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Halloween Trick or Treat Event: Tour Guide
In-Person
Tricks! Treats! Give local kids a Halloween to remember!
One-Time Event: Thursday, October 31st
This coming Halloween, local elementary school students will be visiting SFU’s Surrey campus to trick-or-treat. Offering a fun and safe Halloween experience on campus is a wonderful way to get to know the children of our closest communities, and it also helps break down barriers to post-secondary education.
Departments across campus will dress up, decorate their offices and welcome 500+ elementary school students to trick-or-treat. Student Tour Guides will lead groups of elementary school students from department to department, helping them experience the magic (and the treats) of a campus Halloween!
Your role:
As a Halloween Trick-or-Treat Event Tour Guide, you will help lead students around SFU’s Surrey Campus. Tour Guides will promote and personalize the university to community guests – youth, their families, and teachers as well as other guests to campus. Through guided Halloween themed tours of the campus, Tour Guides will provide visitors with an overview of life at the university while helping children collect candy. Above all, Tour Guides will facilitate a fun activity in a safe environment. Tour Guides are also welcome to dress up in an appropriate costume for the event.
Tour Guides will receive training on topics like youth management strategies and public speaking. Tour Guides will also receive a script to help them provide the tour to community guests.
YOU can make higher education more accessible by facilitating a FUN Halloween experience for kids! As an SFU student, your presence alone provides a connection to higher education that can actually make a concrete difference in a young student’s life. You are real, accessible, and fun!
In this role, you will:
• Represent the university as a positive ambassador;
• Develop effective verbal communication skills;
• Develop your problem solving skills;
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills;
• Work effectively with diverse age groups.
Benefits:
• Gain experience working with school-aged children;
• Gain public speaking skills;
• Gain demonstrable leadership experience;
• Have the opportunity to engage with other SFU students and volunteers;
• Earn Student Ambassador Program credit on your co-curricular record.
Site Tour & Orientation:
- Thursday, October 24th
- From 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
- At the SFU Surrey campus. Breaks & refreshments provided.
Alternative orientation dates will be determined if needed.
Location:
- SFU’s Surrey campus (13450 102 Ave #250, Surrey)
Event Date & Time:
- Thursday, October 31st, 2024.
Availability can be flexible, as long as it is communicated to the Program Manager ahead of time.
The following shifts are available:
- 8 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
- 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
- 10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
- 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Any combination of the above.
*Volunteers who are available for the entire day are eligible to receive a Starbucks Gift Card upon completion of their commitment.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in OR graduated from an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or Continuing Studies program at SFU (SFU Alumni are also welcome!);
- Excellent oral communication skills;
- Strong interpersonal and conflict management skills;
- Friendly and welcoming demeanor;
- Excellent time-management skills;
- Willingness and ability to guide children;
- Previous experience working with children will be considered an asset;
- Volunteers must attend a mandatory orientation session.
How to apply:
If you are interested in this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply Now' button below. You will then be invited to complete a short pre-screening survey before proceeding onto the next steps.
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, Oct 9th, 2024 | 11:59 PM
Collection Notice: The information collected as part of the application process is under the authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c.468). It is related directly to and needed by the University to administer the volunteer program through the SFU Surrey – TD Community Engagement Centre. The information will be used to screen volunteer applicants, refer applicants to opportunities of interest, and update applicants with information related to volunteer opportunities. If you have any questions about the collection and use of this information please contact Associate Director, Partnerships and Programs, 250-13450 102 Avenue, Surrey BC, V3T 0A3, 778-782-8082.
This opportunity is recognized on the Co-Curricular Record (CCR), an official university document that tracks your co-curricular involvement at SFU. Learn more about the Co-Curricular Record at www.sfu.ca/students/get-involved/recognition/co-curricular-record.
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