Upcoming volunteer opportunities
| Thursday, Nov 19 2009 11:40 AM
Last Updated Thursday, Nov 19 2009 11:40 AM
American Red Cross is looking for office assistance volunteers. Workers are needed to answer phones and take messages, type, file and communicate with volunteers. Contact Jennifer Perfect, 324-6427 for more information.
San Joaquin Community Hospital needs volunteers to help with various tasks. Call Norma at 395-3000 for more information.
Delano Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers to help with its Christmas Parade, Tuesday, Dec. 1. Workers are needed to assist in registering and lining up parade entrants, and to help with parade control along the route. Registration begins at 5 p.m., with the parade scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Contact the Delano Chamber of Commerce at 725-2518.
American Legion Post 26 needs three or four volunteers who can help organize toys from 2 p.m. to approximately 9 p.m. on Dec. 21 for its annual Christmas party. Call Nathan, 323-5479 or 328-1415, to sign up.
Bakersfield Homeless Center is looking for volunteers to help with its "Adopt-a-Family" for the Christmas season. Individuals or groups can help those in need by providing food and toys to one of the Center's families. The deadline to sign up is Dec. 22. Contact Mary, 322-9199, ext. 118, if you can help.
Optimal Hospice Care is looking for hair stylist volunteers to create new "dos" for patients and/or their caregivers for the holidays. If you're available, call Karen, 716-4000, or e-mail her at kbudnick@optimalcares.com.
Operation: Soulwinner, Children's Network of Hope: Use your telephone skills to help Operation: Soulwinners collect toys, food and hot meals for kids for the holidays. Call Ray at 348-1002.
CALM needs volunteers to help at its "Holiday Lights" event from Nov. 29 to Dec. 30, from 5 to 10 p.m. each evening. Twenty-five to 30 volunteers are needed each night to serve as "trail elves" to give directions and assistance to visitors. Ticket takers are also needed each night. Orientation is at 5 p.m. each evening for new volunteers. Individual volunteers or organizations are welcome to serve one or more nights. All volunteers will receive a pass to return to the event on another evening to see the entire show. Refreshments will also be served. Contact Lana Fain at 871-1822 to sign up.
Jesus Shack needs volunteers to help with its "Kids Christmas" program. Volunteers are needed to help collect, sort and wrap gifts for distribution to kids from ages 1-12. Wrapping parties are scheduled for Dec. 10 and 11. Another two-day wrapping party will be scheduled, if needed. Call Gene or Kelly, 324-0638.
Home Instead Senior Care is looking for volunteers to help with its annual "Be a Santa to a Senior" program to make the holiday season more memorable for our senior citizens. Drivers are needed to pick up gifts from vendors beginning the first week in December. Wrappers will be needed at Glenwood Gardens Dec. 10, beginning at 6 p.m., to wrap the gifts. Please bring holiday paper, tape and scissors with you. More drivers will be needed Dec. 17-19 to help deliver the gifts to seniors in the community. Contact Debra or Patty, 321-3235.
For more volunteer opportunities, call the Volunteer Center of Kern County at 395-9787 or visit Volunteercenter.info.
