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REAL
WORLD
Stories & Ideas
RECRUITMENT
5
Create your
own volunteer
recruitment banner
with some paint and
a brightly colored
bed sheet. Hang
near your school’s
front entrance.
Ideas and Best Practices:
•
Start recruiting volunteers 6 to 8 weeks before your Fair – advertise through
PA announcements, school newsletters, emails, and letters home.
•
Use a sign-up website to make coordinating volunteer time slots easier.
•
Provide a menu of jobs with their time commitments. Find the menu of
jobs in the Toolkit.
•
NEW!
Ask a volunteer to take the lead in your summer reading program.
•
Train and thank your volunteers!
Fair Planner
reminds you when
to meet with your volunteers,
assign tasks, set up your
volunteer schedule, and train
for assignments.
Volunteer Team
For a volunteer digital brochure
with more information, look in
the Toolkit. Fair Files keyword:
VOLUNTEER
Incentives for Volunteers Go
a Long Way
Country Isles Elementary
Weston, FL
Country Isles Elementary gave
incentives to their volunteers by
providing healthy snacks and coloring/
puzzle pages for their children as
they set up and broke down the Fair. It
provided a thoughtful way to entertain
volunteers’ children while thanking the
children for their patience.
A Hard Day’s Night Pays Off
Pearre Creek Elementary School
Franklin, TN
When snow days cancelled school
and rescheduled the Fair, the volun-
teer team rallied, working to ensure
students still had the best Book Fair
experience ever. After they finished
setting up, they showcased their hard
work in a video tour of the Fair to show
during announcements to generate
excitement.
Hear what parent
volunteers are saying
about their Book Fair
experience:
• 40%
say they don’t need
thank-you gifts. Knowing
they helped their child is
the best gift!
•
73%
say they volunteer
to show support for their
child’s education.
•
72%
say it helps them
stay connected to their
child.
•
98%
say they would
volunteer again!