What

_ Occupational _.
Groups Can Do

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HOW’ TO’ SELECT VOLUNTEERS

Business People (contimed) ... -

“secure sites and empty stores, get advertising ~~

space, lead groups in hobbies, —

“Artists |

Since a good recreation program encompasses almost every
form of artistic expression, individuals are needed with
talent and training in music, painting, sculpture, stage
production and design, arts and crafts, and dancing, as
suggested on pp. 4 and 5, Ch, I, Muralists are needed to
decorate interiors of recreation buildings; writers to do
articles and radio scripts; and photographers to lead clubs
and make a pictorial history of the recreation program,
Women of the Home

The woman who would like to help in a recreation

program, but regrets she has no special skill, can

do a number of things:

Supervise children in pre-school centers, on playgrounds,
beaches, in street play, neighborhood play spaces, com-
munity centers, and child clinics.

Give a welcome to such newcomers in the community, as
service men and defense workers and their families, by
inviting them to meals, offering baths, miking social
contacts for them,

Prepare and serve food for special events, club meetings
and military men on leave.. . :

Collect and distribute play materials,

Collect and distribute books and magazines for hospitals,
clinics, camps, ships, etc.

Serve as hostess or chaperon at dances and social functions.

Plan recreation for smt-ins, the aged, and sick,