HOW YOU CAN HELP
VOLUNTEERS
NEW MEXICO PHILHARMONIC is seeking volunteers. You have opportunities to volunteer at concerts, fundraising events, help with office work or other. There is not a time requirement to get involved, but we do hope you will enjoy the music and activities and become an active volunteer. For information, email guild@NMPhil.org.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE & HISTORY is seeking volunteers. Learn more about available opportunities at the upcoming information session on Dec. 15, 2018, 1:30-4 p.m. Location details provided with RSVP. Pre-registration by Dec. 10 is required for the session. Call 245-2137, ext. 122, or email Jdavis@nuclearmuseum.org. of dedicated and committed volunteers to further our mission of “eliminating hate and intolerance one mind at a time.” The museum, located at 616 Central SW, is staffed almost exclusively by volunteers. The days and hours of operation are Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The ideal volunteer can commit to one 4.5hour shift to work the front desk, greet visitors, schedule group visits and answer questions. The museum also needs a staff of volunteers on an “as needed basis” to be docents, educators in our outreach program, librarians, archivists and assistants for special functions and fundraising projects. Volunteer training is provided and work schedules are flexible. For information, visit nmholocaustmuseum.org/volunteer.php and download the volunteer application. You may also call or email the program director at 388-3440 or education@nmholocaustmuseum.org. SILVER HORIZONS, provides free groceries to over 3,500 seniors, and to about 1,200 grandchildren many of these seniors are raising. A small, local nonprofit making a big, positive difference in the lives of so many of our elderly. But we can’t help these struggling seniors (people just like our parents and grandparents, and the elderly neighbor living alone) without volunteers. Our thrift store at San Mateo just north of Candelaria is staffed by volunteers, and raises funds to support our free groceries for seniors program. Please sign up to help either at our Senior Foot Markets, or in our thrift store. Email ron@silverhorizons.org or call 800-1400 to learn more. Signup online is easy at silverhelping seniors.org/ all-volunteer-opportunities.
OASIS READING MENTORS, Oasis tutoring program, is recruiting 100 reading mentors. The commitment is to volunteer one hour, one day a week for one or two school years. We read with a K-4 public school student. Contact Vicki at 884-4529 for training and background check information.
ADELANTE’S VALENCIA COUNTY
DAY PROGRAMS: need volunteers to help with outings. Volunteer in Belen or Los Lunas, working with adults with disabilities. Looking for individuals who are 18 and older, who are cheerful and kindhearted, who can accept direction from staff, and who are physically able to be outdoors in all seasons helping to propel people in wheelchairs in various settings for day trips. Call 341-7186 or email Volunteer@GoAdelante.org. Events must be open to the public and submitted in writing by 5 p.m. Monday before Saturday publication. Items are typically published one time. To list a notice, submit information in writing to lists@abqjournal.com or Lists, Albuquerque Journal, P.O. Drawer J, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Please include a contact name and phone number.