Instructions for Volunteers
Thank you for your willingness to volunteer and assist in building a safe and secure playground for children. Following is a brief description of the tasks we will ask our volunteers to perform.
Team Leaders: Responsible for leading a small group of people to assemble a playground component. All these parts will be pre-sorted and will come with instructions for assembly. It will be your job to read the instructions and supervise the assembly of the component. Those people who find it easy and satisfying assembling products such as computer furniture kits and bicycles would like this job. Assembly of most components is not complex. For example, a crawl tube may need to be bolted together and adhered to a side panel on the playground. Once the assembly of the component is complete, you will wait until the playground coordinator is ready for that component to be installed. In the meantime, you and your team can be volunteering for the other activities listed below.
Assemblers: Will report to a team leader and help assemble a playground component. Hole diggers: Holes will need to be dug in certain areas around the playground to provide “footers” for certain components, such as slides and stairs. Pre-dug holes may also need to be widened or lengthened. Only people that are physically up to this challenge should perform these tasks. The playground coordinator will advise where these holes should be dug and will provide the appropriate dimensions.
Cement Mixers: Many bags of cement will need to be mixed for the playground posts and footers. Only people that are physically up to this challenge should perform these tasks. The playground coordinator will advise when these bags of cement should be mixed, the appropriate consistency of the mixture (“wet” or “dry”) and will direct where they should be poured.
Mulch or Fibar spreaders: A large pile of mulch or fibar will need to be brought into the site for spreading. This job requires the most amount of volunteers. The mulch or fibar can be raked or shoveled onto tarps and then can be dragged into the site for spreading. Only people that are physically up to this challenge should perform these tasks. Normally, the mulch or fibar can be piled around the perimeter of the site while the playground is being assembled. Once the playground is built, the mulch or fibar can be spread completely.
Children attendants: Construction of playgrounds surely will get the attention of the children in the community. These children will be excited about the project and will want to help. Because of the age of some, however, we need volunteers to keep them safely away from the site and do activities with them. Paper and markers will be provided for the children to prepare thank you drawings and letters to our volunteers to keep them busy.
Tools: We would encourage volunteers to bring the following tools with them: Garden metal rake for spreading mulch Shovel (for digging and mixing cement) Adjustable wrenches 3/8’s and 9/16’s It is important that you appropriately mark your tool for easy identification! There will be many many tools on the site.
We ask all our volunteers to drink plenty of water and not over-exert themselves. Take breaks when needed. Thank you again for your participation.
Team Leaders: Responsible for leading a small group of people to assemble a playground component. All these parts will be pre-sorted and will come with instructions for assembly. It will be your job to read the instructions and supervise the assembly of the component. Those people who find it easy and satisfying assembling products such as computer furniture kits and bicycles would like this job. Assembly of most components is not complex. For example, a crawl tube may need to be bolted together and adhered to a side panel on the playground. Once the assembly of the component is complete, you will wait until the playground coordinator is ready for that component to be installed. In the meantime, you and your team can be volunteering for the other activities listed below.
Assemblers: Will report to a team leader and help assemble a playground component. Hole diggers: Holes will need to be dug in certain areas around the playground to provide “footers” for certain components, such as slides and stairs. Pre-dug holes may also need to be widened or lengthened. Only people that are physically up to this challenge should perform these tasks. The playground coordinator will advise where these holes should be dug and will provide the appropriate dimensions.
Cement Mixers: Many bags of cement will need to be mixed for the playground posts and footers. Only people that are physically up to this challenge should perform these tasks. The playground coordinator will advise when these bags of cement should be mixed, the appropriate consistency of the mixture (“wet” or “dry”) and will direct where they should be poured.
Mulch or Fibar spreaders: A large pile of mulch or fibar will need to be brought into the site for spreading. This job requires the most amount of volunteers. The mulch or fibar can be raked or shoveled onto tarps and then can be dragged into the site for spreading. Only people that are physically up to this challenge should perform these tasks. Normally, the mulch or fibar can be piled around the perimeter of the site while the playground is being assembled. Once the playground is built, the mulch or fibar can be spread completely.
Children attendants: Construction of playgrounds surely will get the attention of the children in the community. These children will be excited about the project and will want to help. Because of the age of some, however, we need volunteers to keep them safely away from the site and do activities with them. Paper and markers will be provided for the children to prepare thank you drawings and letters to our volunteers to keep them busy.
Tools: We would encourage volunteers to bring the following tools with them: Garden metal rake for spreading mulch Shovel (for digging and mixing cement) Adjustable wrenches 3/8’s and 9/16’s It is important that you appropriately mark your tool for easy identification! There will be many many tools on the site.
We ask all our volunteers to drink plenty of water and not over-exert themselves. Take breaks when needed. Thank you again for your participation.
