The United Way Volunteer Action Center serves
as a community resource matching the skills and interests of volunteers with the
needs of non-profit agencies and others. VAC maintains a database of volunteer
opportunities listed by non-profit agencies in the top 26 counties of the
Panhandle. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, simply call
Desire' Mosteller at the United Way Volunteer Action Center by simply dialing 2-1-1, or
email
desire@unitedwayama.org.
BSA HOSPICE & LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER
BSA
Hospice & Life Enrichment Center are in need of volunteers.
Volunteers are needed year round. The minimum age requirement is 18 years of age. Life
is more precious when it is limited. BSA Hospice Volunteers help
patients live each moment as fully as possible. Volunteers are
there to offer compassionate caring and unconditional love. They
help light the pathway so that life’s final journey will be one of
dignity, grace and peace.
OUTstanding Amarillo
The
Youth and Adult Services of OUTstanding Amarillo are in need of
volunteers to help them with their services that are provided
throughout the Panhandle Area. Volunteers are needed for facility
upkeep, library maintenance, youth activities, setup/cleanup for
various events, host/participate in public discussions, coordinate
events, bookkeeping, legal issues, policy review, graphic design,
media & distribution, public relations, and advocacy.
Teen
Suicide prevention is OUTstanding Amarillo’s main goal. The work
they do impacts the Texas Panhandle in its entirety. No one is
afforded the opportunity to freely live their lives until everyone
is.
Downtown
Womens Center
Volunteers are
needed to serve as truck drivers for Thrift Town donation pick-ups
in Amarillo/Canyon area. CDL license and lifting not required. A
good driving record is required. Volunteers may volunteer 1 day a
week or more. The minimum age requirement is 18 years of age.
Thrift Town located
at 600 S.W. 10th is also in urgent need of Volunteers.
Thrift Town is the Downtown Women’s Centers’ main funding resource
for it residential and transitional housing programs. The minimum
age requirement is 18 years of age.
Lutheran Social
Services Foster Care & Adoption
Volunteers are
needed to help provide brief childcare for foster parents who have
to take other children to appointments and to provide childcare
during foster parent trainings. Volunteers are also needed to help
answer phones or do various office work. The minimum age
requirement is 20 years of age. Volunteers are needed Monday –
Friday from 9-4. Training is provided and community service
volunteers are accepted.
Volunteers will make
a positive impact on the lives of abused and/or neglected children
who have been placed into foster care, and on the foster parents
who provide these children a safer, secure, loving environment.
