Volunteers help the library serve the community by checking in and returning materials to the shelves, by assisting library patrons with technology questions, by tutoring people in the English language, by helping with special projects. There are occasional openings in the crew of volunteers who help mend damaged books or prepare new books for library circulation.

Volunteer Program offered at San Juan Island Library

Volunteers help others improve technology skills, return materials to the shelf, help immigrants improve English Language skills, prepare new materials for circulation and repair old materials in need of TLC.

Programs that identify individuals who have chosen to work on a full or part-time basis without remuneration in one of the human service fields and which systematically evaluate the skills, talents and personalities of recruited volunteers and match them with human service agencies that need voluntary support.

Volunteer Recruitment/Placement

Libraries supported by public and/or private funds which provide general library services without charge to all residents of a given community, district or region.

Public Libraries

Loans books, videos, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs, books on tape, audio tapes and other materials.

Library Services offered at City of Walla Walla's Public Library

Programs that answer specific questions regarding grammar, mathematics or other areas of study or help students with homework assignments. Included are telephone hotlines, online assistance and in-person programs offered by the school following regularly scheduled classes or by community centers, libraries or other similar types of organizations.

Homework Help Programs

Offers books, books on CD/tape, downloadable audio and E-Reader Books, movies, and CD's for check-out along with internet and wireless access use at individual libraries. See website for list of all libraries.

Library Services offered at Whitman County Library

Libraries or other organizations that offer storytelling sessions for groups of children who do not yet know how to read in order to promote their interest in books.

Story Hour

Programs that offer a wide variety of activities including arts and crafts, academic programs, sports, reading clubs, workshops and other recreational, leisure, cultural, social and civic activities for school-age children and youth in out-of-school hours. The objective of youth enrichment programs is to promote healthy social interaction and help participants maximize their social, emotional, physical and academic potential.

Youth Enrichment Programs

Libraries or other organizations that offer opportunities, usually during the summer when children are not in school, for children who have some reading skills to enhance their appreciation of books by participating in weekly reading activities that often relate to a special theme.