Douglass Branch :  Group Volunteer Project - Juneteenth


Date: Saturday, June 14th, 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 three shifts  from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and  are welcome to sign up for more than one shift.

  1. Set-up: 9 am to 12 p.m. - 10 volunteers needed
  2. Activity Supervision: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. - 15 volunteers needed
  3. Clean-up/Tear down: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. - 10 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 217/403-2070, ext. 3  to discuss a group volunteer project.  Group projects without contact or confirmation from a volunteer coordinator will not be eligible.

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