maggie Sanborn at msanborn@stjamesphila.org.
Saturday Academic Clinic – Currently on ZOOM!
Select Saturdays from 10:00am – 1:00pm. See below for dates
Your academic assistance is needed! Use your time to assist individual students or a small group with homework or help students complete projects. A lead teacher is present to assist you and provide you with more information. This academic year we are focusing on MATH! To RSVP please contact Maggie Sanborn at msanborn@stjamesphila.org
We have gone virtual for tutors – attending via Zoom
Other Volunteer Needs
- Field trip chaperones
- Alumni college visits chaperones
- After school tutoring; help students brush up on skills 3:00pm-4:00pm, 4:00pm-5:00pm
- Kitchen volunteering
- Garden Club – gardening, yard work, campus
clean ups - Church of St. James the Less and cemetery volunteers
- Something else–do you have an idea of how you’d like to lend your talents in a way that’s not listed? Let us know!
Volunteer schedules are very flexible and can span one week, specific days across weeks, or partial weeks.
2021-2022 Service Saturday Dates
SEPTEMBER
11 – Family and Community Service Day
18 – Academic Clinic
25 – Academic Clinic
OCTOBER
9 – Academic Clinic
16 – Family and Community Service Day
23 – Academic Clinic
NOVEMBER
13 – Academic Clinic
20 – Academic Clinic
20 – Family and Community Service Day
DECEMBER
4 – Academic Clinic
11- Family and Community Service Day
18 – Academic Clinic
JANUARY
8- Academic Clinic
15 – Family and Community Service Day
22 – Academic Clinic
FEBRUARY
5 – Academic Clinic
12 – Family and Community Service Day
26 – Academic Clinic
MARCH
12 – Academic Clinic
19 – Family and Community Service Day
26 – Academic Clinic
APRIL
16 – Academic Clinic
16 – Family and Community Service Day
23 – Academic Clinic
MAY
7 – Academic Clinic
14 – Family and Community Service Day
21 – Academic Clinic
JUNE
4 – Academic Clinic
11 – Academic Clinic
11 – Family and Community Service Day
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