Are you looking for opportunities to help out with sbSNAP?
Please check out the activities flyer the Volunteer Opportunities Flyer below!
Spring and Summer 2013 Volunteer Opportunities
SNAP Community Service Hours Form
2013 Challenger Pre-Season Volunteer Recruitment Needs with Job Descriptions
Our local ASASB chapter along with the SB Seals are hosting a beach day for our kids (of all ages) with special needs.
Volunteers are needed to help keep everyone safe in the water and play on the beach.
Saturday, August 11th, 2012
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
UCSB Campus Point
Bring your own picnic lunch -and have change ready for Parking fee.
PLEASE come out and join us for any amount of time - a great way to enjoy the day!

Peer Buddy Volunteers
Your child will get to:
•Enjoy fun activities
•Teach others meaningful skills
•Earn Community Service Hours
•Make a huge impact in another child’s life!
All of this for only $30! (includes T-shirt and Training)
Without your time and dedication, we simply couldn’t do this without you!
Register Now! Fill out the Elings Peer Buddy Application
Aloha Spirit Bash
Two - Four Volunteers needed in the Keiki Korner (kids area) at the Aloha Spirit Bash on July 27, 2013 or hanging up posters and flyers around town beforehand. Contact Ruben Torrez at torrez.ruben@yahoo.com

New Directions Safari Themed Event
Sunday, June 3rd
12:00 p.m. ~ 3:00 p.m.
At the beautiful
Santa Barbara Zoo
500 Ninos Drive, Santa Barbara
We need lots of volunteers from
11am - 4pm to help in many areas such as: Games, Photo Booth, Set-up & Clean-up, Transportation, & Photography
Please come help us make this fabulous FREE event a success for over 250 people with developmental disabilities, their families, friends, and care givers
Please contact us if you are interested

Coach and Field Volunteers needed for Challenger Little League Spring Ball, 2013
Work with a group of kids or one on one. Saturdays, March 9 - May 18, 9:30 - 1045 am, Girsh Park
For more information visit the website at www.gochallengers.org or call 805/681-9165.

Buddy Walk Santa Barbara - Saturday June 16, 2012 11 am - 4 pm
Seeking volunteers for event planning, set-up, break down, etc. If interested in helping the Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara with this great event, please contact Melissa Fitch at (805) 886-4411 or melissa@dsala.org.

Just Ride-Bike Camp June 11 - 15, 2012
Learn to ride a bike without Training Wheels for individuals with disabilities -
Registration Open!
Individuals and Groups are needed to staff one hour sessions to assist one on one with a person with disabilities to learn to ride a bike without training wheels. For more information email info@sbsnap.org or call Retta Slay 805/681-9165.

Help write Special Needs Grant Proposals
Volunteer your time helping to create proposals for Special Needs projects and organizations here locally in Santa Barbara. Volunteers either required to have Proposal writing background knowledge or would attend a grant writing workshop. For more information email info@sbsnap.org or call Retta Slay 805/681-9165.

Page Youth Center Spring Basketball
Six Tuesdays, September 11 – October 16, 2012; 3:45 – 5 pm. Coach, assist players ages 5 – 18 with special needs to learn basic drills and skills of the game. Let Retta know you are interested in helping at info@sbsnap.org

Santa Barbara Foresters Special Needs Baseball Camp
Boys and girls ages 5- 22 with physical, developmental or intellectual challenges are invited to play ball with our very own local baseball heros - the Santa Barbara Foresters. Assisted by our awesome Challenger Little League volunteers and directed by APE Specialists for FUN, appropriate adaptive activities, your child is sure to enjoy their morning.
June 12-14, 2012.

DSASBC Valentines Dance
Saturday, February 2013. Help decorate, serve, dance and make sure all the kids and families have fun. Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara County is hosting an evening of music, dance and fun. Volunteers sought to make this a stellar annual event.
Contact Retta rettaslay@gmail.com; or Amy AClark@axiapayments.com
Old Opportunities (which may occur again)

Help with Kids Yoga
Yoga @ Goleta Valley Community Center, Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 Nov 9 – Dec 14th.Please contact Retta Slay at info@sbsnap.org or call 805/681-9165.

Tutoring Reading, Writing a Math to Children with Learning Differences
“So Happy to Learn” pilot program to begin with Morning ½ hour sessions in SB. Call Retta for details.

PLAY BALL for ALL!
Mondays, 3:30 – 4:30 pm: Baseball, Basketball, Dodgeball &; Flag Football.
EL Camino Elementary - Goleta; January 24 - March.
Children will practice Ball Skills for Games and Sports played by their peers at school!
Creates better opportunity for fun and inclusion!

Sports Skills Variety Camp
Come help out July 2011 with a camp for sports of all kinds- ideas are still being finalized but this will include cheerleading, basketball, flag tag, gymnastics, dance, karate and other areas that have not been focused on the rest of the year. Please contact Retta Slay at info@sbsnap.org or call 805/681-9165.
© 2013 Created by Retta Slay.
