Want a satisfying volunteer experience that you can share with others?
Try a wonderful two-to-three-hour volunteer experience preparing projects for Art Sphere classes! Bring your work buddies and friends to help make a difference.
Art Sphere serves over 1,000 youth a year with engaging Art Workshops. We seek volunteers who would like to come together with others to help pre-package important learning tools for our high demand Art Workshops for inner-city youth.
Some of the children we serve have difficulty with small motor skills that inhibit them from completing or even conceptualizing art projects. When we pre-assemble art projects, we give our kids a head start in learning to follow directions, helping them complete the work and providing a measure of satisfaction for each child.
The act of completing a project raises students’ self-esteem, gives them something they can be proud of and meaningful hands-on learning that they will remember.
ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We work with small and large corporations, and also clubs, religious institutions and college groups.
Volunteers help ASI teachers by prepping projects for our students who would like to work with their hands, sorting projects and organizing art materials. We generally prep in sets of 25 as that is the average class size. Activities include cutting, folding, and sorting projects, organizing art materials and assembling art bags. Alternatively, corporate groups can bring their computers and work on digital projects.
“It’s a wonderful feeling to know that you have helped children expand their horizons. Our team liked having an opportunity work with our hands, get to know co-workers in a relaxed environment and also learn a new craft to teach friends and family members.”
WHEN
Typically we schedule groups to work in our office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, scheduled in half-day increments of three hours: 9-12; 10-1 or 1-4.
We generally schedule groups in September, December, January and June. Please let ASI know a few weeks in advance of when you would like to schedule.
This helps us prepare for ASI’s busy time teaching four semesters a year (from early July to mid-August, mid-October to mid-December, mid-January to March, and April to mid-June).
WHERE
Bok Building 1901 South 9th Street, Studio #502, Philadelphia, PA 19148
ABOUT OUR LOCATIONS
Our office is handicap-accessible. There are several eating options available with free Wi-Fi as well as other fun things to do and see before or after your visit with ASI.
Directions to our building. Directions to enter our building and find our office once inside.
GROUP REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES
We can send a staff person to corporate sites to facilitate volunteer activities and speak about our programs. Or we can provide volunteers with video directions and handouts to help us prep projects more independently using basic office materials such as copy paper and scissors.
Your volunteers can also assist with ASI in a group Google Meeting Space by sharing a spreadsheet and completing music research live or on their own timeline.
WHAT GROUPS WILL NEED
We appreciate having one coordinator from your group leading communication.
Each volunteer will need to sign a release form.
Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteerwork@artsphereinc.org to set up a meeting or call us with additional questions at 215-413-3955.
MEET OTHER ASI COMMUNITY SPONSORS AND CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS
Learn who are the corporate, business and foundation sponsors and community partners that support our work.
LEARN ABOUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
See highlights (here and here) and read testimonials from past ASI corporate events!
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Gandhi