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.

Thank you for volunteering with us!

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.

Montgomery County School Programs

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

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

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.

After School
Enrichment activities with students

1:1 Tutoring

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.

OMA (Opening Minds through Art)

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.

Summer 2026 Schedule

• Orientation: June 26, 9:15 am – 12:15 pm
• 4 sessions: July 10, 17, 24, 31
• Art Show: August 7

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

Art/Music/Movement

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