Location and time TBD.

Join us as we collect used or new books to benefit Foundational Tutoring's Traveling Library. Kayla, speech therapist, reading specialist, and owner of Foundational Tutoring, offers individually catered tutoring opportunities to clients of all ages and parent education workshops. Kayla's goal is to provide books to anybody who needs one, which is where VolunTOTS comes in! Please bring any books that you may want to pass on. Books dealing with diversity are highly encouraged and appreciated! 

Registration is required:

https://forms.gle/UW5TnezUhmViUWhG6 

Please join Voluntots for an Inclusive Valentine's Day Dance in order to raise money for Variety, which is a local agency that provides tools for individuals with special needs. Our goal is to raise $1,200 to buy a communication device for an individual with communication difficulties. The dance is free to attend and we will be selling raffle tickets for raffle baskets and collecting donations during the event. The event will include: a DJ, dancing, bingo, crafts, basket raffles, and more!

Individuals of all ages and abilities are encourage to attend the event!

We are collecting donations and fillers for raffle baskets, as well as donations of Valentine's Day Decorations, snacks, and drinks. Please fill out the form below to make a donation and we will be in touch!

We are so excited for this event and we can't wait to see you there!

https://forms.gle/UW5TnezUhmViUWhG6 

Our kiddos will make dog treats and package them for Ellie’s Pet Pantry at the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh.

Ellie's Pet Pantry is for members of our local community with food for hungry pets and pet supplies, assisting families that have fallen on hard times and are struggling to keep their families intact. The program’s namesake is Ellie, a courageous Black Lab mix, who was surrendered at a shelter in West Virginia because she suffered from a seizure disorder.

*This is not a peanut-free event and the dog treats will be made with peanut butter

Please join us for a Valentine's Day party with the residents of Friendship Village of the South Hills on Saturday 2/1 at 11:00 am. Registration required. Please click the link below to register. Spots are limited and will fill up quickly.

https://forms.gle/To5pYRR5tziKQU9N6

Google form to come 

We are excited to invite children of all ages to participate in a special volunteer event at the senior living center! This holiday season, let's spread joy and cheer by spending time with our cherished seniors and enjoying cookies, and some other fun surprises. It really brings the seniors joy to see the little ones!

This is a wonderful opportunity for kids to give back to the community, make new friends, and create lasting memories with our senior residents. Parents are welcome to join in the fun and assist with activities.

Sign-ups for our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive in the South Hills are now open! Please click the link below to sign up and we hope to see you there!

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3CSyf34gxjw932wwwUaVq0mqv08HmxgnfAD8pQaWKppuVzw/viewform?usp=sf_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3CSyf34gxjw932wwwUaVq0mqv08HmxgnfAD8pQaWKppuVzw/viewform?usp=sf_link)

We are looking forward to our 4th annualThanksgiving with VolunTOTS at Discovery Church on Saturday, November 16th!  Below is more information and and ask to share our Amazon Wishlist with your personal and professional networks so we can reach out food donations goal of 250 boxes for 250 local families and ~3,000 food items this Thanksgiving.  We also have approx. ~20 spots remaining for the event during our last clean-up shift; you can share the Sign-Up and find it on our Facebook page as well. Please reach out with any questions after reviewing the information below, and we look forward to seeing you on November 16th! 

What should I bring and to the event? What time did I sign up for?

Please bring the donations that you signed up for when you registered.  You can also drop off donations at Discovery Church during their regular business hours [9am-4pm, M-F] in the donation box in the lobby. Not sure what you signed up to donate or the time?  Click the link below to review!

Participant Donations & Shifts_VolunTOTS Thanksgiving 

What will my family and I do during the event?

This year, families signed up for 1-hour shifts.  See below for the shift and description of tasks that your family will engage in!

• Shift 1, Setup: 9-10am [setting up chairs and tables, making signs for food, moving food donations]

• Shift 2, Sorting & Packing: 10-11am [sorting food donations, packing boxes]
  

• Shift 3, Sorting & Packing: 11am-12pm [sorting food donations, packing boxes]
  

• Shift 4, Cleanup: 12-1pm [breaking down tables and chairs, cleaning room]

We will have Thanksgiving placemats and crayons available for children to decorate and place in the Thanksgiving boxes during all shifts.  Families really enjoy getting a personalized placemat from our VolunTOTS!

For families who signed up for Shifts 2 & 3 - we will have scissors and packing tape for boxes available to share with the group and you're welcome to bring your own.  Boxes will be unassembled and need to be taped up, filled with donations and placemats, and taped closed.  

Do you still need more donations?

Yes!  We still need donations to meet our goal of ~3,000 items to pack for 250 families!  If you'd like to donate additional items, please use and share our Amazon Wishlist.  The Amazon Wishlist is regularly monitored and kept up-to-date with donations we still need for the event. 

FAQs 

1. Is there an age limit?  This event is all ages; we recommend walking toddlers through teens so that they can actively participate in sorting food, packing boxes, and coloring placemats for families. 

2. Do I need to attend only during the time I signed up for? Yes; Shifts 1-3 are currently full and we still have space during Shift 4.  Please attend only during the shifts you signed up for to ensure we have adequate space and supplies.

3.  Is this a peanut [and other] allergy free event?  No; many of the food donation items either contain nuts and other food allergens or are packaged in a facility with nuts and other food allergens present.  

4. Where do I park at Discovery Church? Please park on the side parking lot, around the left side of the building and adjacent to the mini-golf course.  There is ample parking in the lot. You'll enter through the main door and proceed to the auditorium/main worship area. There is another event happening at Discovery that day in their Community Room.

Please register if you would like to join us at the Fall Festival @ Vincentian Schenley Gardens! 

We can allow for a maximum of 20 children to register for this event, so please note in the registration questions how many children are planning to join and their ages. 

WHEN: Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 1:30-3:30pm

WHERE: Vincentian Schenley Gardens - 1st Floor Community Room 

WHO: Vincentian Schenley Garden residents, Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Students volunteering through the Pennsylvania OT Association, and VolunTOTS families!

WHAT: Crafts, fall festivities, and activities for all ages! 

Additional information: If you are able to, please bring with you a small donation for the residents of Vincentian Schenley Gardens.  Items that would be helpful for them at this time of year include: 

- Thanksgiving dry/canned goods

- Word search/puzzle books in large print

- Tissues

- Candy

- Anything else that would make for a good Bingo prize!

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCUh9gI8yeRwJzBp-nzxCsTEL5rG0B8ehtyL8XAdSnut9zQA/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawGEoONleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYsBPE6qdbaUZ6q8pp6tU8OJ7PUsTAh_Mir4GsUmVvQ19-LYE6wjQL2YVg_aem_VgTNgsOOMaDA6eWKOARDqw

Trick or treat followed by refreshments with the residents !

Click the link to sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-zvULEhJvS5vGNyvFZf9n-BBkGJpIaLCzpizULl6w2Io2Aw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Our Voluntots will be led through the halls, spreading joy to the residents wearing our Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating. Trick-or-treating will last approximately one hour.

A donation of a dozen cookies from each family would be a great contribution. There will be a “party” with cookie bar and musical entertainment following the trick or treating.

Join us for a spook-tacular Halloween Costume Party on October 19th, from 4-6 PM at the See Saw Center! This event benefits the Diaper Pantry of Peters Creek Baptist Church.

Registration Required: Due to limited space, all ghosts and goblins must register via the provided QR code or Google Form. Google Form HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N7CPw_TgjaqpzQ9hpS4ZgbokzDL9O0zQEQeutt4YXdc/edit

Admission: Each child must bring a diaper & wipe donation for entry. We are specifically requesting size 4 and up diapers, as well as 4T and 5T pull-ups.

Additional Donations: We are also asking for gently used toys and winter clothing for newborns up to 5T. Donating these items will earn you a raffle ticket for a chance to win a fabulous raffle basket! Come in costume and enjoy an evening of fun, all while supporting a great cause! We can’t wait to see you there!

We're maintaining the Rosalinda Sauro Sirianni Garden- please join us! VolunTot kids and their parents will help plant, mulch, water, weed, and more.

All produce is donated to the North Hills Community Outreach food pantry. The garden is in Bellevue and the address is: 119 Davis Ave, Bellevue, PA 15202.

Parking is located by the softball fields at the bottom of the hill.

They will provide gloves and tools for everyone to use but we can also bring our own, especially kid size gloves (can usually find these at the Dollar Tree). Families can bring their own water bottles for kids.

We will be collecting sensory items to donate to students with autism at a local school. Please use the link below to sign up for the event! We hope that we will be able to accommodate more families with the new date. See you there!

We will have a sotrytime, craft and free play.

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeReNaGt2p.../viewform..

Join VolunTOTS and @gardensofmillvale on Friday, April 21 for our third year of garden fun! We’ll be planting flowers and painting rocks - perfect for toddlers and preschoolers 💐

If you plan on coming, please let us know by saying you’re “going” on the Facebook event!

Storytime, craft and free play!

Our dreams have come true: We’re partnering with IKEA 🥰 Kids can come decorate and fill plant pots to give to a community helper of their choice: a firefighter, nurse, teacher - the choice is yours!

We have 15 spots available for 10 am and 15 spots available for 11 am. Sign up quickly, because this is definitely going to be a very popular event!

SIGN UP HERE: https://m.signupgenius.com/?fbclid=IwAR3P1p3DtqjgMl_XnOPHeIZklvg1p_ndJF-vlG_3486ippotI9zJlWn72NA#!/showSignUp/10c094fa4ab2ea7fbc70-voluntots1

VolunTOTS is proud to present our 2022 holiday project: Bridge to Home

VolunTOTS aims to support families involved in all aspects of the foster care system: children, first families, and foster parents. We recognize that by providing support to everyone in the foster care triad, we can help strengthen families and achieve the ultimate goal of foster care: reunification with birth families.

To achieve this, we are renovating visitation rooms at Pressley Ridge Auberle and Adoption Connection, PA! We will be painting, putting together furniture, assembling toys and more on January 21, and we hope you can join us! We even have Amazon wishlists for each of the three agencies that will get sent directly to their offices if you would like to contribute that way.

For more info or to sign up to volunteer, comment or email cami@voluntots.org 🖤💛

Adoption Connection PA has a lot of donations in their basement, but they need help going through them and figuring out what we can use to redo their foster care visitation room. Come for a pizza lunch and then help clean out and organize!

This opportunity is best for kids eight and up.

SIGN UP HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094fa4ab2ea7fbc70-adoption

For the second year, VolunTOTS is helping Bethany Christian Services put on their holiday party for kids in foster care at Wexford Community Presbyterian Church. We will need help setting up, running the party, and very easy clean up.

This opportunity is best for all ages!

All adults must have all three clearances: PA child abuse history, PA state police, and FBI criminal history (fingerprints). These clearances must be turned into Cami (cami@voluntots.org) by December 9 at 3 p.m

Learn more and sign up for shifts here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094fa4ab2ea7fbc70-assisting

You wanted opportunities for older kids, and we've got them! Help wrap gifts for kids attending Bethany Christian Service's holiday party at their Wexford office. This is a great opportunity for older kids (13+, ish)

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094fa4ab2ea7fbc70-wrapping

CLEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT

Join VolunTOTS, VolunTYKES and Temple Ohav Shalom as we pack Thanksgiving food boxes for North Hills Community Outreach!

All are welcome, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED:

https://forms.gle/tGKmbpe321EKFFRq9

Join VolunTOTS and Discovery Christian Church as we pack 200 Thanksgiving food boxes for the Lighthouse Foundation... again!

There are no participation limits this year, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED:

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSc.../viewform