Start2Finish (Running & Reading Club Coach (Halifax))

Organization Name: Start2Finish
Opportunity Title: Running & Reading Club Coach (Halifax)
Category: Children & Youth
Commitment: Ongoing Opportunity (> 1 year)
Start Date: September 23, 2015
End Date: May 18, 2016

Email: michelle.wray@start2finishonline.org
Website: http://www.start2finishonline.org
Details:

• Background/police check required
• Appropriate for youth (i.e.
• less than 18)
• Appropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55
• Family-oriented volunteering
• Training or orientation required

Opportunity Description:

The Start2Finish Running & Reading Club is a dynamic after-school program that is operating within multiple inner city schools and servicing hundreds of children across Canada. The Running & Reading Clubs equips children by addressing literacy, physical activity, and self-confidence. The program is based on a fitness and literacy model, which is comprised of a fitness and health component, a nutritious snack, and a reading component that increases children’s love of reading, positively impacting their literacy skills. We are looking for enthusiastic people who enjoy fitness, literacy or both and want to help the next generation develop a healthy active lifestyle while having fun! Qualifications: – A sincere desire to be motivate children through fitness and literacy – Active listener – Enthusiastic and self-motivated – Empathic Please send application inquiries to michelle.wray@start2finishonline.org