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.
New this week:
HandsOn Texarkana is recruiting volunteers for the 2nd annual Dragon Boat Festival
on April 29 at Bringle Lake Park in Texarkana, Texas. If you are interested in the areas of parking, team and vendor liason, ramp/ dock loading assistance, water persons, team registration, etc., contact Kathey Graves at 903798-3211 or email handsontxk@aol.com . Individuals, groups, businesses and organizations are welcome. TRAX Transportation Department in Texarkana is seeking a volunteer or two to help answer phones from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Emily Green at 903255-3542.
Texarkana VA Outpatient Clinic
needs volunteers to answer telephones from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Sandra Holmes at 870-216-2242. 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 Appoint Special
Advocates, needs volunteer advocates throughout northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas to monitor child abuse cases and report to the courts. Children are not placed in the home, but visited in their foster placement. CASA provides training to prepare advocates. Training sessions will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. the first Tuesday and second Thursday of the month and 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month. Call 903-793-1030, email at casatxk@casatexarkana.org or go to 1201 Main St., Texarkana, Texas.
Christus St. Michael Health
System Auxiliary needs volunteers ages 18 and up. For more information, visit christusstmichael.org/volunteering or call 903-614-1000.