Opportunities From: HandsOn Twin Cities

Bilingual Learning Center (BLC) is a Spanish and English organization with the mission of fostering a learning environment that honors and celebrates the diversity of every child, through self expression, creativity, language and cultural exploration.

We are seeking volunteers to support enriching, empowering and getting creative with our kids! Our summer camp will run in June & August. Volunteers will support games, arts, storytelling and other various engaging activities. This is a great opportunity to practice your Spanish and gain experience with youth! Spanish is preferred but not required.

Our schedule is flexible! Let us know your availability.
We have two different sites and 3 shifts for Summer camp on any day(s) Monday - Friday

8:00am - 12:00pm 9:00am - 1:00pm1:00pm - 5:00pm Risen Christ Catholic School 1120 E 37th St, Minneapolis, MN 55407Nokomis Heights 5300 10th ave S Minneapolis 5541

How you will support:

Engage with students, encourage Spanish communication and listening, support groups through summer camp activities, art projects, lead storytelling, reading, and games, ensure everyone understands instructions by translating or re-explaining.Support staff with ensuring a safe and welcoming space, support during walking students to park and different sites, prepping snacks, cutting and preparing planned art activities, grabbing and putting away materials.Chaperoning during Friday Field trips (if possible), watching students for safety, collaborating with team on field trip plans, and having fun!Let us know how you'd like to support and grow!

Expectations of All BLC Volunteers:

Experience in working with youthAt least a conversational level of Spanish is a plusRegular, consistent and punctual attendanceTakes initiative, and can make quick decisions.Empower students by modeling leadership, respect, open mindedness and a positive attitude.

Bilingual Learning Center (BLC) is a Spanish and English that offers fun programming outside of school. We are seeking volunteers for our before school program where you'd support games, arts, storytelling and other various engaging activities.

This is a great opportunity to practice your Spanish and gain experience with youth! Spanish is preferred but not required.

Our schedule is flexible! Let us know your availability.

We need support for our before school program any day(s) Monday - Friday at

Windom Community School from 7:30 - 10:00am 

After school volunteers are needed from 2:00 - 6:00pm as well!

How you will support:

Engage with students, encourage Spanish communication and listening, support groups through projects, lead storytelling, reading, games and activities, ensure everyone understands instructions by translating or re-explaining.Support staff with ensuring a safe and welcoming space, helping students through new activities, cutting and preparing planned art activities, grabbing and putting away materials.Bring fun, engaging and creative activities or games to play with different groupsLet us know how you'd like to support and grow!

Expectations of All BLC Volunteers:

Experience in working with youthAt least a conversational level of Spanish is a plusRegular, consistent and punctual attendanceTakes initiative, and can make quick decisions.Empower students by modeling leadership, respect, open mindedness and a positive attitude.

Bilingual Learning Center (BLC) is a Spanish and English that offers fun programming outside of school. We are seeking volunteers for our after school program where you'd support games, arts, storytelling and other various engaging activities. 

This is a great opportunity to practice your Spanish and gain experience with youth! Spanish is preferred but not required. 

Our schedule is flexible! Let us know your availability. 

We have two different after school sites Monday - Friday.

Windom Community School from 3:00 - 6:00pm Nokomis Heigths 5300 10th ave S Minneapolis 5541 from 2:00 - 6:00pm 

Before school volunteers needed from 7:30 - 9:30am as well!

How you will support:

Engage with students, encourage Spanish communication and listening, support groups through projects, lead storytelling, reading, games and activities, ensure everyone understands instructions by translating or re-explaining.Support staff with ensuring a safe and welcoming space, walking students from school to site, prepping snacks, cutting and preparing planned art activities, grabbing and putting away materials. Let us know how you'd like to support and grow!

Expectations of All BLC Volunteers:

Experience in working with youth At least a conversational level of Spanish is a plus Regular, consistent and punctual attendance Takes initiative, and can make quick decisions. Empower students by modeling leadership, respect, open mindedness and a positive attitude.