Featured Volunteer: Stacy Watson

Stacy has been our standout volunteer with My Mother's Voice since 2011! She found us through a front page article in the Sacramento Bee when we were featured in The Book of Dreams that year ... and it has been a dream volunteer relationship for us ever since.

Whether it is helping to furnish a home for a mom and children coming out of homelessness, buying new cribs for our No Maybe Babies program, or supplying three whole classes with pajamas for the holidays, Stacy is always up for the challenge.

Our gratitude for your big heart and positive attitude is only matched by the joy that comes from the little ones who receive your abundance! Thank you, Stacy!

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Volunteer Opportunities:

A Book of My Own:  Early learning books and supply kits are continually collected for distribution to well-deserving children in high-poverty schools in the northern California area. 
Volunteer responsibilities vary from the following: 

• Collect funds and/or new or excellent condition used children's books. 
• Assemble, organize and count all items in each literacy kit--complete with a new early reader book and supplies. 
• Box for transport. *Some volunteers with SUV-type autos may be needed for transport to the school.

Volunteers are needed throughout the year. Opportunities for one-time delivery or storage organization are posted on the event calendar.
Open for student community service volunteers.
Call 916-770-6887 or email, volunteer@mymothersvoice.org if you can help.

Book Drive:  Support for the children's literacy programs, classroom library enrichment, and A Book of My Own program. Volunteers collect books of any type in new or good used condition for book sales during the year.
Open for student community service volunteers.
Volunteers can contact MMV to sign up for the book drive.

Booties for Babies:  The ultimate baby item drive. Volunteers are needed to collect funds, and other items for the babies in the MMV program. Gift certificates from major stores and grocery certificates are always needed. Contact MMV for more information.
Open for student community service volunteers.
Volunteers can contact MMV for more information this new program.

Music Enrichment Program:  Support children's introduction to music. Fund raise for musical instruments and programming needs. Volunteer as a guest musician or support a musical program through individual or group donations. Spur friends, associates and group members into action and sponsor a musical program. You can be part of the impact!
Volunteers are needed throughout the year, summer programing included.
Open for student community service volunteers.
Volunteers can contact MMV for more information on this new program.

Arts Enrichment Program:  Support children's introduction to the arts: visual, dance, drama. Fund raise for programming needs and instructors. Volunteer your talents or support programming through individual or group donations. Gather together your own creative group and be a part of the action!
Volunteers are needed throughout the year, summer programing included.
Open for student community service volunteers.
Volunteers can contact MMV for more information on this new program.

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities:

Fund raising for pets program:  Funding needed for family pets that need veterinary treatment and families are unable to afford the costs. Pre-screened vets participate in volunteering their time for this worthy program.

Reading Rovers: Funding needed for therapy-trained dogs for school visits. Often a child struggling with reading issues will have reduced anxiety and fear of making a mistake reading aloud if they read to a therapy dog.  Reading Rovers visit our schools where we have our literacy programs to help children who would not want to read aloud but will open up when reading to the ever-patient, nonjudgmental dog who loves to listen! Collaboration is from trainers and rescue organizations.

Special Projects: Keep checking back for notices of special projects like a Pajama Drive in the summer when we collect new PJ's for kindergartners and first graders. Or when we fundraise to take students to a local college campus for an initial visit to instill the confidence that they can be the first generation to go to college -- and graduate!

Special events:  Be creative and support a program with special event that you organize! We will help with the publicity through our media channels and on the website. Contact us with your idea!

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