Current Community Volunteer Opportunities
University of Virginia Medical Center Hospitality House
As part of National Volunteer Week 2008 (April 27 through May 3), U.Va.'s Medical Center is collecting food and personal hygiene items for its Hospitality House. The Hospitality House works to provide low-cost, compassionate lodging for adult patients and their families who must stay near the Medical Center during treatment. Collection sites include the Wahoo West Cafeterias and 400 Ray C. Hunt Drive in U.Va.'s Fontaine Research Park.
Also, on Friday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers are needed to prepare lunch and bake cookies for Hospitality House residents.
For more informaiton about these efforts contact Maria Synan at 982-4034.
Hope Village
Hope Village is an evening homeless shelter operated at Hope Community Center at 341 11th NW Street in the 10th and Page Neighborhood. The organization needs blankets, sleeping bags, and toiletries for those using the overnight shelter. For more information contact Lori Ann Strait at (434) 825-1404 or visit hopecommunitycenter.org.
Habitat Store
The Habitat Store accepts donations of new and salvaged building materials and home furnishings and then sells them to the general public at discount prices. All proceeds from the sales contribute to the construction of new Habitat homes in the Charlottesville community. The primary goal is to provide funding for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville. Habitat also works to make home maintenance more affordable for everyone and to promote responsible stewardship of our natural resources by diverting usable materials from the landfill.
The Store is open Tuesday-Friday, 10-6 and Saturday 9-5. Volunteers run the cash register, provide customer service, maintain and clean the store, process donations and organize the diverse merchandise.
www.cvillehabitatstore.org
The Paramount Theater
The Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville is seeking volunteers to perform such duties as ushering for public and educational performances, posting fliers about our programs, assisting in production, working in the box office, supporting the administrative office and help with processing ticket sales.
If interested, please fill out an application form and contact Ray Crider at (434) 979-1922, ext. 106.
Meals on Wheels
Due to an increase in demand for service, Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville/Albemarle is seeking volunteer drivers for both regular, weekly and substitute driving. Meals on Wheels is looking for volunteers ready to join the effort to reach out to those in need with a hot, noon-time meal.
Drivers, using their own cars, donate approximately 1.5 hours of time once a week, on a regularly scheduled weekday, from approximately 10:30 a.m. to noon. Often two volunteers share a route, delivering on alternating weeks.
Anyone interested in driving a delivery route or packing meals is invited to contact the Meals on Wheels at (434) 293-4364.
Computers4Kids
Feeling successful while using a computer can greatly enhance a child's self-esteem. You can contribute to a child's success by volunteering to be a Computers4Kids mentor. All it takes is basic computer knowledge and one to one-and-a-half hours per week to make an amazing difference in the life of a Charlottesville-area youth! For more information, click here.
Become a mentor at Computers4Kids. All it takes is one hour a week and basic computer skills. Mentor application.
Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company
The Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company needs men and women volunteers to serve as fire fighters, medical responders, divers/pump operators and support members. Free training is available. Join a team of highly committed people who respond to a wide range of emergency situations from medical calls to structure fire.
Since the call volume is relatively low, students can expect sufficient down time for studying. For those who do not have time for firefighter or EMT classes, but would still like to help as a support member, volunteers can be trained to help with a wide range of emergency scene logistics. For more information contact Jack Mellott at (434) 975-2202.
Shelter for Help in Emergency
Shelter for Help in Emergency is seeking volunteers for its Court Monitoring Program, which gives residents an opportunity to observe the workings of the legal system as it relates to domestic violence. Volunteers are trained to record criminal justice proceedings and to offer information and support to victims of domestic violence.
For more information contact Nicole Lloyd at (434) 963-4676.
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