Interages Volunteer Portal

Welcome, Interages Volunteers!

Below, you will find a running list of volunteer opportunities. You are required to complete the screening and training processes and your background check before signing up for a volunteer slot. If you don’t see a program that fits your schedule, please let Indira Dingledine know. We are always working on new offerings.

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We are pleased to report that the Interages volunteer corps has grown. We are implementing a new placement process to accommodate new volunteers into the programming. We have many exciting and fulfilling volunteer opportunities for you to choose from. This new process gives volunteers more time to view opportunities.

Below you can find the listing of Interages volunteer opportunities. Sites that have been confirmed and finalized are highlighted in yellow

Montgomery County School Programs

Grandreaders
One-on-one reading with 2nd and 3rd graders.

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
Harmony Hills Elementary School	13407 Lydia St Silver Spring, MD 20906	Tuesdays	12:15 pm – 12:50 pm	Oct 14th – June 9th (No program 11/25, 12/30, 2/17, and 3/30) One substitute volunteer needed
Bel Pre Elementary School	13801 Rippling Brook Dr Silver Spring, MD 20906	Tuesdays	11:45 am – 12:15 pm	Ongoing
Fox Chapel Elementary School	19315 Archdale Rd Germantown, MD 20876	Tuesdays and/or Thursdays	12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (Tuesdays) and/or 10:50 am – 11:50 am (Thursdays)	Ongoing
Greencastle Elementary School	13611 Robey Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904	Tuesdays	12:45 pm – 1:55 pm	Ongoing
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	12500 Wisteria Drive, Germantown, MD 20874	Wednesdays	10:30 am – 11:30 am	Beginning January 2026
Wheaton Woods Elementary School	4510 Faroe Pl, Rockville, MD 20853	Tuesdays	3:15 pm – 3:45 pm	Ongoing

Readers Theater
Volunteers help small groups of students prepare for theatrical readings that will be performed before younger students in their school. These sessions help students improve their reading and vocabulary, while also having fun.

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
Farmland Elementary School	7000 Old Gate Road Rockville, MD 20852	Wednesdays	Orientation 1:00 – 2:00 pm Weekly Sessions and performance 1:15 pm – 2:25 pm	Fall Session: 10/29 (Orientation); 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 (performance) — Winter Session: 1/7 (Orientation); 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 (performance) — Spring Session: 3/4 (Orientation); 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/8, 4/22, 4/29 (performance)
Weller Road Elementary School	3301 Weller Road Silver Spring, MD 20906	Mondays	3:30 – 4:30 pm	Start date: January 12, 2026

In-class support
Volunteers provide assistance and attention in language arts, math, science, and social studies. With individual students or small groups.

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
Maryvale Elementary	1010 1st Street Rockville, MD 20850	flexible	flexible	Ongoing Pre-K
Jones Lane Elementary School	15110 Jones Lane Darnestown, MD 20878	flexible	1st grade: 12:10 – 12:40 pm 2nd grade: 2:05 – 2:35 pm	Ongoing 1st grade: Math enrichment 2nd grade: Math and/or Reading enrichment

University of Maryland/MCPS Collaboration After School Program
Co-Learn Code and Mind is an interdisciplinary, school-based initiative launching in MCPS in the 2025-26 school year. Middle School students work in teams to co-design, build, and program robots while also participating in Transformative Social and Emotional Learning.

Click here for participating schools, days, and times.

After School
Enrichment activities with students

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
Capt. James E. Daly Elementary School Bridges	20301 Brandermill Drive Germantown, MD 20876	Wednesdays	4:00 – 5:00 pm	Ongoing Help EML (emerging multilingual learners) students with literacy and light academic support. *Volunteers do not need to know a second language.

1:1 Tutoring

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
Thriving Germantown	Germantown	Flexible	Flexible	Help a kindergartener with reading
Thriving Germantown	Germantown	Flexible	Flexible	Help a third grader with math and reading

Dialogues
Adults and middle or high school students share ideas and learn from one another. Share personal stories in an honest, non-judgmental, and open way. May involve crafts.

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes

Look for upcoming programs and dates in the following schools:

ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Bel Pre ES
Clopper Mill ES
Daly ES
East Silver Spring ES
Farmland ES
Fox Chapel ES
Germantown ES
Glen Haven ES
Grace Episcopal ES
Greencastle ES
Harmony Hills ES
Highland ES
Jones Lane ES
Maryvale ES
Pine Crest ES
S. Christa McAuliffe ES
Spark Matsunaga ES
Thriving Germantown at Daly ES
Watkins Mill ES
Wheaton Woods ES
Landow/JCC/SHARE

MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL

Rachel Carson Middle School/SHARE
SHARE/Sunrise/St. Marys
Silver Creek MS/Kensington Park/SHARE
Gaithersburg MS
Redland MS

HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

Kennedy HS Dialogues Fall
Gaithersburg HS

OMA (Opening Minds through Art)

OMA logo The JCA Heyman Interages Center seeks volunteers this winter for an award-winning, evidence-based art-making program called Opening Minds Through Art (OMA). OMA is a failure-free program designed to provide older adults with opportunities for creative self-expression and social engagement.

Volunteers support JCA’s Kensington Club members (older adults with early-stage memory loss) as they create abstract art projects that engage the mind and break through cognitive barriers.

Additional volunteers are needed to work with JCA staff to refresh art supplies, provide artistic choices, and help with set-up and clean-up.

Winter 2026 Schedule

Aging Awareness: January 23
5 sessions: January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27
Art Show: March 6

Volunteers must attend training, all art sessions, and art show.

Monthly Reading Tutor Training Series

We hope you will join us on Zoom for our monthly Reading Tutor Training series. We are so grateful to presenter Megan Bainbridge, Reading Specialist of Captain James E. Daly Elementary School, who is providing the sessions. Each session focuses on a different Reading Tutor Training topic and lasts about an hour. Pre-registration online is required.

Please note, these sessions are providing broad tips and are not intended to be certification-level training.

Recorded Sessions

September 2023
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