Volunteer Information Volunteer applications are available at the circulation desk or on-line - click on the links listed below. Volunteers must be 13 years of age or going into the eighth grade. Several volunteers are involved in family volunteer projects...children involved in this type of project may be younger than 13 years of age if working with an adult. Many National Honor Society students choose to complete their required volunteer hours at the library. Court appointed hours are not applicable to this agency. National Honor Society Volunteer There will be volunteer opportunities at the Olathe Public Library, 201 E. Park and the Indian Creek Branch, 12990 S. Black Bob Road. The library requires each volunteer to work a minimum of 15 hours. However, if you completed 15 hours last school year and received an acceptable evaluation, you may make special arrangements to work less hours. If you are interested in this type of commitment, or are a "veteran" library volunteer, please fill out this form as soon as possible. If you are interested, please submit the online application or contact Rita Patterson at (913) 971-6879. National Honor Society Volunteer Application Family Volunteer Application Volunteer Application 2006 Nancy Quinlisk Chandler Volunteer Award
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Nearly 90 people attended the 2007 Volunteer Recognition Reception held May 11 at the Prince of Peace Parish Hall.
Twenty youths received certificates commending their volunteer work.
The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the annual Nancy Quinlisk Chandler Award. This year’s recipient is Sharon Markey, a volunteer for around 12 years. She started helping with book sale set-up around 1995 when the Friends of the Library book sales were much smaller and held at The First Christian Church in downtown Olathe.
A few years later, Sharon was asked to pick on the additional task of calling volunteers to schedule them to work the books sales. At this time, the Friends of the Library were hosting two large book sales, so this volunteer task involved calling over 50 volunteers per sale not to mention the repeat phone calls – remember, few people had answering machines at that time! This year, for the Ella Mae Memorial Book Sale, the task involved calling 80 or more volunteers to work the spring sale.  It is only fitting that she received this award right before Mother’s Day, for she is a mother of ten children and home-schools them as well. It is the dedication of such volunteers as Sharon Markey – a commitment of 12+ years – that makes the volunteer program the success it is today.
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