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For classroom opportunities, volunteering signups will come through your room parent(s). 

There are several volunteer roles that need to be filled for the coming school year…PTA would love your help in 2022-2023! 

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Ainsworth Gear  (throughout the year) – Volunteers help gather orders for and distribute this great line of shirts, sweatshirts, and hats with the Ainsworth logo.

Buckaroo Carnival – A core group of volunteers is needed to lead, plan, and coordinate this festive evening.  Throughout the evening of the event, over 100 parents, middle and high school age-children volunteers share half to one-hour shifts helping to set-up, run games and activities, serve food, and clean up.

Hispanic Heritage Celebration  – A core group of volunteers is needed to plan, lead, and coordinate planning of our Hispanic Heritage Celebration. Throughout the evening of the event, over 100 parent volunteers share half to one-hour shift helping to set-up, help with activities, serve food, and clean up.

Holiday Home Tour Lead  – Leads the Holiday Home Tour which is Ainsworth’s “BIGGEST” fundraiser of the year, the Home Tour has been a tradition in our neighborhood of Portland Heights for over 30 years. The Lead will collaborate with the volunteer coordinator for volunteers for the day of the event and other volunteer needs.

Holiday Home Tour  – One of Ainsworth’s “BIGGEST” fundraiser of the year, the Home Tour has been a tradition in our neighborhood of Portland Heights for over 30 years. Hundreds of Ainsworth volunteers organize and run this annual event, from organizing invitations and tickets to staffing the homes on the day of the event.

Holiday Wreath & Garland Sales Coordinator – Lead the holiday wreath and garland sales for the school. Coordinator works with other volunteers to help gather orders for and distribute wreaths and garland.

Classroom Art Volunteers Needed  – Ainsworth Foundation is gearing up for this year’s online auction and we need a parent from each class (or two) to help coordinate a student art piece! If you are willing (no talent required).

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Community Chair (throughout the year)– Works with the counselors and student council for opportunities to donate to the community at large. Currently, the role consists of the Harvest Book Drive and Holiday Drive. 

Holiday Gift Drive – PTA collects holiday gifts for families in our community. We need a team lead and others to help make this event a success.

Ainsworth Clothing Closet  (throughout the year)– Volunteers help organize donated clothes.  As the clothing closet grows, watch for more volunteer opportunities.  We are lucky to have volunteers who helped create this during the pandemic and now we can offer families opportunities close to home. 

PTA Clothing Center for PPS Students (throughout the year)– The Portland Council PTA Clothing Center offers free clothing to students and families with limited income.  The majority of the items come from unclaimed lost and found items in Portland Public schools. Volunteers are needed to sort and send items to the Clothes Closet and to assist students with picking out clothes. Ainsworth has 2 assigned days that we are expected to send volunteers to help organize and help families shop.

Talent Show – Held on two nights to accommodate the numerous acts, this event gives students the opportunity to impress their friends and families with great entertainment. Volunteers are needed to help with rehearsal, sound and day of events.  We also need volunteers to set up and clean up.

School Picture Coordinator  – Leads and works alongside the school administrators to help facilitate the set-up of a school picture day. The School Picture Coordinator manages the communication of key information with the photography studio and ensures information about Picture Day is communicated to the administration, families, and staff to prepare for the day.

Yearbook Coordinator  (throughout the year) – We need your help to create a wonderful yearbook! Duties include making sure snap shots and candids from the school year make their way into the yearbook, along with ordering and distributing the books at the end of the year. This volunteer acts as the liaison between the yearbook company and the school. 

Science/STEM Fair Lead  – The event lead will collaborate with the students to help them develop science projects.  The role includes managing the signup day of events and will collaborate with the volunteer coordinator for volunteers for the day of the event.

Science/STEM Fair – Volunteers are needed to set up, clean up, and judge for the annual Science Fair. Designated for a Saturday morning, students demonstrate their experiments and present their scientific investigations. All students are welcome to enter the egg drop contest and attend interactive science activities.

Fun Run  – Volunteers are needed on the day of this fun run/walk, for which students, teachers, and school staff gather sponsors and then run/walk laps around the back field. All students will receive t-shirts and they have the opportunity to win small prizes for their participation.

Book Fair   Coordinator and Support  – Volunteers are needed to set up and staff the annual Scholastic Book Fair. 

Art Fair  – For this evening event showcasing the incredible artwork students have created throughout the school year, volunteers are needed to help display artwork in the gym and hallways, and to operate art activities during the Fair.

Field Day Organizer – The organizer helps with organizing volunteers, arranging water, snacks and popsicles. Volunteers work with the PE teachers to help make Field Day a success. Field Day is usually a two half-day event, with one day being for is for K-3 rd  graders and the second day for the 3rd-5th graders. The second day also incorporates the Fun Run. This event take usually takes place at the beginning of June.

Fifth Grade Promotion  – A committee of fifth grade parents plans the year-end celebration to say goodbye to our graduating class. Volunteers are needed to assist in the planning and help on graduation day.

Library Volunteer Coordinator  (throughout the year) – Works with the librarian to develop volunteer opportunities. Recruits volunteers and provides orientation and training procedures and practices of the library.

Library Aides  (throughout the year) – Volunteers are needed to assist the librarian with shelving books and helping students in the library.

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Webmaster  (throughout the year) – Volunteers with web design skills are needed to help maintain the Ainsworth PTA website.

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Teacher Conference Dinner  – Parent volunteers provide dinner for the staff during the evening conferences potluck style.  Volunteers are needed to cook, help set up, and clean up.

Staff Holiday Tea  – Volunteers are needed to help set up, serve, and clean up for this holiday feast, held in the teachers’ honor, at a neighborhood home.  We are also looking for a family in the neighborhood who would like to host this event. 

Staff Appreciation Week  – One week each spring, the PTA coordinates thanks for our teachers and staff to show our appreciation for their dedication and commitment to our students.  Volunteers are needed to bring savory or sweet dishes for a luncheon planned mid-week.

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Lost & Found  (throughout the year) – Volunteers needed to straighten lost and found items throughout the year. Several times a year coordinates, cleans and sends all remaining items to Ainsworth Clothing Closet and the district Clothing Closet.

Carpool/Drivers  (as needed) – With frequent bus route cancellations, there are some critical needs getting children to school. We need help to ensure that all children can make it to school. If you are interested in helping out, contact Jessica Kirkland @ [email protected] or 512-507-6667. Any help is appreciated.

FACILITY SUPPORT

Grounds Beautification Coordinator (throughout the year) – PPS only sends out grounds maintenance crews 1-2 times a year to schools across the district. An Ainsworth Grounds Beautification Coordinator identifies ground maintenance needs and coordinate volunteer work parties. For the Greenspace, organize work parties to remove invasive plants and plant natives, host Earth Day activities, and support teaching staff in their use of the Greenspace as an outdoor learning space. Help take care of the planter boxes.

School Office Support  (throughout the year) – The focus of this position is to assist the school office with greeting students, parents and other visitors to the school office; assists in filling out forms; answers phone and answers questions; provides general clerical and office duties as needed for Administrators. 

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Volunteer Coordinator  (throughout the year) – The focus of the Volunteer Coordinator is to promote good relations between school and community. To determine and implement the best methods for recruiting volunteers to meet the needs of the school.

New Family Mentor (throughout the year) – Role includes responsibility to help with Kinder Connect and new family picnic.  As new families come in throughout the year making sure that they are connected with the room parents, collaborate with communication liaison to ensure they are receiving PTA communications.  This role is simply to ensure new families have someone to connect with and reach out with questions. 

Room Parent (throughout the year) – Communicates with parents regarding PTA activities/events and school activities. Maintains a list of classroom parent volunteer opportunities. 

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Presidents (throughout the year) – Serves our community by creating partnerships and fostering an environment where family engagement is encouraged and respected. They set the tone and communication for what they want the PTA to be. Collaborate with administration, teachers and the community to ensure that all are welcome, events are happening, communications are sent out and collaborate with the Treasurer. 

Treasure (throughout the year) – Creating a budget, work with the CPA, reimbursement checks, working with the accountant.  Ensure that Ainsworth PTA stays in budget.  This is a board position, so meetings are a requirement otherwise about only 30min a week work. The first half of the school year is the busiest time.

Secretary  (throughout the year)– Serves our community by keeping an accurate record of meetings, which become part of the permanent history of the PTA.

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You'll find ideas and inspiration on the holiday home tours

• Published: Dec. 03, 2008, 11:54 a.m.

• Special to The Oregonian

Once you've put away the Thanksgiving dishes and polished off your last turkey sandwich, it's time to move on to December's traditions. If you're like me, that means donning a pair of sky-blue protective booties and tramping through strangers' homes. That's right; it's holiday home tour season.

And this year, I'm taking the tour tradition to a petrifying new level. My home is on the 21st annual Ainsworth Holiday Home Tour next Thursday, Dec. 11.

Sure, I'm opening myself up to tour-goer scrutiny -- does she really think that rug goes with this sofa? -- but I'm a willing victim because the tour supports a cause close to my heart.

Proceeds benefit the PTA at Ainsworth Elementary , a Southwest Portland public school with a highly regarded Spanish immersion magnet program that educates kids from all quadrants of the city. The money will be put toward curriculum enhancement, after-school programs, technology purchases, hiring literacy aides and other essentials.

The 2008 installment of the Ainsworth tour, which historically has showcased mostly early-20th-century homes in Portland Heights, veers somewhat from its past.

"This year's tour will provide a little something for everybody," says Liz McClanan, who chairs the Ainsworth tour. "Hopefully everyone who goes through will be inspired by an idea they see in this diverse group of homes."

And they are diverse. One, for example, was a bland 1940s box the owner-designers transformed last year into an ultramodern family home roughly twice its former size. Featured in this month's Metropolitan Home , the stunning and unexpected house -- you've never seen anything quite like it -- has a glassed-in central stairway, high-gloss Euro kitchen, sculptural furnishings, lots of modern art (much of it by the homeowner) and whimsical large-scale movie quotations lining the walls.

Also in the modern vein is a 1950s Roscoe Hemenway-designed home neighbors call the View-Master house. Built for one of the company's chief inventors, Karl Kurz, the hill-hugging residence with knockout city and mountain views remains largely as it was more than a half-century ago. The current owners have contributed a few key upgrades, such as the sleek walnut-and-quartz-clad kitchen and the exercise room (converted from what was once Kurz's workspace). They've also populated the interior with streamlined midcentury furnishings, a mix of vintage and reproduction pieces by design greats from Charles and Ray Eames to George Nelson . Don't miss the Hemenway-signed architectural renderings in the main-floor hallway.

Ainsworth Holiday Home Tour

Tour five Portland Heights homes decorated in traditional and contemporary styles for the holidays. The tour also includes refreshments at Ascension Chapel across from Ainsworth School.

When: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.11 Tickets: $20. Available in advance at Strohecker's, 2855 S.W. Patton Road; Zupan's Market, West Burnside at Northwest 23rd Avenue; and Ainsworth Elementary School office, 2425 S.W. Vista. Benefits: Ainsworth PTA Information: ainsworthholidayhometour.org

Go to The Oregonian's HGNW calendar to read about more holiday home tours.

My home, conversely, sits squarely in the traditional category. Built in 1916, it's a classic family abode (think Jane and Michael Banks' house in "Mary Poppins"). Over time, and partly because of a house fire, we've renovated most of it. Now suited to this century's large family -- we have four kids, including triplets in fifth grade at Ainsworth -- our home features a freshly redone, caramel-hued home-entertainment and workout space on the lower level and an extensively remodeled kitchen that had its 15 minutes in the pages of Better Homes and Gardens last year. Visit between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and you'll be treated to the piano playing of recording artist Tom Grant .

More traditional still is the Bingham residence, a 1927 Tudor-style home in the King's Hill historic district. This manor was built to impress with its mahogany wainscoting, barrel-vaulted living room ceiling and gracious foyer. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places , the 6,545-square-foot brick and stucco home will be decked out for formal holiday entertaining.

The final stop is a rare estate in the city. On three acres, this place has the works: a pool, a pool house, a barn and a 1960s-era main house that's been remodeled over the past decade. The owners have embellished the home -- pre-remodel, they called it a "Cape-lonial" for its muddled style -- to give it architectural heft. Check out the chef's kitchen with its dual granite-topped islands.

So enjoy the tour and, should you stop by the "Mary Poppins" house, please be kind. Remember, it's for the children.

-- Freelance writer Carolyn Donohoe Marieb ; [email protected]

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