Volunteering Opportunities

We look forward to your participation and thank you for helping to make our events a great success!

Thank you for helping make Grandparents Week 2026 a success!

Below are all the week-long volunteer roles. Check the box next to any role you’d like to fill — you can choose as many as you like. If you’re signed in to your account, your name, email, and phone will fill in automatically.

As roles fill up, the number of spots left is shown, and full roles are greyed out. When you’re finished, click Submit. Questions? Email lesliebrockman45@gmail.com.

General GPW Volunteer Opportunities

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Roster Delivery & Pick-Up

Pick up attendance clipboards at Leslie’s front porch and deliver to each class ~15 minutes before it starts; return clipboards to the porch after class. Two helpers needed for each duty, each day, except Friday.

Roster Deliver and Return Options

Mon 7/27 – Deliver rosters (1 item remaining)

Mon 7/27 – Return rosters (2 items remaining)

Tue 7/28 – Deliver rosters (1 item remaining)

Tue 7/28 – Return rosters (2 items remaining)

Wed 7/29 – Deliver rosters (1 item remaining)

Wed 7/29 – Return rosters (2 items remaining)

Thu 7/30 – Deliver rosters (1 item remaining)

Thu 7/30 – Return rosters (2 items remaining)

Fri 7/31 – Deliver rosters (1 item remaining)

Fri 7/31 – Return rosters (1 item remaining)

Behind-the-Scenes Roles

Help before and during the week.

Name Tag and Volunteer Cooridnator Options

Name Tag Stuffing – Thu 7/23, 3:00-5:00 PM at Nancy Holman’s (9003 Oak Trail Circle) (0 items remaining)

Volunteer Coordinator – remind class hosts the day before their duty (2 items remaining)

Class Hosts

Arrive 15 minutes early, sign in children, take photos for the year-end slideshow, assist the instructor, and help clean up. Great role for a grandparent attending with their grandchild. One host per class unless noted.

Class Hosts: Monday, July 27

Intro to Tennis (1 item remaining)

Pickleball – 9:15 class (1 item remaining)

Pickleball – 10:15 class (1 item remaining)

Chopsticks & Jelly Beans (0 items remaining)

Flutterbees (0 items remaining)

Acting Out! Be the Story (1 item remaining)

Painting Pals (1 item remaining)

Intro to Scrapbooking (1 item remaining)

Partner Trivia & Lunch (0 items remaining)

Make Your Own Greeting Cards (1 item remaining)

Play Reader’s Theater (0 items remaining)

Slot Car Racing – move equipment from teacher’s home to Sugarloaf Clubhouse (0 items remaining)

Class Hosts: Tuesday, July 28

Petanqué (0 items remaining)

Tennis Clinic (0 items remaining)

To Catch a Fairy – 9:00 class (0 items remaining)

To Catch a Fairy – 11:00 class (1 item remaining)

An Eric Carle Experience (0 items remaining)

A Starry Night Experience (0 items remaining)

Metal Jewelry Making (0 items remaining)

Wii Bowling (0 items remaining)

Acting Out! Improv (0 items remaining)

Fishing with Nate & Cooper (0 items remaining)

Table Tennis – 1:45 class (1 item remaining)

Table Tennis – 2:45 class (0 items remaining)

Line Dancing (0 items remaining)

Slot Car Racing – move equipment from teacher’s home to Sugarloaf Clubhouse (2 items remaining)

Class Hosts: Wednesday, July 29

Tennis Clinic (0 items remaining)

Let’s Make Clay Animals (0 items remaining)

Make Your Own Pasta (0 items remaining)

Bocce Ball (1 item remaining)

Japanese Story Telling (0 items remaining)

Partner Play with JoRene (0 items remaining)

Let’s Make Slime – 11:00 class (0 items remaining)

Let’s Make Slime – 12:30 class (0 items remaining)

Slot Car Racing (0 items remaining)

Toddler Water Play on a Hot Summer’s Day (0 items remaining)

Water Play on a Hot Summer’s Day (1 item remaining)

Family Bingo (0 items remaining)

Class Hosts: Thursday, July 30

Lawn Bowling (0 items remaining)

From Trash to Treasures (0 items remaining)

Community Gardens & Bees (0 items remaining)

Hand Beading Party – 10:15 class (1 item remaining)

Hand Beading Party – 11:15 class (0 items remaining)

Let’s Make Origami (1 item remaining)

Make Bead Animals (0 items remaining)

Slot Car Racing (1 item remaining)

Afternoon Tea (0 items remaining)

Golf Putting Contest (0 items remaining)

Class Hosts: Friday, July 31

Pond & Trail Experience (0 items remaining)

Drop-In Fun with Paper Crafts (0 items remaining)

Pickleball – 9:15 class (1 item remaining)

Pickleball – 10:15 class (1 item remaining)

Bocce Ball (0 items remaining)

Quercus Quire Concert (1 item remaining)

Treasures & Treats: Friday, July 31

Check-in – 12:45 (0 items remaining)

Check-in – 1:15 (1 item remaining)

Check-in – 2:00 (0 items remaining)

Check-in – 2:50 (0 items remaining)

Toss coins into pool – 1:00–2:30 (0 items remaining)

Toss coins into pool – 2:30–4:00 (0 items remaining)

Ice cream freezer – 1:20–2:00 (0 items remaining)

Ice cream freezer – 2:00–2:45 (0 items remaining)

Ice cream freezer – 2:45–3:30 (0 items remaining)

Ice cream freezer – 3:30–4:15 (1 item remaining)

Welcome Carnival — Sunday, July 26, 2026 · 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Check the box next to any shift you’d like to cover — you can choose more than one. If you’re signed in, your name, email, and phone fill in automatically. As shifts fill, the spots left are shown and full shifts are greyed out.

When you’re finished, click Submit. Questions? Email lesliebrockman45@gmail.com.

Welcome Carnival (Sunday, July 26, 2026 · 2:00–4:00 p.m.)

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Set Up — 1:00–2:00

Overseen by Sharon Brandt & Kathy Reynolds.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Registration & Check-In

Greet families and check them in.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Games — monitor blow-up games on patio & greensward

Three monitors per shift. Great volunteer opportunity for teenagers, too!

Blow-up games – 1:30–2:30 (2 items remaining)

Blow-up games – 2:30–3:30 (2 items remaining)

Blow-up games – 3:00–4:00 (2 items remaining)

Basketball Shoot Out — Game Monitor

One monitor per shift.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Baseball Challenge — Game Monitor

One monitor needed. (The 2:45–4:00 shift is already covered by Jim Greer.)

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Concessions

Overseen by Valerie Oliver. Great opportunity for teenagers, too!

Popcorn – 1:45–3:00 (with Pete Hardy) (0 items remaining)

Popcorn – 3:00–4:00 (with Pete Hardy) (0 items remaining)

Cotton Candy – 1:45–3:00 (0 items remaining)

Cotton Candy – 3:00–4:00 (0 items remaining)

Sno Cones – 1:45–3:00 (1 item remaining)

Sno Cones – 3:00–4:00 (1 item remaining)

Prize Tables

Overseen by Nancy Holman & Peggy Ensley.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Temporary Tattoos — a fun job for teenagers!

Two helpers per shift.

Temporary Tattoos – 1:45–2:30 (1 item remaining)

Temporary Tattoos – 2:30–3:00 (0 items remaining)

Temporary Tattoos – 3:00–3:30 (0 items remaining)

Temporary Tattoos – 3:30–4:00 (0 items remaining)

Floaters

Bring water, give breaks. Second shift also holds end-of-line signs for the balloon man & face painter.

Floater – 1:45–3:00 (0 items remaining)

Floater – 3:00–4:00 (also end-of-line sign holder) (1 item remaining)

Clean-Up — 4:00–4:30

Help pack everything up.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Family Picnic — Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · 5:00–7:30 p.m.

When you’re finished, click Submit. Questions? Email lesliebrockman45@gmail.com.

Family Picnic (Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · 5:00–7:30 p.m.)

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Set Up — 4:00–4:45

Games, signs, registration table, decorations. Overseen by Carol Garneau.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Registration Check-In — 4:30–5:30

Check rosters, hand out food tickets, answer questions.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Bounce House Monitors

Make sure kids remove shoes, manage how many are in the house, and keep the rules. Two needed per shift.

Bounce House – 4:45–5:30 (1 item remaining)

Bounce House – 5:30–6:00 (0 items remaining)

Bounce House – 6:00–6:30 (0 items remaining)

Bounce House – 6:30–7:00 (0 items remaining)

Games on Greensward — 6:30–7:00 (great for teens!)

Joining Margi Nielsen and Rhonda Greer. Four teen helpers needed for each role.

Set up & run sack race, tug-of-war & limbo – 6:30–7:00 (2 items remaining)

Emcee & hold limbo bar / tug-of-war finish line – 6:30–7:00 (2 items remaining)

BBQ Station

One helper per shift.

Take tickets – 4:45–5:45 (0 items remaining)

Take tickets – 5:45–6:45 (1 item remaining)

BBQ assistant for Pete – 4:45–5:45 (0 items remaining)

BBQ assistant for Pete – 5:45–6:45 (1 item remaining)

Hand out plates & buns – 4:45–5:45 (0 items remaining)

Hand out plates & buns – 5:45–6:45 (0 items remaining)

Condiments & crowd control – 5:00–5:30 (0 items remaining)

Condiments & crowd control – 5:30–6:00 (0 items remaining)

Condiments & crowd control – 6:00–6:30 (0 items remaining)

Clean-Up — 7:30–8:00

Games and decorations.

This volunteer opportunity is now full.

Volunteer Opportunities – Class Hosts & More+

General GPW Volunteer Opportunities

Roster Delivery & Pick-Up

Behind-the-Scenes Roles

Class Hosts

Welcome Carnival (Sunday, July 26, 2026 · 2:00–4:00 p.m.)+

Welcome Carnival (Sunday, July 26, 2026 · 2:00–4:00 p.m.)

Family Picnic (Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · 5:00–7:30 p.m.)+

Family Picnic (Tuesday, July 28, 2026 · 5:00–7:30 p.m.)