Volunteers are needed to lead monthly Book Club meetings and as tutors!
JCBC provides Book Club programs and tutoring for students in three programs at two of San Diego’s juvenile detention facilities – the Girls’ Urban Camp (formerly called Girls’ Rehabilitation Facility), located at 2861 Meadow Lark Drive, and the Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility (Juvenile Hall Unit 700-Girls and Juvenile Hall Unit 800-Boys), located next door at 2801 Meadow Lark Drive.
Book Club meetings are scheduled once a month at each program. Sessions are held on weekdays at 10 a.m. or 12 p.m. and last for about an hour. Volunteers facilitate the discussions of the books – which include modern literature, classics, Shakespeare, poetry, and nonfiction – and the issues and ideas they address.
Tutoring opportunities are from 12 p.m. to 2 pm weekdays and two evenings a week from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information about tutoring, please see below.
The San Diego County Probation Department requires all volunteers working inside detention facilities to undergo a Volunteers In Probation background clearance. Background checks are conducted externally by the Probation Department and normally take 4 to 6 weeks to complete. All information you submit will be kept confidential.
For more information about volunteering for our program and the background check requirements, contact our Volunteer Coordinator at info@juvenilecourtbookclub.com.
If you would like to volunteer with Juvenile Court Book Club but are unable to attend the lunch hour book discussions or other on-site events, contact us to find out how you can lend your time and support!