WELL, THAT MILESTONE HAS BEEN
REACHED.
A FAMILY IN KANSAS
WHOSE DAUGHTER DIED FROM
OSTEOSARCOMA LAST WEEK MADE THE
DONATION SO THE SONG COULD HIT
ITS MARK.
IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE DISTRICT
SAYS THEY ARE SEEING PEOPLE OF
ALL KINDS OF WALKS OF LIFE TAKE
TIME OUT TO HELP THIS A VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
HOWEVER,
THEY COULD STILL USE MORE
VOLUNTEERS.
ANGELA DAVIS WAS
ABLE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON
THAT.
IT'S NICE TO BE INVOLVED
IN THE CLASSROOM.
YOU REMEMBER -- IT'S BEEN A
LONG TIME -- MAYBE YOU DON'T
REMEMBER.
OH.
NO, IT WAS FUN.
THE KIDS FAR OUT NUMBER THE
ADULTS IN THE BUILDING, AND
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT VOLUNTEERING
IS THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE MORE
DIVERSE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN
THE PAST, AND EVERYONE ARE
DISCOVERING THEY HAVE SOMETHING
TO OFFER.
/WOERBGS -- OH, LOOK AT ALL
THOSE NUTS.
SHE'S RETIRED, BUT EVERY
TUESDAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS,
THIS LADY HANGS OUT WITH FIFE
YEARS OLD AS -- FIVE YEAR OLDS
AT /SKHARLT -- CHARLOTTE WEBSTER
ELEMENTARY.
SHE FINDS HER TIME
HERE REWARDING.
TO SEE THE GROWTH IN THE
KIDS, TO -- TO SEE THE KID WHO
STRUGGLED WITH KNOWING THEIR
ALPHABET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR, AND THEN THINKING BACK AS
YOU'RE SITTING WITH THEM,
READING, YOU KNOW, IN THE
SPRING, IT'S WONDERFUL.
READING WITH A STUDENT IS NOT
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO AS A
SCHOOL VOLUNTEER.
THERE'S WORK
TO BE DONE OUTSIDE THE
CLASSROOM.
PILLSBURY ELEMENTARY OUTSIDE
OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS A BICYCLING
CLASS.
THEY GO BICYCLING WITH
THEIR TEACHERS, AND THEY NEED
VOLUNTEERS, AND IT'S KIND OF A
SILLY OFF THE WALL OPPORTUNITY
BE THAT WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR.
I DO GET REQUESTS FROM
SCHOOLS THAT SAY HEY, I REALLY
NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP ME OUT IN
THE LIBRARY.
I NEED TO RELEVEL
MY BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY.
SCHOOLS SAY THE PRESENCE OF
VOLUNTEERS CAN HELP LEVE
ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR.
IT IS REAL ESTATE -- IT'S
SOMEONE THAT KIDS LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING, AND IT CAN HELP THEM
WITH SCHOOL SOMETIMES.
YOU -- HERE'S SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT VOLUNTEERING
IN MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
YOU FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, AND
SHE TRIED TO MATCH YOU UP WITH
YOUR /TWR-Z -- INTERESTS.
YOU
GO TO AN ORIENTATION, AND YOU'RE
ALL SET.
I KNOW YOU BOTH VOLUNTEERED.
YES.
IT'S VERY FULFILLING.
