Volunteer
Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers are always needed and are instrumental in enabling the Military Child Education Coalition to impact the lives of our military-connected children! If you are interested in joining the growing network of volunteers who are working with the MCEC, please fill out the Volunteer Information Form [pdf]. Return by mail (909 Mountain Lion Circle, Harker Heights, TX 76548) or fax (254-953-1925).
If you have any questions, please contact our office at 254-953-1923 or via email at volunteer@militarychild.org.
Check out the list below to see where you can best lend your time and talents.
Administrative
Data entry and word processing; stamp, stuff and seal; shred/collate documents; assemble name tags; prepare training packets and supplies for shipping
Children
Submit artwork, poems, stories; make a video about military life
Corporate
Loan executives and provide release time; inform us about grant and funding opportunities; teambuild through volunteering; serve as readers and judges for awards/scholarships
Focus Groups
Give us your opinion; help test training games; read and review training materials; formulate the feedback
Professional
Lend your expertise; write an article, be a guest speaker; serve in advisory capacity; recommend resources; add MCEC to your resource list
Student
Join the Student 2 Student team; update info from your schools to SchoolQuest; earn community service hours; experience Service Learning
Support
Technical support (may require some travel); assist the training team; drive volunteers to assignments; chaperone children and teens
Talented
Share your talents as: artists, writers, editors, singers and/or photographers
Trainers
Facilitate professional development institutes; learn and deliver pre-designed learning modules; travel to military installations and communities
Virtual
Data entry; research and evaluations; bloggers - write about military life; forward stories of interest relating to military families; use your contact list to promote local events