Thank you for donating your time to help us clothe children in need at this year’s Around the Block Southlake event at Kohl’s on Saturday, November 7th, 6:30am – 11am. Kids Matter staff will guide you through your responsibilities the day of the event, but below is an overview to prepare you for the big day!

Prior to the event: 

• The location of the Around the Block Southlake event is Kohl’s at 3001 E State HWY 114, Southlake, TX, 76092 
• Dress warm (you will be outside for part of event)

Day of the event: 11/7 (Saturday)

**Dress warm (you will be outside for part of the event)

• Check in at the registration table inside of KOHL’s starting at 6:30am. You will receive a red volunteer t-shirt or green if you are Spanish-speaking bilingual and then given your volunteer placement. 
• 2 volunteers will be greeting and controlling traffic inside the store. 
• 2 volunteers will then help staff put together volunteer clipboards which will include store map, shopper worksheet (to keep track on money spent), and volunteer guidelines. 
• The partner agencies will verify family information and give them a wrist band indicating the dollar value that can be spent. From 1 = $100, 2 = $200, etc. The wristbands are only good for clothing, shoes, and essential items. We are staggering the times/number of people in the store at any given time. 
• Volunteers will be paired up with families by the check-out registers to go shopping. We are staggering the times/number of people in the store at any given time. 
• 3 Volunteers will be assigned to the book table, and 4 volunteers will be assigned to the shoe table where they will help the kids find the right shoes (which will be separated by boy/girl and sizes and there will be 2 volunteers at the backpack table. 
• Volunteers will also help with store recovery throughout the event- refold clothes, maintain the clothes racks and clean up as needed. 
• When you take your families to the check-out line after shopping, please let them know they are not able to leave the register to get additional items. This causes back-up of the registers. Have them be sure of what they choose/and know how much has been spent so they do not cause a delay. 
• Once families clear the cashier line, they will be directed to the book and shoe tables where they look for team members wearing blue t-shirts. 
• Do not stay in the check-out line with a family. Please get back in line to be paired with another family.