Douglass Branch :  Group Volunteer Project - Juneteenth

Juneteenth

Date: Saturday, June 14^th, 2025

Location: Douglass Branch Library, 504 E Grove St, Champaign, IL 61820

Event Time: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Volunteers  are needed in two shifts  from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and  are welcome to sign up for more than one shift.

1. Set-up/Activity Supervision:  10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - 15 volunteers needed
2. Activity Supervision/Clean up & Tear down:  1 p.m. to  4 p.m. - 15 volunteers needed
   

Program Description:

Summer activities, food, and entertainment celebrating community and commemorating the abolition of slavery.

Volunteer Job Description:

• Help with set-up and tear down at the end of the event.
• Directional assistance
• Activity supervision - yard games; BINGO; sports; etc.
• Handing out information at our resource booth 
• Handing out free books

If you are looking for an opportunity to organize a group volunteer project, please contact the  library’s volunteer coordinator and email   volunteer@champaign.org or call (217) 403-2000 ext. 3   to discuss a group volunteer project.  Group projects without contact or confirmation from a volunteer coordinator will not be eligible.