Volunteer!
Problem-Solving Is Our Superpower!
You can become OUR hero by becoming a volunteer!
Give back by serving as a role model for young inventors!
There are so many volunteer opportunities within the Ohio Invention League’s programs. Whether volunteering with a group of fellow employees or as an individual, there are lots of fun and inspiring ways to help out!
Ohio Invention League offers a variety of in-person and virtual volunteer opportunities. Wherever you are in the country or even the world, YOU can support Ohio’s young inventors!
Mentors, competition judges, event volunteers, and professional educators are needed across the board!
Mentors:
There is nothing better than inspiring young minds to strive, realize, and achieve their personal best! Mentors make dreams possible!
Whether your area of expertise is in science, research, product development, engineering, business, intellectual property protection, manufacturing, marketing, sales, or finance, you can become a hero to OIL’s student inventors by becoming a mentor!
Mentoring Ohio Invention League student may include:
Virtual and in-person presentations about your area of expertise.
Small group sessions with students who are striving to solve problems and make innovations related to your area of expertise..
One-on-one mentorship with student inventors who are attending Invention Convention U.S. Nationals.
Judges:
Judging for Ohio Invention League’s Invention Convention can be one of the most rewarding ways to engage with invention education!
Anyone can be a judge at the Ohio Invention Convention State Finals! Our student inventors create innovations that solve problems in a variety of people’s lives – including problems that YOU may experience.
Whether you are a STEAM expert, a tradesworker, a stay-at-home parent, an educator, a marketing professional, an intellectual property attorney, a retail worker, a caretaker, a PhD, or graduate with a GED – we need YOUR lived experiences to help evaluate our students’ inventions!
The OIL team provides all volunteer judges with training prior to the Ohio Invention Convention State Finals event. We take the guesswork out of evaluating students by providing all judges with rubrics to score the student inventors!
Our judges find participating in the Ohio Invention Convention State Finals to be an incredibly rewarding experience! Most judges volunteer with us year after year!