Help out at scheduled activities and programs. Individuals and Groups are needed to assist with scheduled activities and programs. (Specificschedules are published in our monthly newsletter.) Volunteers help by assisting and socializing withprogram participants. Volunteers may also assiststaff members by serving food, setting up, cleaning upand/or supervising portions of the activity.

Sponsor an activity or program. Sponsors help arrange and plan for a specific activity or program. This may or may not include providing supplies, entertainment or food. Ideas include, but are not limited to:

Teach a skill and/or provide class instruction to program participants. (Subject to scheduling restrictions) If you have a skill you would like to share, we may be able to use your help.

Class ideas:

music food preparation sign language art sewing foreign language

gardening first aid reading health money skills

writing fitness outdoor skills anger management community awareness

recreation crafts dancing sports personal care

Organize a scavenger hunt or collection for needed program supplies.

Needed Items:

craft supplies sports equipment food

goodies & snacks art supplies seasonal items

kitchen equipment paper products birthday gifts

games activity packets

Collect Aluminum for our recycling program.

Organize and/or sponsor a special event.

Ideas:

yard sale car wash concert walk-a-thon fair

Organize a group to help out with a service project.

Ideas:

yard work landscaping painting building clean up

building decoration woodworking building repair and maintenance

Help us with program fund raising. We are in need of qualified volunteers who can help us with grant writing, contacting donors, and coordinating special events.

Help out with other program needs.

a. Interior Building Painting.requires some skill or experience (hallway, front entry & rear entry).
b. Produce a Video about our program.
c. Update / Re-do our Program Brochure.
d. Write an Employee Policies and Procedures Manual.
e. Organize a group participation fundraiser.
f. Take photographs of programs and participants. Create a Photo Essay.
g. Create Art to be displayed at our building. (Paintings, Sculpture, etc.)
h. Write Grants.
i. Develop a volunteer recruiting and training program.
j. Organize an Awareness Fair.
k. Help set up an Accounting/Bookkeeping program.
l. Provide a health-screening clinic. (i.e.: vision, hearing, etc.)
m. Write a Human Interest Article for the newspaper.
n. Set up a Computer Web Site.
o. Teach Computer skills.
p. Decorate our building for an upcoming holiday or special event.
q. Donate small gifts to be given out to program participants for their birthdays.
r. Make seasonal or generic "goodie bags" that can be distributed to program participants.
s. Collect Christmas gifts that can be given out to program participants.
t. Install a cement pad (and pavilion if possible) for picnic tables in our park.
u. Install lighting for our main entrance and walkway.
v. Anything Else?.The sky is the limit.
w. Bike-a-thon, Run, Walk, Bowling, Rodeo, Intercollegiate Competition, Concert, Dance, etc.

Help out with one of the items on our wish list.

a. Trees for our building grounds and park.
b. Dishwasher for our kitchen (must be approved for commercial use).
c. Outdoor Sports equipment.
d. Indoor Sports equipment and Games.
e. Cement pad (and pavilion if possible) for picnic tables in our park.
f. Durable picnic tables for our park area.
g. Room Dividers.So that our large room can be used as several smaller spaces.
h. Large BBQ grill.
i. Office equipment and supplies.
j. Computer support.
k. Landscaping for building grounds.
l. Detail cleaning for our vans.
m. Kitchen Remodeling.
n. Lighting for our flag and flagpole.
o. Carpet and upholstery cleaning.
p. Paint lines in parking lot.
q. Parking carport or covered area for van parking.
r. Riding lawnmower and/or donation of lawn service.

Help with ongoing program needs.

a. Stamps (first class postage, postcard postage, oversize postage)
b. Basic Office Supplies (Copy paper, pens, notepads, tape refills, paperclips)
c. Craft Supplies (glue, scissors, acrylic paint, supplies for specific projects, paper)
d. Food (canned fruits & vegetables & meat, snack foods, cake mixes, pasta, rice)
e. Dinnerware, Paper & Plastic Products (plates, utensils, cups, bowls, napkins, toilet paper, foil, trash bags, plastic wrap, food bags)

Any other ideas? Call us! (374-8074)