Dilemma with Summer Activities 2011

intparent
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:25:29 +0000

Is there a teacher or someone at your school who is responsible for the science research program? You should reach out to that person immediately and ask them for advice on finding a science mentor. Go over what you have done so far (what your topic is, who you have contacted) and ask their advice. Should you change your topic? Do they have other suggestions for who you could approach? Maybe they have a personal contact who could help you.

You should ask at the Red Cross about opportunities. Don’t assume you know what the answer is until you have done that. Remind the director that the Red Cross school isn’t active in the summer (I assume it isn’t), and ask if there is anything at all you can do to help out over the summer (data entry, manning the desk where volunteers sign in, making phone calls, whatever). You could offer to be “on call” if another volunteer doesn’t show up and they need a substitute.

If all that fails, I guess I would say look for other volunteer activities. Maybe a local food shelf? It seems a little late to look into volunteering at kids summer programs (a lot of them are already halfway through the summer). Look in the phone book for other non-profits you could get to that do work that sounds interesting, and call to see if they need volunteers.