Volunteer Opportunity - Movie Police

Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Brief description:
If you’re great at Eye Spy or Where’s Waldo you’ll be great at this! Our movies are one of our most popular sections and we need help making sure our movies stay in order. You’ll be looking at the numbers on their spines and making sure they’re sitting in the right places and checking to see that the movies which cost $1 to borrow have $1 stickers on them.

Responsibilities:
Monitor the Movies section for movies that are out of place
Put the movies back in the right order
Make sure the movies on display look good and are on the right shelves
Monitor the $1 Movies section for movies missing their $1 stickers
Place new $1 stickers on the spines of movies that need them
Cover the stickers with a clear sticker to protect them

Outcomes:
Your help will make our movie collection easy to read and understand for both librarians and patrons.

Time Requirement:
½ hour per week

Skills:
Ability to follow directions
Attention to detail
Ability to work in a boisterous environment

Benefits:
Assist one of the largest and most popular libraries in Maine
Looks great on a college or job application
Gain experience working in a well established and respected nonprofit organization

All volunteers will be trained and will have a staff member for support

This opportunity is sponsored by: Lewiston Public Library

We need volunteers who are free at these times Weekdays Weekly This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adolescents (13-17) Student Groups (grades 7-12) Children (5-12) Young Adults (18-25) Individual

Contact Person: Megan Emery, Children's Technician, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

200 Lisbon St. Lewiston, ME 04240 (See a map)

Directions:

The Lewiston Public Library is located at 200 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine. Limited parking is available on Lisbon street. There are two parking garages in easy walking distance. One is on the corner of Park St. and Oak St., and the other is on the corner of Ash St. and Canal St. They are marked in blue on the map below. There is also Free parking above Kennedy Park, marked on the map by a red line. If you are coming to the library with a child, please park in the Centreville Garage and bring your ticket to the third floor for validation! For driving directions type your starting address into the box below.

Miscellaneous Information

Average number of hours per volunteer that are required weekly to do this task.
	1/2 an hour
We need the following number of people to fill this position.
	10 million!
Can this be done off site via computer (Virtual Volunteering)?
	No
May this opportunity be done by a court mandated volunteer?
	No
Volunteers with special needs may apply for this opportunity
	Physical Disability, Developmentally Delayed, Deaf
This is appropriate for a young volunteer
	Ages 10 - 14, Ages 15 - 18, Ages 5 - 10
May a family with young children do this?
	No