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Volunteer Opportunities
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Special Events |
Clubs and Orgs
Ongoing
Volunteer Opportunities
AGING AND THE ELDERLY
Share your talents with the elderly!
Volunteers are needed at L-C Valley Nursing homes and care facilities to
visit with and entertain residents. Help with letter writing, take walks,
read, do arts and crafts, etc.
Idaho Veteran's Home
- Serve those who have served out country; volunteers needed for visits and
activities. Individuals or organizations can Adopt-a-Vet and
honor them with cards or gifts on holidays
and birthdays.
Burrell St. & Millcreek Apts. - Assist senior
citizens with basic computer skills.
ANIMALS
Lewis-Clark
Animal Shelter
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TRAINING PROVIDED!! Provide attention and care to animals!
Socialize cats and dogs. Grooming and other care as necessary.
BUSINESS / RETAIL
The Habitat Store -
Gain valuable retail experience! Volunteers needed mornings and afternoons.
Jack O'Connor Center -
Contribute to Hunter's and Wildlife education! Decorate classrooms, inventory,
or help implement multimedia in the classroom. Volunteers are also needed too.
BUSINESS CLERICAL
Lewis - Clark Animal
Shelter - 'WALL
OF FAME' 2-3 Volunteers with artistic talent to work as a team to design
and create a wall to commemorate "Kennel Sponsors.
Lewiston Civic Theatre - Design sets,
work backstage during performances with lighting and sound.
ADVERTISING & FUNDRAISING
Put on a fundraiser to support your
favorite local charity or organization! Contact the LCSC
Volunteer Center for ideas and support!
CARPENTRY & CONSTRUCTION
Interlink
- Build wheelchair ramps, install grab
bars/hand held shower heads, build entry steps, patch cracks in concrete
driveways, & other miscellaneous jobs.
Habitat For Humanity
- New homes being built beginning Spring 2009! Volunteers needed!
TUTORING & MENTORING
Lewis - Clark Early Childhood Program / Head Start
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Classroom
volunteers needed in Lewiston & Clarkston &
surrounding areas. Tutor and mentor at-risk students!
Whitman Elementary School
- Help Children develop reading skills! Several Volunteers needed
for in-classroom help.
YWCA After School Program
- Tutor homeless and at-risk children children
in math, reading, and other subjects.
Boys and Girls Club -
Be a Big Brother or Sister! Have fun mentoring youth with activities in the Games
Center, Gym, Teen Center, or Education Center.
KITCHEN HELP
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen -
Volunteers needed to prepare, serve food, and clean up. This is a great
group activity!
Idaho Veteran's Home
-
Volunteers to help in the Canteen. 4
hours shifts during the hours 8:30 am - 4 pm.
SOCIAL WORK
OCCUPATIONS
YWCA - Crisis Line volunteers
needed to
work from home phone or cell phone. Training Provided!!
CASA - Be a Court Appointed Special
Advocate for a child in need! This position requires a time commitment of 10
hours per month for at least a year. A great opportunity for Social Work
Students!
St. Vincent de Paul -
Consult with clients to determine their
needs whether it's basic needs or finding community
resources.
Special Events
ADOPT A VET
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The Veterans
Home needs volunteers to remember a vet with cards, gifts, and special visits.
An opportunity to serve those who have served our country!
JACK O' CONNOR
CENTER
- Design
and paint the education room in a theme keeping with the
museum's mission.
JACK O' CONNOR CENTER
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DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS! Use
your creativity and skills in designing lesson plans, visual aids, and other
teaching tools about wild life and hunting.
JACK
O' CONNOR CENTER-
CREATE A HANDS ON CHILDREN'S CENTER! Use your talents to develop a
children's learning center with hands on activities related to hunting and
animals.
JACK
O' CONNOR CENTER -
Develop hunter training programs
for children.
Clubs and Organization Group Opportunities
If
your campus club or organization would like to arrange a
volunteer or community service activity, or for more
information, contact Community Warriors coordinator,
Lindsey Davies
at 792-2194.
Idaho
Fish and Game -
ADOPTION PROGRAM
Your group can adopt a cabin or recreational access on Craig
Mountain to care for on your own time.
Habitat Store
If
you're looking for experience in retail, the Habitat Store
is the way to get it. Volunteers will be involved with
the daily operation of the store including sales, displaying
merchandise, receiving and picking up donations, and general
office duties. Hours of operation are Wednesday
through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Habitat
Store resells surplus and donated building materials and
furniture. The funds raised will be used to build an
additional two to four houses each year.
BLOOD DRIVES
Clubs
and organizations are needed to sponsor Red Cross blood
drives on campus. Duties include publicizing the drive and
recruiting volunteers and donors. Red Cross provides
comprehensive "how to" materials to make the job easy.
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen
The Soup Kitchen provides free
meals on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Volunteers are needed
to help prepare and serve meals and clean up. Food prep shifts run from 3:30
until 5 p.m., serving shifts are from 5 until 6 p.m. and clean up runs from 5:30
until 6:30.
Habitat for Humanity
Get your
club together and spend a day helping make a low-income
family's dream a reality. New Habitat for Humanity homes
are currently being built in the Lewiston area. Volunteers
are needed to help with all phases of homebuilding including
framing walls, painting, installing windows and doors and
everything in between.
FIRST
BOOK-LCSC
First
Book-LCSC provides free books to disadvantaged children in
the area served by LCSC. Sign up your organization to serve
on the Campus Advisory Board, review and award book grants,
publicize the program and plan and conduct fundraising.
Interlink Volunteers - Faith in
ActioN
Interlink's mission to enable senior citizens and others to
live independently in their own homes. They do this by
building wheelchair ramps, installing handrails and fixing
stairs, doing yard work, providing minor home repair and
light housekeeping. They are also recruiting
volunteers to provide "friendly visiting" to local seniors.
lc vALLEY cIRCLES
- Recycle
aluminum cans or other metal scraps for Circle members to
help pay for gas.
Didn't find what you're looking for?
We'll
help you find the volunteer opportunity that's right for
you.
Call
Lindsey Davies at 792-2194 or
e-mail
lldavies@lcsc.edu.
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