Volunteer Information- Holy Trinity Catholic School

Volunteer Information

Throughout the year there are various volunteer opportunities at Holy Trinity. Below you'll find several ways you can get involved and give the gift of time to benefit Holy Trinity Catholic School and our children. See BELOW for IMPORTANT Diocesan information for all volunteers as well as the school's Volunteer Policy.

IMMEDIATE HELP WANTED
SELLING SCRIP AFTER MASS	Holy Trinity Catholic School is in need of volunteers to sell scrip after masses, especially the noon mass. We will be selling every other weekend. It only takes 15 minutes of your time and we are only selling about 10 scrip categories so it is an easy process. Please consider signing up to sell. This is also a great way to buy those SCRIP cards so that you can use them for your weekend shopping! If you are interested, please email Jane Dixon at jdixon@mountwestinv.com.
RECESS VOLUNTEERS (Part of the Big 5 - see below)	RECESS HELP NEEDED The children rely on our volunteers to help keep them safe while outside playing. If you can help, please contact Andrea Pasic at annieg12000@yahoo.com or 724-693-5949. Recess begins at 11:05 and ends at 12:35. Responsibilities include helping the younger children during their lunch and monitoring the children (all grades) while they are at recess.
CAFETERIA VOLUNTEERS (Part of the Big 5 - see below)	Looking for Cafeteria Volunteers I hope everyone is enjoying the rest of their summer vacation. But it is that time of year again for school to start. The cafeteria is looking for volunteers to come in to help prepare and serve lunches to the students. All the cafeteria hours will go to the big 35 hours in which we need for the school year. The times are from 10:00 to 12:30 everyday. We need at least 4 volunteers to run the line efficiently. The following list is what is needed to be done by 11:00 to serve lunches to the children. 1. Help chop and cut items. 2. Help put things on trays to cook. 3. Help make things like: Mashed potatoes, gravy, etc. 4. Get fruit and other items into containers. 5. Wipe down the tables before and in between lunches. 6. Help serve lunches to the children. 7. Be the counter and keep kids in line. Anyone that has some extra time to help out please contact Kristin DeLisio either by calling 724-695-2739 or emailing krisd98@verizon.net. Please indicate what day or days you are able to help with. If there is a day you want to work every week or just monthly please let me know.

Regular Volunteer Opportunites - "The Big 5"
BINGO	Come and join the fun of our Holy Trinity Friday Night Bingo!! Every Friday Night in the Holy Trinity Cafeteria - 7pm We especially are counting on the parents of our school to give a couple of hours and help sell food, bingo cards, or instant games. If you are able to help out, we are always in need of volunteers. For more information and to volunteer, see our BINGO Flyer and contact Joe Mangis.
CAFETERIA HELP	We are always in need of volunteers for the cafeteria. Volunteers arrive at @10:15 am to prepare for the lunches. This involves wiping the tables, setting up the serving line, and light food preparation such as washing and slicing fruit, making sandwiches, etc. The heavy cooking is done by Angela and Kristin. Volunteers are simply there to assist them in light duties. Departure time is @12:15. We need 4 volunteers per day in order for the line to run efficiently. By having 4 volunteers, we avoid having a long wait for the children to be served. The sooner that the children get their food, and sit down to eat, the sooner they are dismissed for recess and we all know how important that is to the students. Please consider donating your time. Grandparents are welcome! Please contact Angie Peponidis at 724-695-0235 or by email, angelapep@comcast.net.
RECESS VOLUNTEER (also listed above)	Volunteers are always needed to help monitor the playground at lunch time. If you can help, please contact Andrea Pasic at annieg12000@yahoo.com or call 724-693-5949. Recess begins at 11:05 and ends at 12:35. Responsibilities include helping the younger children during their lunch and monitoring the children (all grades) while they are at recess.
AUCTION	Holy Trinity has an annual dinner and auction in the fall. The planning for Holy Trinity's 11th Auction is now underway. Come and be a part of the fun in planning and creating a great evening for our parents, parishoners and friends! The first meeting will be held next Tuesday, March 23rd in the Library at 7pm. Please come with ideas on how you think we can make this a fun night for everyone and a great fundraiser for our school! Please see the attached form for more information. Thank you.
FESTIVAL	This year's festival (held in August of each year) was a great success. Volunteers will be needed again to plan for 2011's Festival and additional information will be posted as the date nears.

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
The Diocese and Holy Trinity Catholic School wants to insure the safety of the children in our school therefore a Safe Environment for Children Policy has been established. In order to volunteer as a coach, club chair, Athletic Board Member, field trip chaperone, PTG Board Member, and a volunteer who is at the school more then just once or twice must complete the follow items. These 4 steps must be completed by October 25th or your application will be deleted from the data base.

Register on the Diocesan website: www.diopitt.org. Be sure to list Holy Trinity Catholic School as your primary site. The password is Protect.
You must attend a three hour Protecting God's Children Workshop. Locations and dates are posted on the Diocesan website. (Holy Trinity Catholic School will be hosting another Protecting God's Children Workshop. Wednesday, November 18th at 1pm in the school cafeteria. The workshop is 3 hours long, and for adults only. If you would like to register, please contact the office at 412-787-2656.)
You must read and complete the form in the Pastoral Code of Conduct Book. It is available in the school office.
Complete the Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance.

VOLUNTEER POLICY
Each family is required to volunteer a total of 35 hours. It is mandatory that 25 of these hours are come from the following fundraising events: Bingo, the Festival, the Auction, cafeteria or playground. The final 10 hours can be used for coaching and any other fundraising event or activity example Number Fun, Forensics, Waffle Breakfast ect. There is a $350.00 buy out if you choose not to participate. The buy out payment is due on December 1, 2009.