These are the key meetings and tasks for Community Serve Day 2025. Please mark the monthly meetings on your calendar now.
Attend the May site leader zoom meeting – (Returning Site Leaders only)
New site leaders only – Schedule coffee with CSD Project Manager
Connect with the principal either via email, phone call or a visit to answer any questions about CSD. Share the teacher volunteer link with them to communicate with their staff.
Returning site leaders complete site walk-thru with principal or other staff attending. Send project list to CSD Project Manager
Contact the PTA/PTSA president and ask them to send communications out to the parents about Community Serve Day along with the link for families to register as volunteers. Consider attending a PTA/PTSA meeting to help promote CSD.
Registration opens May 20 – Share the registration link with family, friends, and neighbors.
Pick up the CSD banner from Northshore Community Church after May– bring to the walk-thru or hang at the school by the end of May.
Attend the June site leader meeting – Lunch meeting on June 1, 11:45am at Northshore Community Church OR Zoom meeting 7-8pm, Weds June 4
Review teacher volunteer requests and ask questions if needed
New site leaders complete site walk-thru with principal or other staff attending. Send project list to CSD Project Manager
Check with the principal to find out when they will return in August after the summer break.
Check volunteer registrations weekly and answer any questions if needed, identify potential project leaders
No site leader meeting
Attend the August Site Leader Meeting – Lunch meeting on August 3, 11:45am at Northshore Community Church OR Zoom meeting 7-8pm, Weds. Aug 6
Contact principal to share the list of teachers who requested volunteers. Encourage them to send out a “last call” for teachers to request volunteers.
Determine how many project leaders you want and what their roles will be.
Determine what kind of tools and supplies your projects will need. Make a list of the tools and equipment that you’ll ask volunteers to bring.
Identify any projects that are going to require work in advance. For example, outside paint projects should be pressure washed at least one day ahead of time.
Decide how you want to assign volunteers to projects
Email all of your volunteers from Volunteer Reports
Share high-level event details, including asking volunteers to bring wheelbarrows and yard tools, (school does not provide these)
Recruit project leaders for registration, providing oversight over inside and outside projects
Specialized tools if needed (pressure washers)
Confirm with the principal that:
The custodian will arrive by 8am to open the gate and facilities. Let the custodian know you’ll need a table & chairs for check–in, and any other supplies.
The teachers will arrive by 8:30am-9am to open up their classrooms, and principal (or other staff) will arrive by 8:30am
Do your own walk-through of the school
Take “before” photos of the areas that are scheduled to be worked on.
Look for any final surprises like unexpected mulch piles that got delivered
Talk to your project leaders.
Make sure project leaders have all of the information they need to manage their assignment. Provide them with a printable (or printed) copy of the project list.
Let them know what tools and supplies you are providing. Make sure nothing is missing from your list.
It is a good idea to meet them at the school for a walk-through to confirm they are familiar with their work zones.
Share your plan for assigning volunteers as they arrive. It is important that your project leaders know how many volunteers are headed their way.
Pick up site supplies, signs, shirts, and snacks at Northshore Community Church by Thursday August 21.
Buy other supplies if needed. You have a reimbursable budget of $100.
Email your volunteers August 22-23 (after online registration closes):
General timeline for the day
Parking instructions (if needed)
Personal items to bring
Tools to bring and share
Print your volunteer list for check in for any last arrivals. For in-person volunteer registration, use the provided onsite registration forms & waivers. Attach them to clipboards and put all signed waivers and registration form back in the envelope.
THE BIG DAY (August 24)
Set up any directional signage to help volunteers find the school. Northshore Church provides these signs.
Site leaders should arrive at 8am. The custodian will be onsite at that time to unlock the facilities and provide you with any tables or chairs you requested for check-in.
Encourage your project leaders to arrive at 8am so they can set up their assigned areas.
Volunteers are told to arrive at 9am. Expect them to start arriving 15 minutes early. Get them assigned to their first job as quickly as possible.
Begin cleaning up at 12:30pm. The custodians, teachers, and principals will be eager to go home. Conduct any final clean-up as quickly as possible.
Community Serve Day ends at 1pm.
Text the CSD Project Manager your final count of volunteers.
WRAP UP – after Community Serve Day
Complete the site leader survey that will be emailed to you.
Send a final email to your volunteers.
Thank you!
List of lost & found items and how to retrieve them.
Request for any great photos they captured that day.
Send any good photos or interesting stories to the CSD Project Manager
Drop off your remaining supplies along with registration & waiver sheets at Northshore Church.
Submit receipts for reimbursement online