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Updated: 02-27-02

Teaching and Volunteer Opportunities
	Salem SEAS (Saturday Explorations in Advanced Science) Contact: Barbara Freeman, Collins 307; 370-6422
Explore Science & Math Program: Willamette Undergraduates prepare a two hour activity and present it six times on Saturday mornings on campus. Students are in 5th - 9th grades and they or their parents are interested in doing more science. Other Saturday Academy classes will be announced as the Salem branch gets organized.
	Willamette University Community Outreach Contact: Mari Marando; 370-6807
Programs include Bush Mentor Program, with one-on- one mentoring for an elementary school child, and Salem Outreach Center Carton Club, providing outreach to the homeless.
	Salem YMCA or YWCA Contact: YMCA, 581-9622 YWCA, 581-9922
Both local organizations hire part-time employees and welcome volunteers to work with their child development programs and summer camps. Extensive aquatics programs at both sites offer particularly good opportunities for swim instructors and life guards.
	City of Salem Community Services Department Contact: 588-6261
Local Parks and Recreation: Where youth coaching opportunities can be found throughout the year.
	Willamette University Athletics Department Contact: 370-6420
The Athletics Department runs summer camps for youth in several sports and sends athletes into the community to mentor children.
	Salem-Keizer School District Contact: Call one/any of the numbers below for information on volunteering within a classroom or with one of the District's special programs.
Volunteers Resource Center: 399-3074
Talented & Gifted Program: 399-3075
Teen Parent Outreach: 399-5517
Indian Education: 399-3075
Drug/Alcohol Prevention: 399-3101
	Head Start Centers Contact: Call one/any of the numbers below for information on volunteering in any of these centers. Most accept volunteers to help their mission of increasing school-readiness for children of low-income families.
Center St., N.E.: 581-1152
Bates Dr., N.E.: 399-8906
Lancaster Dr., N.E.: 399-7588
Locust N.E.: 362-5434
River Road, N.E.: 463-4636

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