Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Do you have experience working with children of African descent? Do you have special talents and fun activities that you would like to share with our kids, ages 5 -16? Please give us a call if you have skills in any of these areas: face painting, basketball, football (soccer), swimming, small group discussion ideas, arts and crafts activities, dance (African, hip-hop, step), theater. You might be able to join us at our fun-filled weekend camp which takes place Friday July 10th to Sunday July 12th at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. The college is 20 minutes ride outside of the city on the MetroNorth train.

The activity leader will have to present his/her idea for a small group activity (no more than 10 children) to the Fambul Camp Director by May 15th 2009. The Activity Leader and Camp Director will select a time and day (Friday July 10th or Saturday 11th) for the activity to take place. Transportation to and from Manhattanville College (from the NYC area) will be reimbursed by Nah We Yone.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Nah We Yone ("It Belongs To Us") This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Senior Citizens Welcome Teens Welcome We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X X Afternoon X X Evening One-Time Contact Person: Diana Musa, Fambul Camp Director 2009, (646) 417-5676, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 2900 Purchase Street Purchase, NY 10577 (See a map) Directions: Manhattanville College is a short MetroNorth Train ride from NYC. You can take the train from Grand Central Station, Harlem 125th Street or Fordham Station to the White Plains Stop. Nah We Yone will then make arrangements to pick you up from the station and drive you to the campus. Web Site: http://www.nahweyone.org Miscellaneous Information Borough Manhattan Volunteer Shifts Friday July 10th 10:30 - 1:30 OR Saturday July 11th 9:00 - 12:00