VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
HandsOn Texarkana, The New Volunteer Center, offers volunteer opportunities in the community and refers prospective volunteers to appropriate agencies and volunteer groups. Potential volunteers should contact Kathey Graves at 903798-3211. For a complete listing of volunteer opportunities, go to HandsOnTexarkana.org.
Wadley Regional Medical Center Auxiliary
needs volunteers ages 18 and up interested in helping in surgery waiting, gift shop, information desk, emergency room, surgery waiting, cancer treatment center, quilting group, fundraising group or special projects group. Call Jean Cornelius at 903-798-7074.
AARP Tax-Aide needs volunteer greeters, facilitators, counselors and coordinators for technology, administration and communication. Call Mary Ann Daniels at 903-791-6343.
Alternative Opportunities/ DaySpring Behavioral Health Services
needs volunteers to help with its programs and monitor and mentor children. Call Terence Fulce at 824-2167 or go to 4323 Jefferson Ave.
Alzheimer’s Alliance needs people knowledgeable of Alzheimer’s Disease to answer the HelpLine evenings and weekends, and volunteers for light clerical work, fundraisers and other events. Call 903-223-8021.
American Cancer Society
needs volunteers for its Road to Recovery program which provides transportation for cancer patients to their appointments. Mileage reimbursement is available. Must have reliable vehicle, valid drivers license, proof and insurance and pass a background check. Call 903-597-1383.
American Red Cross needs welcome team volunteers at the Texarkana office who can work 4 hour shifts at least one day each week greeting and directing visitors, answering the phone and assisting with filing. Volunteers for the Diaster Action Team for the Texarkana area are also needed. Contact Linda Edwards at 903-581-7981 or edwardslin@ usa.redcross.org.
Arkansas Department of Community Correction
is looking for volunteers to assist with answering multi-line telephone, directing calls, making copies, filing and scanning documents, tutoring GED skills to offenders, and registering offenders in Agency programs. If interested, please come by and complete an application at 601 Hazel St., Suite 6, Texarkana, Ark.
Arkansas Department of Health Hospice Program
needs people to visit patients and families in the Texarkana area. Call Laura at 870-773-2108 ext 7 or 866-8617453.
Arkansas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center needs mail
deliverers and craft helpers, readers, letters writers and piano players. Call Deanna Prejean at 870-772-4427. Ark-La Tex Walk for Children with Apraxia of Speech
needs volunteers for an event scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at Sportman’s Cove, Lake Wright Patman, Texarkana, Texas. For more information visit casana.apraxia-kids.org/ arklatexwalk or call the office at 903-831-5659, walk coordinator at 903-733-3323 or Susan Whitten at 903-319-5797. Ark-Tex Area Agency on Aging
needs Ombudsmen to adopt nursing homes. Activities are available for groups, schools or churches. Call Audrey Willis at 903-832-8636 or 800-372-4464. Bailey Creek Health & Rehab,
1621 E 42nd, needs volunteers to assist with parties, games, reading and other activities for the residents. Call 870-774-3581.
Big Brother Big Sisters needs volunteers for one hour a week to work with children. To become a Big Brother or Big Sister, call 903-276-3320 or email pparrish@ bbbsca.org. Caddo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America
needs youth workers for the Texarkana area. Call Erin McVay at 903-793-2179. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates),
a non-profit organization, is in need of volunteers to help the abused and neglected children in an 8 county area in Texas and Arkansas. CASA volunteers speak up for a child in court, they are the voice that makes a difference in a child’s life. Volunteers get to know the children and everyone who is involved with the child. Information sessions are at the office at 1201 Main, Texarkana, Tx. the first Tuesday and second Thursday of each month at 9:30 am and 5:30 pm. Our number is 903-792-1030 or go to our website at casatexarkana.org. Speak up for a child. Christus St. Michael Health System Auxiliary
needs volunteers ages 18 and up. For more information, visit christusstmichael.org/volunteering or call 903-614-1000. Church of Truth of Texarkana
outreach program needs a volunteer to work with clothing in the thrift shop and serve food to the homeless and working poor on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call Susan T. Moore at 870-774-2819.
is looking for volunteers. For more information, contact Shelley Steger at 903-794-2462. CIMA Hospice of Texarkana