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Fighting hunger, feeding hope: Second Harvest brings community resources together to feed people in need through empowerment, education and partnerships

. Second Harvest needs 30 volunteers for Give a Day - Get a Disney Day Volunteer Program at Second Harvest. Help the Hungry Warehouse Sort Groups occur every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Second Harvest warehouse located at 1234 E. Front Avenue. Volunteers must register for these events by visiting out Web site at 2- harvest.org and click on Volunteer Your Time. Directions: From Trent and Hamilton, continue east on Trent until you see the Union Gospel Mission on the right. At that intersection (Trent and Denver) turn right on Denver and go down one long block to Second Harvest. We are the white building with the green railing. Duties will include volunteers will help sort and box produce, food drive items, dry pasta and/or frozen vegetables. Additional information: Volunteers helping at our Warehouse nights will qualify for our Give a Day - Get a Disney Day and earn a one day voucher to Disneyland or Disneyworld Please visit our Web site at 2- harvest.org and click on Volunteer Your Time to learn more. For more information, please contact Julie Moyer Nesbitt at jnesbitt@2-harvest.org or 509-252-6242.

Volunteer Art Instructor: Lead one-hour, weekly arts and crafts classes for Veterans at the Spokane VA Medical Center.  Supplies will be provided.   Please contact Llewelyn at JohnsonL@SpokaneRedCross.org for more information.

 Volunteer Veterans History Project Recorder: Interview and record veteran's stories and create DVDs for the veteran's families as well as for the national archive.  Please contact Llewelyn at JohnsonL@SpokaneRedCross.org for more information.

 Personal Disaster Preparedness Instructor: Teach one-hour personal disaster preparedness classes to youth.  All training will be provided.  Please contact Llewelyn at JohnsonL@SpokaneRedCross.org for more information.

The mission of Spokane Symphony Associates is to support the Spokane Symphony Orchestra through community outreach, education and fundraising.The jobs they need assistance with are as follows: Event Coordination, Marketing and Public Relationsand will be supervised by President/Administrative Assistant. Their office is open 9am-3pm daily and they are located at (818 W. Riverside, Spokane).  If interested, please contact Char Wyatt at CharWyatt@spokanesymphony.org or 458-8733 or Jennifer Ogden at 747-3930. Also to learn more information, please visit their website  at spokanesymphonyassoc.org.

The mission of Lilac Services for the Blind (located at 1212 North Howard Street Spokane, WA 99201) is to provide blind and visually- impaired people with the training and adaptive devices that will allow them to live satisfying lives by restoring, maintaining, or increasing their independence. We need help with filing, packing and preparing for shipping adaptive devices for the blind, help on newsletters, help creating brochures, help on mailings, and more specific help if you have the skills. If interested please contact Mathew Plank at 509-328-9116 or mathewp@lilacblind.org. Also to learn more information please visit www.lilacblind.org

Riverview Retirement Community is in need of a student or a group of students to come down to their facilities and offer computer assistance to the residents at their community.  Usually this means fairly simple tasks, such as helping with email accounts, etc.  They are looking for a regular commitment during the week, up to 5 hours each week but will definitely be flexible and take less.

If interested please contact Kathy Campbell at (509) 482-8181

St. Joseph's, which is only 0.5 miles from the Gonzaga campus, is looking for volunteers to help rake up its three acres of land.  We hope to make a work party that would work for a few hours on a given weekend. Date/time are flexible; it would be ideal for a club looking to fulfill its community service hour requirement!   Please contact the Facility Coordinator (Vince) at 509-953-0807 to make arrangements.

We already have your local blood center prepared to do the drive, but a student or student organization would to sponsor it on campus. It would take place on March 31^st, or close to it.  For now, we just need to identify the student or student organization.  Then as the date comes closer, the student organizer would help promote the drive in collaboration with the blood center. Last year we had 42 universities participate, and we would like to include your campus during our 2010 national campaign.  The students receive great experiential education and the Top 10 campuses receive a plaque, and the winner receives a great big Trophy as well as a big pizza party. But most importantly, your students obtain the experience and ability to save lives.  Come March 31^st, thousands of college students will be donating blood in unison during our national event. It truly is very exciting.  Last year's launch event, was already one of the largest national campaigns ever for the American Red Cross and America's Blood Centers. We'd really like your campus to participate.

For more information, please visit http://www.migrantstudents.org/servicelearning.html or contact Glen G. Galindo (CAMPAA - MigrantStudents.org which is located at 1725 NE Upper Drive, Pullman, WA 99163) at  509.368.7132 gggalindo@MigrantStudents.org

Empowering, Inc Mission is to promote, protect and preserve the inherent rights of children to learn through self directed play and rich experiential games and activities.  Empowering, Inc. reaches out to educate community members to be kind, gentle and safe facilitators who intentionally mentor our future leaders:  children.

Title: Play Librarian Volunteer

The Play Librarian Volunteer provides support for the general maintenance of the Empowering, Inc. Library of Experiential Education. Assist patrons with searches for library materials and resources. Track overdue, missing, lost, and damaged library materials. Catalog incoming library materials and update library information as required. Conduct periodic inventories of existing library materials. Organize bookshelves and game bins for ease of use by patrons. 

Title: Skipping Stones Publication Volunteer

The Skipping Stones Publication Volunteer provides support for the production of Empowering, Inc.'s publication, Skipping Stones. Collaborate with agency staff to determine publication topics. Conduct quality research using appropriate resource avenues. Draft and/or edit Skipping Stones publication materials. Print and fold Skipping Stones publication materials. Replenish the Skipping Stones wall rack.

Title: Game Research Volunteer

The Game Research Volunteer assists in researching games for use in the Fabulous Facilitator Game Database. Research games for use by patrons of the Empowering, Inc. Library. Gather appropriate experiential props for games using a series of appropriate avenues. Create instructions for game use. Assist in making games available in the Fabulous Facilitator Game Database.

Title: Kit Development Volunteer

The Kit Development Volunteer assists in the development and maintenance of game kits for use by therapists working with children and families. Collaborate with agency staff to determine Kit ideas for the Empowering, Inc. Library. Collect kit making materials through several appropriate avenues. Create instruction documents for kit use. Replenish kit materials for continued use.

Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program needs: Story Time Readers: In need of volunteers to read to children in kindergarten classrooms. Bookdriver: In need of volunteers to organize and/or assist with book drives for new children's books. Transporter Chiefs: Drop off and/or pick up book bins from books drives. Event Promotion: Deliver and/or distribute posters, bookmarks, and other promotional materials. Public Relations: Write press releases and/or public service announcements for book drives and community events Office Support: Help us with various office projects such as data entry and book sorting. Graphic Designers: Need help designing different promotional materials for events. Recruitment/Community Cultivation: Recruit local businesses to help us in our cause for specific community event fundraisers.

Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program is located at 2424 E. Riverside Spokane, WA 99202. For more information please contact either Carrie Brown and Tameka Dunlap at 509-536-1696 or email them at cbrown@pageahead.org or tdunlap@pageahead.org. Also visit their website at www.pageahead.org.

Second Harvest Inland Northwest (located 1234 E. Front Avenue) needs 15-30 volunteers every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9AM till Noon and 1PM till 4PM to assist with repacking bulk food items into consumer sized packages and boxing them in preparation for delivery to the hungry in our community.

Due to safety guidelines, no open toed shoes are allowed in the warehouse. Please wear a light jacket as the warehouse can be cool. Groups must be scheduled with Julie Nesbitt, Manager of Volunteer Resources at 252-6242 or email jnesbitt@2-harvest.org. Also for more information, please visit 2-harvest.org.

Sister Irene Knopes is looking for 3-4 volunteers to help with childcare at St. Joseph's 10:30-12:00 and 12:15-1:45 masses.  The 10:30-12:00 time is with 2 or 3 children approx 3 years of age while mother teaches. The 12:15 time slot is with many children whose parents attend a Spanish-speaking Mass. Some volunteers may want to one or the other, or both.

Please contact Sister Irene at 328-4841 or stjoeondean@aol.com to get involved.  St. Joseph's is very close to campus ( 1503 W. Dean Ave.).

The Spokane Law Enforcement Museum (www.evooa.org/SPLEM) exists to collect, preserve, and display artifacts of law enforcement history in the Spokane Region and teach through education a respect for the judicial system of our country by exhibiting the history of law enforcement since its beginnings here.

We need volunteers to assist in the computerized inventory of the museum and to help with displays and guided tours, to act as hosts, and answer telephones and questions. To work as a liaison with the Historic Monuments Committe and the Spokane History Book Committee in doing original research at the MAC Museum and the Northwest Room. Do interviews and oral histories, computer work with typing, scanning and formatting. Do tours of the Hallways of History downtown at the Public Safety Building and assist with special functions and dedications of the historical monuments.

In addition, we need volunteers to assist with genealogical research to help locate family members of those being honored by monuments and sidelights in history articles. 

To get involved, contact Rae Anna Victor at 509-892-6945 or raeannav@comcast.net.

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Lilac Services for the Blind

Lilac Services for the Blind is a service aimed at providing services and equipment that allows the blind and visually impaired to maintain their independence and continue living full and active lives. They provide in-home independent living instruction, adaptive aids, adaptive computer training, Braille services, support groups, low-vision equipment and counseling for clients and their families. Lilac Services for the Blind is looking for one occasional need volunteer starting as soon as possible. Lilac Services for the Blind is in desperate need of a TV/Media student to edit some TV commercials we filmed with Academy-Award winning actress Patty Duke. Volunteer is needed ASAP. For more information, please contact Matthew Plank at 509.328.9116 or at 509.599.5276 or by email at mathewp@lilacblind.org .

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Lilac Services for the Blind

Lilac Services for the Blind is a service aimed at providing services and equipment that allows the blind and visually impaired to maintain their independence and continue living full and active lives. They provide in-home independent living instruction, adaptive aids, adaptive computer training, Braille services, support groups, low-vision equipment and counseling for clients and their families. Lilac Services for the Blind is looking for one consistent need volunteer starting as soon as possible . Hours are about 2 - 4 hours a week. Job description includes: web page updating, Internet information searches, and graphic design. For more information, please contact Matthew Plank at 509.328.9116 or at 509.599.5276 or by email at mathewp@lilacblind.org .

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Lilac Services for the Blind

Lilac Services for the Blind is a service aimed at providing services and equipment that allows the blind and visually impaired to maintain their independence and continue living full and active lives. They provide in-home independent living instruction, adaptive aids, adaptive computer training, Braille services, support groups, low-vision equipment and counseling for clients and their families. Lilac Services for the Blind is looking for two consistent volunteers from August of 2009 to May 2010 (or September 2009 to May 2010) with a possible extension if available (2 - 10 hours a week). Lilac Blind Services is seeking two students to help on the 2010 Annual Golf Tournament. This is a great opportunity to learn hands- on event management and organizational skills and experience. For more information, please contact Matthew Plank at 509.328.9116 or at 509.599.5276 or by email at mathewp@lilacblind.org .

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Lilac Services for the Blind

Lilac Services for the Blind is a service aimed at providing services and equipment that allows the blind and visually impaired to maintain their independence and continue living full and active lives. They provide in-home independent living instruction, adaptive aids, adaptive computer training, Braille services, support groups, low-vision equipment and counseling for clients and their families. Lilac Services for the Blind is looking for one consistent need volunteer from August of 2009 to May 2010 with a possible extension if available (various hours ). The volunteer is asked to write stories that can be submitted to magazines, newspapers, newsletters, or that can be posted on websites/web pages. Excellent editing skills is a must. For more information, please contact Matthew Plank at 509.328.9116 or at 509.328.9116 or by email at mathewp@lilacblind.org .

www.lilacblind.org

1212 N. Howard St. Spokane, WA 99201

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Consistent volunteers will assist in sorting food, stocking shelves and processing donations. Volunteers will also interact with participants by helping them shop in the food bank. Volunteering will take place Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm and Wednesday 9:00am-7:00pm

For more information please contact Leslie Rogers at leslie.rogers@usw.salvationarmy.org or by phone at 509.329.2721

The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and it's complications through the support of research.

We currently need volunteers to help with event planning & promotion, public relations, working directly with donors, board members, volunteers. Dates/times are flexible and vary based on current need.

For more information visit www.jdrf.org or contact KC England at 509-459-6307 or via email at kengland@jdrf.org .

Teen Closet is a speciality boutique that offers free high end clothing to foster teens. Our goal is to Help boost the self esteem of teenagers in foster care, by providing fashionable clothing and accessories of their choice.

Working for Teen Closet would be a fun volunteer opportunity. For the most part you are inside, get to look through some cute clothes, you can even pick out some outfits to display on the walls, and during the rummage sale all volunteers can have first dibs on the items they want to buy.

For more information visit www.teencloset.org or contact Andrea Flatley at 509-534-1151 or via email at andreaf@kxly.com .

We are currently looking for volunteers to assist the Opportunity Center (OC) Coordinator with teaching basic computer skills (advanced word, excel, publisher). and assist in marketing the OC to the public. We can work with your school schedule and the needs of the computer lab.

For more information visit www.ywca.org/spokane or contact Jacque Murdock at 509.326.1190 ext 130 or via e-mail at JacqueM@ywcaspokane.org .

We are currently looking for volunteers for our youth mentoring program The Link. Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday from 3:00pm to 5:30pm for the 5 to 12 year olds and Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30pm to 8:30pm for the teenagers. Volunteers will gain experience working with children ages 5 to 17. Volunteers will facilitate games and activities, sports and recreation, provide homework assistance and mentor the youth.

Volunteers must be at least 18 years old with a passion for serving kids. All volunteers must successfully pass a criminal background check.

For more information contact Dave McConkey at (509) 499-3356 or via e-mail at dave.mcconkey@usw.salvationarmy.org .

We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with Nursery Care during our Sunday morning ministries. Volunteers are needed Sundays from 9:30 am to 12:45pm. Volunteers will gain experience working with toddler-aged children and serve as a huge support to the Salvation Army's Sunday morning ministries. Many single parents would not be able to attend these services without this child-care.

Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and of Christian faith. All volunteers must successfully pass a criminal background check.

For more information contact Dave McConkey at (509) 499-3356 or via e-mail at dave.mcconkey@usw.salvationarmy.org .

We are currently looking for volunteers to assist us with our Sally's House Emergency Foster Care program. Volunteers will gain experience working with children ages 2 to 12 by facilitating games and activities, providing homework assistance, assist with cleaning and laundry as well as interact with the foster care system under the supervision of Sally's House Staff.

Volunteers are needed daily (Monday through Sunday) for shifts of varying length (this is a 24-hour program, 365 days a year). Volunteers must be 21 years of age or older with a passion for serving kids. All volunteers must pass a criminal background check.

For more information contact Becky Hoogstad at (509) 329-2722 or via e-mail at rebecca.hoogstad@usw.salvationarmy.org .

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Sacred Heart Parish

Our goal is to educate children about our Catholic faith. We are currently looking for volunteers to assist with our Sunday school program for children within the parish from preschool to 6th graders. The program occurs every Sunday from 9:30 to 10:45am.

For more information contact Janet Maucione at (509) 838-3865 or at janetmauc@comcast.net

Reach for the future exists to motivate and empower children from low-income neighborhoods in Spokane County to reach their educational and career goals by providing a long-term program of mentoring, tutoring, enrichment, and tuition assistance for higher education. We are currently looking for volunteers to help with tutoring, assistance with special projects, field trips, art athletics, etc.

A reach for the future volunteer is responsible for helping students improve, maintain, and excel in an identifies academic and/or learning skills area. We ask that if you decide to volunteer as a tutor that you commit to volunteering once a week for one academic semester. Other volunteer opportunities may not require a once a week commitment.

For more information contact Lauren Umbdenstock at (509) 489-0742 or at lauren_reach@yahoo.com

Our mission is to foster the development of the whole person, to promote growth within the family and help create a healthy community. We currently need volunteers for data entry and verification, and also to assist with the implementation of The Franciscan Place Department marketing.

For more information visit www.stjosephfamilycenter.org or contact Sharon Eklund at (509) 483-6495 or at seklund@stjosephfamilycenter.org