Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
MISSION: The Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls is a non-profit educational arts program serving girls ages 8-18 from a range of socio-economic, racial, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds in New York City. The program will offer girls the chance to learn how to play musical instruments, write songs, perform, and participate in team-building activities in a supportive environment that fosters self-esteem, self-confidence, creativity, tolerance, and collaboration.
Needs: WMRC is looking for musicians and non-musicians to volunteer. Camps was camp last year at Ethical Culture on 64th and Central Park West, but this year they’re hoping to locate a site in Brooklyn. For last year’s camp sessionWMRC had about 70 volunteers doing everything from teaching instruments to cleaning the kitchen to being counselors. During the year, they need various kinds of help – moving gear, staffing fundraisers, reaching out to donors, etc.
Links to articles about the camp:
http://www.spin.com/features/exclusives/2005/08/050817_rockcamp/
http://www.startribune.com/stories/319/5582268.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0829/p14s01-legn.html.
Contact:
www.williemaerockcamp.org
List of Service Opportunities
- Bishop Boardman Apartments
- Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Homeless Shelter for Women
- Youth and Congregations in Partnership
- Adult Literacy
- The Sparks of Life
- Helping Hands Food Pantry
- Park Slope Senior Center
- Christians Helping in Park Slope (CHIPS)
- Prospect Park Volunteers
- Park Slope Geriatric Day Center
- Teen Challenge Brooklyn
- HOPE Dinner for HIV-Positive Persons
- Computers for Youth
- Angel Tree Ministries
- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
- Brooklyn Jubilee
- GRASP
- Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
- The Good Dog Foundation
- ESOL Conversation Group Leader
- Pre-school Helper
- Homework Helper
- Career Mentor
- Lutheran Family Health Centers
- Mercy Home for Children