PTO Volunteer Opportunities
| Volunteer Opportunity | Description | Timing | More Info / Sign-up |
| Popcorn for Randall Students | Each Friday, come pop popcorn for Randall Students to help them celebrate another week of learning! | 7:30 AM on Friday mornings for roughly 2 hours (if we have two volunteers) | SignUpGenius |
| Randall Fall Planting Party | Come help our community enjoy the beeautiful Randall garden! We need one person to help hand out food. | 9/27 – from 12:45-3:15 | SignUpGenius |
| Randall Fall Planting Party – Food Donation | Drop off a food item for our community to enjoy at the fall planting party | 9/27 – 12:30 Drop Off | SignUpGenius |
| Fall Costume Playdate | Help pour cider and hand out popcorn to students as they show off costumes and play on the Franklin Playground | 10/26 – 1 hr shifts from 10:15-11:15 or 11:15-12:15 | SignUpGenius |
| School Directory | Help coordinate with teachers and families to get all directory information updated | 5 hours starting late September through mid October | SignUpGenius |
| Randall Picture Day & Make Up Day | Help coordinate students for picture day or help on te makup day. Note that this requires level 2 volunteer status | 10/7 from 7:30-11:45 (two 2.25 hour shifts) and 11/13 from 7:30-10 | SignUpGenius |
| Grants Committee | Support our grants program by reviewing grant submissions and providing recommendations to the PTO on who to fund | 5 hours in later November/early December | SignUpGenius |
| UW Football | Come help park cars or clean up the day after football games. The money we make from this funds most of the PTO budget for the year. | 3 hour shifts on game days and clean up the day after | SignUpGenius |
Franklin & Randall Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers help our school community achieve great things! If you’re interested in chaperoning field trips, volunteering in your child’s classroom, supervising recess or helping out at your child’s school, you will need to receive MMSD volunteer approval. All volunteers must complete the district required process (background check and trainings) before beginning to volunteer. You can review the steps and begin this process at MMSD’s Volunteer page.
These opportunities require level 2 volunteer approval.
| Volunteer Opportunity | Description | More Info / Sign-up |
| Randall Lunch/Recess Help | Please fill out the excel spreadsheet with your availability (days of the week and frequency) or to be considered for ad-hoc opportunities. | Please fill out the spreadsheet with your availability (days of the week and frequency) or to be considered for ad-hoc opportunities. |
| Help in the Randall LMC | We need your help checking in/out books, shelving, processing new books (putting on labels), putting up bulletin boards, helping students with projects, as well as finding books; and helping with special events we sponsor | Contact Gabrielle Sharrock |
Event and Committee Opportunities
Outside of the PTO roles, we are looking for a few different event/committee leads and volunteers. Please reach out to franklinrandallptoboard@googlegroups.com if you are interested in any of these or would like to learn more.
| Role | Brief Description | Timing | Time Commitment |
| PTO Co-Volunteer Coordinator | We are looking for a Co-Volunteer coordinator to help with managing all the amazing volunteers that make our events happen. This would be someone that could learn this year and take over for the 2026-2027 school year as the lead. This is an awesome role for someone that wants to get involved in the PTO and wants to work on things on their own schedule. | 2025-2026 & 2026-2027 School Year | 3-4 hours a month |
| Glow Ball Committee | Want to help put on the beloved Glow Ball? We need committee members to attend meetings and coordinate projects under the direction of the Glow Ball Lead. | Dec 2025 – Feb 2026 | 1-2 hours per week, with more hours needed leading up to the day of the Glow Ball |
| Glow Ball Volunteers | Help put on the Glow Ball, a much beloved event! We need monitors, volunteers to sell concessions and tickets, hat sewers, and more! | Feb 2026 | 0-5 hours per week, with more hours needed leading up to the day of the Glow Ball |
| Teacher Appreciation Lunch – Randall | Bring food to our Teacher Appreciation Event to help celebrate our amazing teachers and staff. | April 2026 | 1-3 hours, week of event |
| Teacher Appreciation Lunch – Franklin | Bring food to our Teacher Appreciation Event to help celebrate our amazing teachers and staff. | April 2026 | 1-3 hours, week of event |
| End of School Picnic Lead | Coordinate the end of school year picnic at Brittingham Park with PEG groups – Ice Cream – Water – Volunteers – Ice | June 2026 | 1-3 hours coordinating 3 hours setting up day of |
| Kindergarten Playdate Coordinator | Coordinate playdates for incoming Kindergartners at the Franklin Playground! You will have support from Franklin Staff and PTO Committee Members. | Light work beginning in June – attend playdates in August | 0.5 hours per week in the Summer leading up to playdates; attend 4 1-hour playdates throughout August |
| Randall Garden Care | Care for Randall’s Garden! Volunteers are needed for watering, re-filling birdseed, weeding, and other gardening tasks as needed! | May – September 2026 | Weekly Commitment, but volunteers can alternate – you don’t need to commit for the entire Summer / Fall |