Please read and let us know at the bottom any weeks that you know of that you would NOT be available to volunteer! 

• Grace Life is a community and we really value family involvement and families getting to know each other! This is one reason that we have a volunteer requirement. 
   
• We want fellowship, not just for the kids, but for moms as well! We probably need it more than the kids! We feel that doesn't happen so easily at a drop off co-op. 
   
• Starting in 2025-26, we will no longer have an opt-out option. As more people are using the PEP, we are having more and more people who are looking to opt-out and have a "drop off" co-op. Grace Life was never set up to be that. We need every parent to be involved for the co-op to work at its best! 
   
• However, to help with this, we do have 1-2 jobs that don't require you to be on campus. Also a grandparent, or a college age child can fulfill the volunteer requirement if needed. 
   
• If you have a baby under 1, we have some special jobs that you can do. 
   
• If you are needing a co-op with less involvement or a true drop-off co-op, Chosen has a very low volunteer requirement and a very low opt-out fee. 
   
• There is also a lot of work that goes into keeping things running smoothly, and volunteering helps so much!!  
   
• Each family will have *two* 2-week blocks during the semester where they TA for 4 classes during the day for a total of 4 weeks (16 classes) per semester. For example, you may be assigned the first 2 Thursdays in September, and then the last 2 Thursdays of October. Depending on which class set you are assigned to TA that week, you could TA 1st-4th, 2nd-5th, or 1st-5th but with one period off in the middle. This will happen in both the fall and spring semesters. There will also likely be one extra week either in the fall or the spring that you will be assigned to. If we have enough extra help, this might not be needed. 
   
•  We also have volunteers in the family room who are avaliable to watch young children  for parents who are teaching or volunteering. Also, if you are volunteering, but your kids are not signed up for classes the whole day, they can go in the family room for the periods that they are not in class. 
   
• If you are NOT teaching or volunteering during a period and you have a child in the family room, you need to be in there with your child. 
   
• We do have a small number of jobs that are just 1-2 periods long, but are weekly. Please contact us ASAP if intersted in that.

Weekly Jobs (rather than doing 4 periods for 4 weeks): 

• CLEAN UP COORDINATOR - This person needs to be comfortable orgainizing people and tasks. Stays after to supervise clean up after co-op and make sure all the rooms are cleaned. Assigns clean up tasks to each person on the clean up team, and ensures that all tasks are completed. Arrives at co-op by 1:30pm to start pre-cleaning what we can. Do a walk through afterwards to make sure it's all been done. If done well, clean up can be done by 2:30pm. 
   
• PreK class TA - weekly TA in a preschool class

Volunteer jobs for families with a baby under 1: 

• FAMILY ROOM VOLUNTEER - watch the younger children of parents who are teaching or volunteering during that period. 

• PIZZA PICK UP - Collects pizza money, calls in the pizza order, and picks it up each month for the pizza & praise at the park. 

• FIELD TRIP COORDINATOR - organizes one field trip, and one mom meet up each month.