Washoe Country School District
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About WCSD Volunteer Services
For the past nine years, under the leadership of Lisa-Marie Lightfoot, Volunteer Services has been coordinating community resources and supporting staff as they enrich the educational experience of all Washoe County School District students.
Mission Statement: Providing safe, productive community volunteers and other resources for the academic support of all WCSD schools in a cooperative, efficient, and friendly manner.
Volunteer Services Fact Sheet
· Currently, Volunteer Services recruits, screens and trains 570 volunteer academic tutors annually.
· Volunteer Services coordinates screening and maintains long-term storage for over 12,000 district volunteer applications.
· Annually, of those 12,000 screened, Volunteer Services does criminal history interviews and reports for approximately 100 potential volunteers with concerns for school/student safety.
· Volunteer Services currently provides 30,000 incentive or take-home books every year. These are for students who are reading below grade level or struggling with their reading.
· Volunteer Services solicits community book drives to support the provisioning of incentive/take-home books for WCSD schools.
· Volunteer Services places and manages over 100 college student workers as academic support for WCSD.
· Through Nevada State Welfare, Volunteer Services annually screens and places over 20 community workers in schools and district departments for up to 18 hours a week for 6 months a year.
· Through AARP Foundation’s Senior Community Services Employment Program, Volunteer Services screens and places over 20 community workers in schools and departments annually, for up to 20 hours a week and 6 months to a year.
· Volunteer Services was granted a federal VISTA program, providing four Volunteer Development Specialists to expand volunteer recruitment and placement with a focus on Hispanic bilingual resources.
· Volunteer Services provides ongoing policy information to schools and the community on screening and volunteering at WCSD.
Washoe County School District Volunteer Services Office
(Not the fingerprinting office)
7495 S. Virginia St. Reno NV 89511-1113
Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm
except weekends and holidays
(775) 851-5655
Lisa-Marie Lightfoot
Helen Studwell
