Volunteer Training

Kalamazoo County Poverty Reduction Initiative “ Reducing Poverty Through Collaboration, Education, and Economic Opportunity.” Poverty Simulation Workshop Volunteer Training

Volunteer Training ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Poverty Simulation Workshops ,[object Object],[object Object]

What are the Poverty Simulation Workshops? ,[object Object],[object Object],Other roles include Senior Citizens on Social Security and those who begin the workshop homeless. Together the new families and their neighbors are given the challenge of making their ends meet during a simulated “month.” The participants will need to use the provided resources, their wit and creativity to survive the month as those living as low-income residents would. The 2-3 hour workshop is broken up into two parts. The simulated “month” is divided up into four 12-15 minute “weeks,” signaled by a whistle. This is followed by a debriefing period of about an hour, where participants will be able to discuss with others and learn about the variety of experiences they encountered.

Here, participants act out their roles at one of the many community services simulated in the workshop.

Goals of the workshop ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What a Poverty Simulation Looks Like: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Simulation Lay-out: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Bank Community Action Bureau Food-a-Rama Mortgage and Reality Pawn Shop Police Department Utility Company Department of Human Services School Daycare General Employer Interfaith Services Quick Cash Facilitator podium Jolly/Jacobi Kaminski/Knowles Locke/Louise Morris Nattin Olsen Perez Quant Rodgers Smith Tiskit Ussar Vimmer Wiscott Xanthos Yarrow Zuppot

Participants seated within their “family” groups, with community resource tables around perimeter

Role of Volunteer: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Your Task as a Volunteer: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Debriefing Period ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Notes for all Volunteers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Final Step ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Volunteer Training

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Viewers also liked

Viewers also liked (9)

Similar to Volunteer Training

Similar to Volunteer Training (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

Volunteer Training