Volunteer Opportunities
We want to be involved in the community!
Tell us about your non-profit group. Include
the name, a short description of what you can do and how we can
help, and a contact's
name.
We
will post the information to this page and encourage our members
to fill the need. The Wooster YP already has a list of community
needs from these groups:
Stepping Stones Mentors Needed
Make a difference in the life of a youth by becoming a friend
and positive example. One hour a week is all that is needed to
provide encouragement to a youth to do their best in school and
personally. Stepping Stones youth are kids who have the potential
to do well in school but may not achieve their full potential
because of their environment.
Mentors are provided training and
ongoing support to be successful in their mentor role. You
stand to gain from the insights of
a young person, and helping them succeed is a great source
of satisfaction.
Others
are helping, will you? Please contact
Phyllis Jones, Youth Mentoring Coordinator, Stepping
Stones, 330-264-8498, ext. 248 for more information.
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Meals on Wheels of Stark and Wayne Counties
Volunteers
are the lifeblood of Meals
on Wheels. With over 2,000 meals
needing to be delivered daily, please help us help our
neighbors. Deliveries are Monday to Friday each week beginning
at 10:45 a.m. From start to finish, a delivery route only takes
90 minutes and
flexible scheduling is an option. You can volunteer
once a week or once a month.
Training
is provided and mileage reimbursements are available. Routes
are
run throughout Stark and Wayne Counties.
Contact Mary
Marshall, developer of volunteers,
if you are interested in helping.
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Treasures By the Pound
The
Wayne County Humane Society's downtown pet boutique, Treasures
By the Pound, is looking for in-store volunteers and people to
help with the business's
Web site. Anyone interested in helping can contact Marilyn
Dittoe.
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio
Big
Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Community-Based Mentoring program
needs volunteers who are able to spend at least four hours per
month spending time with a child.Potential
"Bigs" are screened and interviewed to determine the best available
"Little" to be matched with.
Matches
can choose activities based on common interests, hobbies, community
events or agency sponsored
events. Being a Big Brother or Big Sister (or Couple Bigs,
with your spouse) is not about spending money or being Superman
or Mother Theresa. It's about being a friend, sharing some time,
having conversations, and learning together. Check out the group's
Website.
In
addition to Wayne County, Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central
Ohio also serves, Tuscarawas, Holmes, Carroll and Harrison Counties.
Interested YP members can call 888-364-5965. The group's work
is as simple as putting a friend in a child's life and as essential
as putting
some hope in a child's future.
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Closet
of Hope at Children's Services of Wayne County
Closet
of Hope at Children's Services needs toddler size clothes for
girls and boys. Sizes 2T and 5T have run out completely.
The group is always happy to take in gently used or like
new items that have been freshly laundered. Shirts, pants, sweatshirts/pants,
and pajamas are the biggest need.
Also, Closet of Hope's stock of pajamas ranging in sizes from
18 months to pre-teen sizes 14/16 no longer
exists.
Any questions you may have can be directed to Kelly
Brunn,
volunteer at Children Services of Wayne County, 330-264-9284.
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Learn
'N Play of Wayne County
Learn
'N Play of Wayne County is looking for
board members to provide leadership and direction to the entire
child-care center organization. A board member is asked to make
suggestions, recommendations and decisions toward
the efficient
operations of
the center.
Interested
YP members can e-mail Learn
'N Play of Wayne County or call 330-263-9139.
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