{"id":246,"date":"2017-11-27T03:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T03:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kcwave.club\/team\/?p=246"},"modified":"2017-11-27T03:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T03:53:20","slug":"volunteer-for-ability-kc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcwave.club\/team\/volunteer-for-ability-kc\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer for Ability KC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3856\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv5506719689MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abilitykc.org\/\">Ability KC<\/a> is putting together a swim program and they need volunteers!\u00a0 <span id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3852\">The program is designed to offer swim lessons for children with special needs.\u00a0 Families struggle with finding a program in the area that is designed specifically for children with differing abilities.\u00a0 We are targeting children who have been in our program so we know their strengths and can design programming around these strengths.\u00a0 Volunteers will be critical to the success of this program so each child has an adult with them to work on the skills designed by the occupational therapists.\u00a0 Most programs offer 30 \u2013 35 minutes of lessons.\u00a0 We are going to offer an hour session so we have more time to spend with each child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3127\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\"><strong>Dates and Time<\/strong>: December 22, 27, 28 and 29<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\">3 \u2013 6 year olds from 9 \u2013 10 and from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_534362495\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10:30 \u2013 11:30<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(comfort with water will be from 9 \u2013 10 and swim strokes will be from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_534362496\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10:30 \u2013 11:30<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\">7 \u2013 10 year olds from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_534362497\"><span class=\"aQJ\">1 \u2013 2 PM<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(will be a mix of kids)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3186\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\"><strong>Location<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=3101+Main+Street,+KCMO+64108&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\">3101 Main Street, KCMO 64108<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3187\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\"><strong>Ratio<\/strong>: will limit each class to 8 participants with three therapists available if we have a full class.\u00a0 (Would like to have up to 5-8 volunteers for each session if there is a full class)<\/p>\n<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3188\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\"><strong>Volunteer training<\/strong>:\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_534362498\"><span class=\"aQJ\">December 20 from 8 AM \u2013 9 AM<\/span><\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_534362499\"><span class=\"aQJ\">4 PM \u2013 5 PM.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 This training will be held in the conference room at 3101 Main.\u00a0 This will be a review of the kids who are signed up and what their needs will be as a participant in the program.<\/p>\n<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3211\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\">Volunteers can sign up on-line at:\u00a0<a id=\"m_8092185102129085560LPlnk269802\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abilitykc.org\/contact\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.abilitykc.org\/contact\/volunteer\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1511840124505000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcqMqZmf9Fa10YuO9B2E0ely1eGg\">https:\/\/www.abilitykc.org\/<wbr \/>contact\/volunteer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"m_8092185102129085560yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511748527609_3211\" class=\"m_8092185102129085560yiv9767239503MsoNormal\">There is also a volunteer paperwork\/background check that will have to be done for each person that wants to sign up.\u00a0 The background check cost around $15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ability KC is putting together a swim program and they need volunteers!\u00a0 The program is designed to offer swim lessons for children with special needs.\u00a0 Families struggle with finding a program in the area that is designed specifically for children with differing abilities.\u00a0 We are targeting children who have been in our program so we &hellip; 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