The Traverse Area District Library has many volunteer opportunities for teens. We strive to offer tasks that are accessible to a wide range of teens who are at least 14-years-old. Whether you need volunteer hours for school or are just looking to be more active in your community, the library would be pleased to benefit from your time.
We can only accommodate 1-3, depending on location and tasks, volunteers at a time for in person tasks. Please schedule early in the semester for school required hours.
Whether you need volunteer hours for school or are just looking to be more active in your community, the library would be pleased to benefit from your time. Sometimes there are projects to complete but often we need you to help us plan, schedule and promote library programs. You do not have to schedule this collaborate volunteer opportunity. Show up and help out!
Time commitment: One hour, once a week when you are available
Meetings take place:
- Main Traverse City- Wednesday 4:30-5:30
Volunteers will create a non craft in-person or virtual program. Programs will contain the following:
- Program title
- Description of program
- How the program meets one of these library programming goals
- Literacy
- Creativity
- Community
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Budget
- Budget for program must be $50 or less
- Include links for any material that may need to be purchased
- Specific instruction for running the program
Time commitment: 3 hours
Using Canva, Photoshop, or a program of choice, volunteers will create a letter sized poster for a book in TADL’s collection. This will be submitted as a .pdf at least 600 dpi.
No limit on availability
Time Commitment: 1 hour
Volunteers will film a 30 second to 2 minute ad for material that is in TADL’s collection. The material may be a book, game, music, movie, puppet, or any TADL material or service. More time may be given to the project depending on creativity and difficulty of execution.
No limit on availability
Time Commitment: 3 hours
Volunteers will compile a list of materials around a theme. You choose a theme that you think will be of interest to other teens or of educational value to teens.
Book lists will ideally include:
- 16 titles
- 10 Fiction, 3-4 Nonfiction, 3-4 Graphic Novels
- For each title: Title, Author, a brief description (may be cut and pasted from our catalog)
- All materials on list must be in circulation at TADL
Time Commitment: 3 hours
Volunteers will submit 2-3 sentences about a TADL owned book intended to entice another teen into reading the book.
Time commitment: .25 hours (15 minutes)
Volunteers will compile 10 trivia questions around a theme. Both questions and answers must be included as well as the source. The source should be provided as a link, book title with page, or person. If a person is used as a source, their name, credentials, and contact information should be listed. Trivia will be used for passive programs and/or scavenger hunts.
Time commitment: 2 hours
Volunteers will come up with a craft idea and create instructions for completing the project. Information that must be submitted by the volunteer:
- Supplies Needed, including links to where they can be purchased.
- Cost per kit, aim for $1-$3 per kit. Must be under $5
- Step by step instructions.
Time Commitment: 3 hours
Periodically we need to have someone check all of our games to make sure they have all of the necessary pieces.
Time Commitment: 1 or more hours, depending on how long you volunteer.
This option is only available at the Main Traverse City location.
Remove books from shelves, dust shelves, clean any spots, replace books in the original order.
Time Commitment: 1+ Hours, Depending on how long you volunteer.
Clean up around outside of library property.
Availability: Once a week at each location
Time Commitment: .25-2 hours, depending on how long you volunteer
Take reading reports from youth and record their participation on Beanstack. Volunteers will work in the Youth Services Department directly with children and their caregivers. Scheduling for this position starts in May and continues until all shifts are filled.
Time commitments: 1 or more 2 hours shifts during the Summer Reading Club.
This option is available at the Main Traverse City location.
Change out the story in the outdoor story walk display. The new display takes time to change out and we need to change it out weekly in the summer months.
This option is available at the Main Traverse City location and East Bay Branch.
Break apart large batches of seeds into small packets for our seed library. Packets must be labeled in legible printing.
Time commitment: 1 or more hours, depending on how long you volunteer
This option is available at the Main Traverse City location and East Bay Branch.
