HELPING HANDS

HELPING HANDS
Volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Services Agency, a United Way Agency, is a local resource for volunteer recruitment, placement and management for people of all ages in the Mahoning Valley. It sponsors three programs: the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, which helps people 55 and older use their life experience skills in their communities; Volunteer Service to Seniors, which provides assistance and companionship to the elderly living independently in their homes; and the Volunteer Center, which helps people of all ages connect with local nonprofit agencies that need volunteer assistance. For more information, call (330) 782-1220, or visit the VSS at 5500 Market St., Suite 106, Boardman, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
WILL YOU HELP?
Volunteer help is needed for these agencies:
Help Hotline Crisis Center: People needed to provide telephone crisis intervention, suicide prevention, information and referral. A new training class begins in February.
Fellows Riverside Gardens: Volunteers needed to staff the garden center library on weekends, especially Sundays. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to 5 p.m.
National Safety Council: People needed to help with light office works such as reception duties and filing.
K-9s for Compassion: Volunteers needed to help with light office work such as answering phones and home publishing. People also are needed to be available periodically for various fund-raising events.
Camp Fire USA: People needed to serve as board members.
Fish Samaritan Inc.: Volunteers needed to help in the store between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays.
Youngstown Radio Reading Service: People needed to do live reading and prerecording of magazines, newspapers and adult or children's books for use by those in the community with visual impairment.