Needs From: Morehouse School of Medicine - Office of Community Engagement

Moving in the Spirit is an award-winning creative youth development program. We use the discipline of dance to help children and teens develop the social, emotional and cognitive skills they need to thrive. Each year, volunteers and donors transform our studios into The Holiday Store, a winter wonderland set to celebrate our students and their many accomplishments. The Holiday Store is one way students can redeem their earned points, which acknowledges their intentional focused efforts over the semester.

Young people at Moving in the Spirit earn “points” every class for meeting their leadership and dance commitments! At the Holiday Store, students use those points to purchase gifts for the people they love in their community, further developing their sense of accomplishment, compassion, and giving. Each volunteer is required to submit a background check, as well as fill out our screening form so we can place you in the proper roles to help out! We are hoping to have tons of volunteers excited to assist Moving in the Spirit and our students with the following Holiday Store roles:

Support Shoppers - help our students budget their points as they make choices on what to buy!
Present Pals - help our students wrap and/or bag their special gifts so they can surprise their loved ones!
Community Cashiers - help students check out with their purchases and inform them on local organizations they can give back to!
Set-Up - help our staff decorate the space and and price/organize the Holiday Store's merchandise for our students!
Break-Down - help our staff reset the space after the Holiday Store shopping commences!

Fill out the screening form here to sign up:

https://movinginthespirit.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=104155 

For more information about The Holiday Store and how you can further support it, please visit https://movinginthespirit.org/news-press/holiday-store/

Assist with clerical data entry

SisterLove is in need of a volunteer to scan documents and save them in Google drive folders. This person will be needed until all documents have been scanned and put in folders. 

SisterLove is in need of a volunteer to reorganize and remove items in our administration office. 

 Handles administrative tasks including registration, billing, customer service, and record-keeping. Supports other staff members in ensuring efficient operations and exceptional customer satisfaction. Some work can be done online. 

Conduct specialized skill clinics, fitness sessions, and workshops focused on specific aspects of basketball, such as shooting, dribbling, defense, and conditioning. Provide personalized feedback and guidance to participants.

Help us pack safer-use kits and hygiene kits, organize the food and clothing pantries, and more! 

Packaging Narcan and safer-use kits to mail 

Organizing supplies