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Rainbow Kids volunteers serve as small group
facilitators or site coordinators (the in-charge person at a host church).
Facilitator and coordinator trainings are offered twice per year.
Registration is required.
Volunteers
must be adults (21 or older) who have a strong desire to help children or adults
through a difficult time in their lives.
Volunteers must provide three personal references and undergo a background
check.
Volunteer Facilitators will:
 | Help shape a participant’s self-image |
| Help shape a participant’s values |
| Provide emotional support for the participant |
| Provide some experiences a participant may not have had |
| Help each participant see that s/he is lovable just as s/he is |
Qualities of a Facilitator:
| Enjoys working with the age group s/he is facilitating |
| Is able to listen, communicate, and share self openly |
| Has motives of love, concern, and profound respect for others |
| Is a person who has found an identity in life |
| Can accept negative emotion and tension without going to pieces |
| Knows how to keep a confidence |
| Is capable of working well with others |
Responsibilities of a Volunteer:
| Attendance at an initial six-hour
facilitator training session
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| Attendance at additional training required for a
Prism facilitator or site
coordinator |
| Attendance at inservice(s) provided by Rainbow Kids |
| Availability for the duration of the program for which
s/he has volunteered
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| Participation in
facilitator formation |
Comments or questions?
Rainbow Kids
824 Superior Ave.
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone (920)452-2838 - Fax (920)208-4382
E-mail: rainbowkids@excel.net |
