| You can make A Difference in the life of a child! |  |
The main ingredient for success in our Head Start program is the involvement of families and individual members of our community.
We want and need families to be involved in our program, as well as community members. IUP students are also welcome.
| Ways to Volunteer with us: |
 * Volunteer in the classroom
* Bus aide
* Cook aide
* Equipment repair
* Serve on center committee or Policy Council
* Collect and save materials for the classroom |
Things you can donate:
* Classroom treats
* Paper supplies
* Equipment
* Property - donated space the program can use for centers, playgrounds, meetings, etc.
* Mileage - donate mileage from parents driving their children to and from bus stops, or from people driving on Head Start business
* Cash - money donated directly to Indiana County Head Start
Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a volunteer for Indiana County Head Start.
The federal government provides 80 percent of our budget and our agency is responsible for a 20 percent matching share (Inkind). For the fiscal year 2003-2004, Indiana County Head Start had to obtain more than $400,000 locally.
Our agency is able to count all volunteer hours as Inkind, whether you're a parent, community member or an IUP student. Donations are also counted as Inkind.
If we hadn't raised the matching share, some of our federal dollars would have been returned and our program would have suffered financially - which means the Head Start children and their families would be losing services.
