Volunteers are improving the world
Friends of Youngsville Library
Friends of Youngsville Public Library need volunteers to help with programs and community events. Activities include baking cookies, reading to preschool children, assisting children with summer story hour crafts, assembling envelopes for mailings, helping with the annual September book sale, distributing fliers, creating raffle baskets, and creating displays. Contact Friends co-presidents Ellie Dunn (563-7682) or Linda Engstrom (563-7763) or stop by the Youngsville Library during regular business hours and complete a Friends Volunteer Form.
Golden Living
Center Kinzua
If you would like to volunteer several hours a week we welcome you to join our dedicated team at Golden Living Center - Kinzua, 205 Water St. No experience is necessary. All you need is a desire to help our residents achieve an enjoyable quality of life. Some of the volunteer opportunities include: assisting with bingo, distributing mail to residents, assisting with crafts, helping with parties, reading to residents and helping them write letters. We are also always in need of individuals willing to share their talents, whether it be entertainment (singing, dancing, playing an instrument, etc.), or displaying your hobby. If you are interested in volunteering, please call Deb Lajoy at 726-0820.
Helping kids
Become a CASA volunteer and be rewarded with some of the most powerful and fulfilling experiences you can find. CASA is the only organization that empowers everyday citizens as appointed "friends of the court". Volunteers fit well with the court as the American Justice System is built on juries; a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law. In 1990 with the inclusion of the CASA Program in the Victims of Child Abuse Act, Congress affirmed the use of volunteers in our otherwise closed juvenile court systems and made provisions for the growth of our volunteer movement nationwide. Locally CASA of Warren and Forest Counties has 23 volunteers serving 23 children. Your involvement will make a direct impact on a child's life and perhaps generations to come. CASA of Warren and Forest Counties welcomes volunteers from all cultures, professions, ethnic and educational backgrounds. If you are interested in learning more about how you can help contact CASA of Warren and Forest Counties at 723-4434.
RSVP
Songs For Seniors: We are looking for a volunteer(s) who has a musical background to engage residents in local nursing homes and senior centers in music activities. This volunteer would accompany residents on the piano, singing their favorite songs and using rhythm instruments. RSVP will supply all of the instruments and sheet music as well as coordinate the nursing home/senior center schedule
Head Start Mentoring: Do you like to read to children? We are looking for several 'grandparent' mentors to do just that at each A Head Start classroom this year! Just an hour or two of your time each week can help these students-and you'll have fun as well. We'll reimburse your mileage and provide each Head Start classroom with great books.
Across Ages Mentors: We are in great need of mentors. If you have time to give, valuable skills to teach and experience to share, we need you. Please contact the RSVP office for more information.
Warren Manor: Volunteers are needed to help with the Soda Shop Thursday and Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. Volunteers are also needed for Wednesday afternoons for nail painting and a piano player for the kitchen band. Please contact Barb Sanford at 723-7060 or barb.sanford@warrenmanor.com for information. In addition, volunteers are needed to do a coffee break on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. for about an hour. The volunteers would be responsible for filling coffee pots and serving coffee along with reviewing and reading parts of the newspaper on Saturday.
Volunteer Ombudsman: Area Agency on Aging is in great need of volunteers who are interested to do a one day training and then visit a nursing home and/or personal care home on a weekly basis. The purpose of this program is for residents to share any concerns that they may have. Once that concern has been expressed, the volunteer must report it to a full-fledged Ombudsman at the Area Agency on Aging. Not only are you helping in ways that there may be concerns, but the residents also get friendly face on a weekly basis and from there friendships start to blossom.
American Cancer Society: Road to Recovery program- Long distance drivers are needed to take cancer patients to treatments and appointments. Trips are usually to Erie, Cleveland, Pittsburgh or Buffalo; days and times vary as needed. Office Volunteer- light office work on an as needed basis; days and times vary.
Volunteer Companions- a position for volunteers to serve homebound seniors at least twice a week throughout the year to provide companionship, conversation and possibly go on short outings or share a meal. Volunteer Companions may also help with grooming, light housekeeping, food preparation and correspondence during their visits. Training will be provided by staff from Experience's Care Management department as well as Hospice of Warren County. Mileage will be provided to Companions for their service for this new program.
Friendly Visitation- volunteers visit nursing home residents on a one-on-one basis. Volunteers will either be assigned to specific residents by the nursing home staff or will choose residents themselves. These visits may include such activities as reading or simple conversation.
RUOK Program- volunteers make daily telephone calls to homebound seniors from the Warren Senior Center to check on the senior's well-being and to engage in friendly conversation. Volunteers report any concerns to the senior center staff, including failure to answer the telephone.
Rouse Home- Volunteers are needed to help with the snack bar, visitations and to water plants.
Call RSVP for more information, 723-7751.
Warren General
A variety of opportunities are available in the Warren General Hospital Volunteer family.
Window Box Cafe: Table servers needed for breakfast and lunch. Work a two-hour shift in our cozy restaurant. This is a wonderful opportunity for friendly people who enjoy interaction and conversation with others.
Imaging Escort: Transport patients to and from their rooms by wheelchair or stretcher for x-rays, sonograms and other screening. These volunteers work closely with nursing and imaging staff. This position calls for an active and compassionate volunteer. Shifts vary from two to four hours.
Emergency Care Center Ambassador: These volunteers assist in our busy emergency room. They greet people as they enter the hospital, direct patients to registration, escort patients, communicate to the family as directed by staff, and generally provide concern, understanding and a listening ear for patients and their families.
Lifeline Installer: Learn to install home telephone equipment used in emergency situations. Installers drive throughout Warren County to serve our Lifeline clients. These volunteers help at-risk people to continue to live independently in their own homes. Mileage is reimbursed upon request.
Reception Desks: The hospital is always looking for volunteers for our outpatient, inpatient and one-day surgery desks. Duties vary but may include answering the telephone, greeting the public, delivering newspapers, mail or flowers and transporting patients by wheelchair.
For more information or an application, call Jodi Bevevino, director of volunteer services, at 723-4973 ext. 2022.
Red Cross
Could you save a loved one in the event of an emergency? What if you had that opportunity to make a difference in somebody's life? Would you do it? The Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross wants to give you that chance! We are looking for highly motivated individuals interested in becoming volunteer instructors in first aid/CPR/AED. You can make a difference. Your training could save a life. We need instructors who can teach day or evening ommunity courses, workplace classes and presentations. If you are interested, contact: Tera Darts, health and safety administrator, at the Warren County Chapter, 723-6000 or email arcwarrened@atlanticbbn.net.
Boy Scouts
The Chief Cornplanter Council, Boy Scouts of America, is seeking volunteers for many different capacities. If you're 21 or older and have some spare time and some tools, the Scouts can always use your help in general maintenance at their service center or at Camp Olmsted in Scandia. If you're a senior citizen and have some free time you can also help the Scouts with mailings, packets and other light clerical jobs. To volunteer, call the Betts Scout Service Center at 723-6700.
Sugar Grove
Sugar Grove Free Library needs volunteers to help with community events like fund-raisers and mailings, light cleaning and putting books away.
