Volunteer Opportunities
A large number of students are required to assist with various activities associated with the Regional Science Fair, on Thursday, April 12, 2012 in the TRU Gymnasium. If you would like to volunteer, for either of the opportunities outlined below, please email jkarpluk@tru.ca or call 371-5747.
- 20 volunteers are required to serve as “Discovery Tour guides” either in the morning from 9-11:45 or afternoon from 12:30 to 3:15.
The tour guide will be responsible for a group of 12-15 children, grades 4-7. They will pick up their group from the TRU gym and deliver them to a series of activities put on by faculty over the course of a two hour period. There will be a schedule to follow and the tour leader will ensure that their group arrives at the various stops at specific times. Simultaneously the tour guide will assist their group in solving a word puzzle to discover the location of the Final Challenge to enter a draw to win a prize. This volunteer will serve as a role model/ambassador for TRU
Total time commitment: a half hour meeting with Janice Karpluk one week prior to the event and 3 hours on the day of the event.
- Volunteers are required to judge projects at the fair. This is an all-day time commitment from 8 am to 3:30 pm with lunch and provided. No previous experience is required. There will be a one hour training session will take place from 8-9am in S373 on March 31st.