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Volunteer Day
What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same time? Come to Volunteer Day and choose which activity you’d like to join for the day. See below for a schedule of events on Volunteer Day.
Volunteer Day schedule:
7:30 a.m.: Meet at the Community(社区) Center for juice and bagels.
8:00–8:30 a.m.: Choose which activity you’d like to help with for the day.
8:30 a.m.: Get on the bus to your activity site.
9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.
3:30 p.m.: Board the bus that will take you back to the Community Center.
See below for a list of volunteer opportunities for Volunteer Day so you can begin thinking about which activity you might want to join.
A list of volunteer activities:
Plant flowers: Do you enjoy being outside in nature? City Parks Association has many great opportunities for people who love to be outdoors. Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks, help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks. These activities are very active, so remember to be prepared with plenty of drinking water!
Read to children: Do you enjoy working with young children? Do you like books? Love and Learning is an organization that provides volunteers to help children with learning disabilities. Read books out loud to groups of children four to six years old, or read one-on-one with struggling readers seven to eight years old.
Play with animals: Do you love animals? Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned. Play with puppies, snuggle with cats, or hand-feed rabbits.
1.At what time do volunteers leave for their activity sites?
A.7:30 a.m. B.8:00 a.m. C.8:30 a.m. D.9:00 a.m.
2.What do Lovely Friends volunteers do?
A. Read books to children. B. Look after animals.
C. Help plant bushes in parks. D. Pick up garbage along the river.
3. What is Read To Children mainly for?
A. struggling readers B. children C. adults D. teenagers
4. What can we learn from the text?
A. The train will take you back to the Community Center.
B. You must work all day.
C. If you join Plant Flowers, you may prepared with plenty of drinking water.
D. There’s no need of picking up rubbish around the river banks.
5.The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. educate children B. attract volunteers C. comfort the elderly D. encourage the disabled
