{"id":53,"date":"2015-04-06T15:23:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T19:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/wpfriends\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2015-05-05T16:41:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:41:03","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/join\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Volunteer Opportunities at the BPL<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>What is the Volunteer Program?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Our Volunteer Services Program seeks to help support the BPL and the staff in raising awareness of library services in the community and assists the Friends of the BPL with their literacy outreach initiatives including preparing for the weekly Book Sale. Our commitment is to match your skills and interests to the projects which suit your schedule and availability.<\/p>\n<p>Our Volunteers dedicate their many talents along with hundreds of hours of their own time helping us to serve the City of Bridgeport.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Should I Volunteer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make important contributions to library services in the community.<\/li>\n<li>The opportunity to share your interests and abilities with your community.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the Bridgeport Public Library and its collections.<\/li>\n<li>Gain work experience and skills.<\/li>\n<li>You will help to promote education and enrichment to the citizens of Bridgeport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Currently Available Volunteer Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Book Sale Helper <a href=\"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/main\/uploads\/Book-Sale-Helper-Position.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #c32928;\">(more info)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Sale Lead <a href=\"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/main\/uploads\/Book-Sale-Lead-Position.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #c32928;\">(more info)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Computer Coach <a href=\"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/main\/uploads\/Wed.-Nite-Computer-Coaches-Position.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #c32928;\">(more info)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Computer Guru <a href=\"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/main\/uploads\/Wed.-Nite-Guru-Position.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #c32928;\">(more info)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>How do I volunteer?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Simply click on Volunteer Appliction below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/support\/application\/\">Volunteer Application<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Or you may contact our Volunteer Services Coordinator,\u00a0Julio R. at 203 576-8355 or email us\u00a0at <a href=\"mailto:volunteers@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org\" target=\"_blank\">volunteers@bridgeportpubliclibrary.org<\/a>. We also invite you to come into our office \u2013 located at the Main Branch \u2013 to submit a volunteer application or you may choose to apply online now!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Organizations may:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u00b7 Submit Requests for Service Days<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Schedule Group Volunteer Opportunities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer Opportunities at the BPL What is the Volunteer Program? Our Volunteer Services Program seeks to help support the BPL and the staff in raising awareness of library services in the community and assists the Friends of the BPL with their literacy outreach initiatives including preparing for the weekly Book Sale. Our commitment is to match your skills and interests to the projects which suit your schedule and availability. Our Volunteers dedicate their many talents along with hundreds of hours of their own time helping us to serve the City of Bridgeport. Why Should I Volunteer? Make important contributions to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}