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.

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) (1 substitute volunteer needed)
Fox Chapel Elementary School	19315 Archdale Rd Germantown, MD 20876	Thursdays	10:50 am – 11:50 am	Ongoing (1 Volunteer Needed)
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	12500 Wisteria Drive, Germantown, MD 20874	Wednesdays	10:30 am – 11:00 am	Beginning January 2026 (6 Volunteers Needed)

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	Spring Session: 3/4 (Orientation); 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/8, 4/22, 4/29 (performance)
Glen Haven Elementary School	10900 Inwood Ave Wheaton, MD 20902	Wednesdays	10:45 – 11:50 am	Begins January 21, 2026 4th and 5th graders (1 volunteer needed)
Harmony Hills Elementary School	13407 Lydia St Silver Spring, MD 20906	Thursdays	12:05 – 1:15 pm	January 8, 2026 through March 16, 2026 (1 substitute volunteer needed)

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
Bel Pre Elementary School	13801 Rippling Brook Drive Silver Spring, MD 20906	Mondays	9:35 – 10:00 am 1:30 – 2:30 pm 1:55 – 2:25 pm 1:55 – 2:55 pm	Start: January 2026 Kindergarten Letters/Sounds Single or multiple shifts available
Bel Pre Elementary School	13801 Rippling Brook Drive Silver Spring, MD 20906	Tuesdays	9:40 – 10:00 am 1:30 – 2:30 pm 1:55 – 2:55 pm	Start: January 2026 Kindergarten Letters/Sounds Single or multiple shifts available
Bel Pre Elementary School	13801 Rippling Brook Drive Silver Spring, MD 20906	Wednesdays	9:35 – 10:00 am 9:40 – 10:00 am 12:05 – 12:35 pm 1:35 – 2:35 pm 1:55 – 2:25 pm 1:55 – 2:55 pm	Start: January 2026 Kindergarten Letters/Sounds Single or multiple shifts available
Bel Pre Elementary School	13801 Rippling Brook Drive Silver Spring, MD 20906	Thursdays	9:35 – 10:00 am 9:40 – 10:00 am 1:35 – 2:35 pm 1:55 – 2:25 pm 1:55 – 2:55 pm	Start: January 2026 Kindergarten Letters/Sounds Single or multiple shifts available
Bel Pre Elementary School	13801 Rippling Brook Drive Silver Spring, MD 20906	Fridays	12:05 – 12:35 pm 1:35 – 2:35 pm	Start: January 2026 Kindergarten Letters/Sounds Single or multiple shifts available
Jones Lane Elementary School	15110 Jones Lane Darnestown, MD 20878	Thursdays or Fridays	1st grade: 12:10 – 12:40 pm; 3rd grade: 1:35 – 2:05 pm	Orientation: Jan. 9th Start date: week of Jan. 12 1st grade: reading & writing; 3rd grade: reading

After School
Enrichment activities with students

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
East Silver Spring Elementary School	631 Silver Spring Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910	Tuesdays	3:30 – 4:50 pm	One-on-One Support K-2 Reading 3-5 Math (2 Volunteers Needed)
Read Across Generations at Gaithersburg Library	18330 Montgomery Village Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20879	Wednesdays	4:00 – 5:00 pm	One-on-One reading with pre-K through 5th grade students (1 Volunteer Needed)

1:1 Tutoring

School	Location	Day of the week	Time	Notes
Thriving Germantown	Germantown	Flexible	Flexible	Help a third grader with math and reading (1 Volunteer Needed)

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.

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.

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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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