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Have Fun

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Build Confidence

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Be a Leader

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Meet New Friends

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Get Craetive

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Boost Self-Esteem

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Help the Community

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Learn Something New

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Gain Professional Experience

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Improve Mental Health

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Be Encouraged

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Be a Team

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Be the Change

〰️ Have Fun 〰️ Build Confidence 〰️ Be a Leader 〰️ Meet New Friends 〰️ Get Craetive 〰️ Boost Self-Esteem 〰️ Help the Community 〰️ Learn Something New 〰️ Gain Professional Experience 〰️ Improve Mental Health 〰️ Be Encouraged 〰️ Be a Team 〰️ Be the Change

It’s time we take a different approach to putting an end to bullying. CLTW believes giving back is the answer!

CLTW partners with volunteer organizations and educational establishments to provide educators with a variety of life changing learning opportunities for their students!

Sparkling Volunteer Opportunities

When kids lend a hand, whether it’s planting flowers or delivering sandwiches, every act of kindness sparks community spirit.🌟 They're not just helping others - In each quirky moment, there's a new story of teamwork and imagination. They're helping themselves shine brighter than ever before! With our services, we create bright memories that last a lifetime and make the world shine, one fun learning experience at a time!✨

    • Teens at least age 16.

    • Volunteers must complete an online orientation and application. Additional training for safety and animal handling is required if the volunteer will be working directly with animals.

    • Volunteer for a variety of roles, including providing care to animals and working in a thrift shop.

    • Volunteers should anticipate committing to one shift a week for six months.

    • Classroom projects include animal packages to be created from the classroom, then brought to their location. They allow children to donate their created pet items and take a small tour of their facility.

    • Flexibility with ages to volunteer at their Urban Farms garden.

    • Kids as young as 6 can help in the Food and Clothing Bank.

    • Volunteers 9 or older can serve meals in the Family Dining Room.

    • Young volunteers ages 14-17 have additional options to choose from such as making pizzas, bike repair, tutoring, working at a thrift store and more.

    • Additional opportunities for classroom projects.

    • Ages 12 and up can help with neighborhood and emergency food distribution.

    • children can help in the food bank.

    • Classroom projects include creating holiday cards for seniors in their programs or making holiday decorations. Typically the group comes up with the ideas and AZCEND can help organize them.

    • Children ages 5 and up can create food bags and sort food.

    • Classroom projects include cutting price tags to use for the items they sell in their Thrift Shop.

    • Children ages 14 can be an Attendant in the Hope's Closet.

    • Donation drives are always welcomed.

    • Ages 12 and up help with dinner service.

    • Children ages 10 can help in the warehouse.

    • Classroom projects include creating blankets for refugees, collecting school supplies, or assembling "learning kit backpacks” filled with notebooks, pencils, erasers, rulers, etc. These are excellent in-classroom activities that can significantly impact our refugee families.

    • Classroom projects include assembling things for a child's birthday, putting it in a box and then decorating the box any way the children would like to make the birthday child feel special. 

    • Ages 16 can assemble Family Care Kits.

    • Donation drives are always welcomed.

    • Children ages 12 can help assemble food boxes.

    • Children 14 can help in the kitchen with lunch and dinner.

    • 16 years old can help with Dinnertime Heroes & Brunch Buddies

    • Kit Creators are always welcomed!

    • Ages 6 and older are able to assist in the local food and clothing bank.

    • Classroom projects include making encouraging cards that get tagged onto stuffed animals the organization donates.

    • Children ages 13 can help with processing, sorting, quality control, and assurance of donations, as well as light cleaning and organization tasks.

    • Classroom projects include box decoration, letter writing, postage fundraiser, and supply drive options.

Sparkling

Field Fun Opportunities

Learning should be a joyous dance party of giggles and discovery! 🌟 Let’s go to a place where lessons are filled with laughter and exciting adventure! With our services, let’s create bright memories that last a lifetime and make the world shine, one fun learning experience at a time!✨

Parents will be responsible for administration fees associated with all Sparkling Educational Field Trip events.

  • The Arizona Military Museum is operated by the Arizona National Guard Historical Society, a private non-profit corporation.

    • The officers and directors serve as docents, and they perform other necessary functions in conjunction with National Guard support to operate and maintain the museum.

    • The museum building is a significant part of Arizona's military history.

    • The raw adobe building was constructed in 1936 as a Depression-era public works project.

    • It served as a National Guard arsenal until World War II, when it was converted into a maintenance shop for German prisoners of war confined at a nearby POW camp.

    • The Arizona Military Museum is operated by the Arizona National Guard Historical Society, a private non-profit corporation.

    • The officers and directors serve as docents, and they perform other necessary functions in conjunction with National Guard support to operate and maintain the museum. The museum building is a significant part of Arizona's military history. The raw adobe building was constructed in 1936 as a Depression-era public works project.

    • It served as a National Guard arsenal until World War II, when it was converted into a maintenance shop for German prisoners of war confined at a nearby POW camp.

    • The mission of the Deer Valley Rock Art Center is to preserve and to provide public access to the Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site, to interpret the cultural expressions found here, and to be a center for rock art studies

    Deer Valley Rock Art Center website

    • A historical site operated since 1984 by the City of Phoenix park and Recreation Department.

    • It is a family-oriented art education center and museum, offering artists and community members a unique and inviting atmosphere to enjoy and learn about the visual arts.

    Shemer Art Center and Museum website

    • Chandler

    • The gallery features items from the American Indian Community story.

    • Tours can be scheduled Monday- Friday between the hours of 10am- 3pm.  Tours should be scheduled at least 2 weeks in advance. 

    • The Gilbert Historical Society was organized in early 1960 with the goal of "Preserving the Past for the Future."

    • Collections of pictures, documents and artifacts relating to the history of the community were preserved with the hope that a history of the area would be written and a historical center would be developed.

    • In 1977, the old elementary school at Gilbert and Elliot Roads was abandoned for classroom use. This seemed to be the ideal location for the Museum.

  • The Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory (GRCO)

    The observatory is open every Friday and Saturday evening at nightfall.

    The GRCO is owned by the Town of Gilbert and operated by the Riparian Institute.

    • Mesa's International Award winning facility is the largest and most comprehensive performing, visual and educational arts center in the state of Arizona.

    • Mesa Arts Center is an entity of the City of Mesa, and home to theaters, Museum, art studios and more.

    • If you're interested in educational field trips that are hands-on and engaging, check out Tyrannostorus in Mesa, Arizona!

    • Children of all ages can experience the fun and adventure of safely excavating fossils and searching for gems and minerals.

    • Tyrannostorus offers STEM field trips focused on paleontology, geology, oceanography, food chains, life cycles, anthropology, astronomy, and space exploration.

    • Packages start at $10 per participant.

    • Come to Superstition Farm to see where the milk on your morning cereal originates before it ends up in the grocery cooler!

    • Experience the process of how natural feeds and surplus bakery, pastas, grains and cotton turn into nature's most perfect food.

    • Put on your work boots (or closed toed shoes) and join us for a tour of our family farm. Hands on fun!

    • Our groundbreaking exhibitions, here only for a limited time, will fascinate, entertain, and educate.

    • From the four corners of the world, from ancient to modern, from masters to rising stars, see what we have on display now.

    Phoenix Art Museum website

    • Acting on the principle that learning is a joy, the Children's Museum of Phoenix's mission is to engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them.

    • With hands-on, interactive exhibits designed for children ages birth to 10, the Museum will focus on learning through play, with emphasis on early childhood education and school-readiness.

    Children's Museum of Phoenix website

    • We offer Homeschool days the first Monday of each month to families and their students that will engage and enrich their studies.

    • Each month is a different topic, and includes lessons, activities, a planetarium show and a light and electricity demo.

    • We also have a block room with large foam blocks that encourage team work and imagination.

    • you may sign up on our website.

    Earth & Space Expedition Center website

    • Your place for dinosaurs that roar and much more.

    • The valley's only natural history museum has the best dinosaurs in town, a history courtyard where visitors pan for gold, a native peoples' gallery includes a replica village and pottery.

    • Where else can you enjoy a cool indoor waterfall?

    • Three changing exhibition galleries offer a variety of interesting subjects.

    • Create

    • Screen Theater

    • Stem

    • 6,000 Animals , Daily Sea Lion and Wildlife Encounter Shows, Tons of Rides, a Thousand Thrills, and a Million Smiles.

    • The Desert Botanical Garden's educational programming for children, adults and educators promote greater enjoyment, understanding and stewardship of the Sonoran Desert.

    Desert Botanical Garden website

    • Our Family Story Hour program introduces parents and children to Irish authors, stories and traditions in a fun and interactive fashion.

    • We will include songs and activities, plus a fun Irish based craft to take home!

    • Story Hour is suitable for all ages and will last approximately 1 hour.

    McClelland Library Family Story Hour website

    • A beautifully restored 1895 historic home open for public tours in downtown Phoenix,

    Rosson House Museum website