Volunteer at TomTod Ideas

Programmatic volunteers speak and meet with students in any of our relevant programs. Speakers discuss their field of work, the challenges, assets, and connections of the community in which they are involved, or the ethical responsibility we have as citizens towards our communities.

This includes:

Programmatic volunteers conduct labs at What If 101 or Camp What If. Labs are interactive field trips where students travel to a location and gain hands-on experience, learning about a particular topic, community asset, or organization. This is usually a time commitment of 1-2 hours.

Programmatic volunteers are mentors in What If You Could teams. Adult mentors join What If You Could students in the ideation process and oversee brainstorming and planning meetings for the team’s idea. They meet with their team on a regular basis throughout its inception and completion, anywhere from 6-18 months, and help the students make the idea happen.

Programmatic volunteers help our events run smoothly and efficiently, like our annual Feast of Ideas fundraiser, film screenings, and Camp What If closing programs. This is usually a time commitment of 2-4 hours per event.

Programmatic volunteers make Camp What If a fun, organized, amazing week for campers and staff. Volunteers can be up front or behind the scenes.

They interact with campers and counselors, lead games, supervise groups, travel to labs and have a blast with middle schoolers.

They also prep our camp locations by setting up and tearing down equipment, they help with mealtimes, and make the registration process go smoothly when Camp begins.