Volunteers are Critical for Sierra Heights Success!

Events need lots and lots (and lots) of volunteers! Every event has its own individual needs that event chairs will be happy to share; please ask if an event appeals to you. In, general volunteer opportunities at most events include:

• Committees: The group of volunteers who collaborate before the event to plan activities, manpower needs, decorations, foods, coordinating volunteers, prepare presold tickets
• Setup Help: People able to come in immediately before an event to set everything up 
• Event Help: Events may require people to distribute tickets, take tickets, run games, distribute prizes, general adult supervision, food (see next bullet), runner for last minute things
• Food: Events that have food options need volunteers to plan the food, shop for the food, sometimes prep the food ahead of time, setup food at the event, serve the food, and clean it all up at the end
• Cleanup Help: Once the event is over, and the attendees go home, the school has to be put back together for class the next school day; volunteers fold tables and chairs, sweep the floor, take down decorations, clean the PTSA kitchen, remove signage

Programs need volunteers to coordinate the program and people to participate in the program. Some examples include:

• Art Docent: Lots of art docents, to cover every classroom, are needed. The coordinator is responsible for providing orientation, answering questions, assigning docents to classrooms, keeping the art closet stocked, and making sure we have beautiful art during the Art Fair
• Book Fairs: From setting up to tearing down, book fairs take a lot of volunteer hours to put on. Whether your comfort zone is setting everything up before the fair opens, boxing everything up at the end, helping kids find appropriate books, straightening shelves, or manning the door with your coffee for an hour in the morning, we can use your help
• Donations: All of the prizes and incentives we receive must be obtained first! The donations committee reaches out to companies and individuals to secure those items
• Fundraising: Our No Hassle Fundraiser continues to be the most desired fundraiser. It requires a new set of prizes for our students and parents each year, communicating the details, tracking the funds, and awarding prizes to students and classrooms
• Membership: With the highest volunteer hours at the beginning of the year, membership must collect all of the memberships, make sure they're recorded with the Washington State PTA and membership information distributed to Sierra Heights families
• Watch DOGS: The coordinator of the Watch DOGS sets up volunteer opportunities with the school, coordinates the volunteer's day with school staff, and greets volunteers as well as providing manpower to run the kitchen at an event or host the ice cream social during Art Fair

Volunteers of the PTSA come together to provide support meeting kindergarten parents during assessments, answering questions at the Meet & Greet, providing manpower for picture day and vision & hearing screening. We have several one time events throughout the year where we simply need manpower to get groups of students through a task.