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The following volunteer opportunities are for individuals 18 years and older. To volunteer, or to have an organization listed, call the Volunteer Action Center at 829-671 1 or visit www.unitedwaywb.org, where volunteer and news release forms are available. Interested volunteers may also access the network and search for opportunities in communities across the nation by visiting www.1-800-volunteer.org and entering a ZIP code. To see the complete list of volunteer opportunities, visit www.timesleader.com under People/Community News.
American Lung Association, Wilkes-Barre
Volunteers: deliver walk event information to local businesses in Luzerne and Wyoming counties.
Hours: flexible
Volunteers: data entry on computer, assist staff and other volunteers with various fundraisers
Hours: various
American Red Cross, Fixed Donor Site, Hanover Township
Volunteers: greet and sign donors in and serve refreshments in the canteen
Hours: various; day, evening and weekend hours
Requirements: training provided
Volunteers: label and prepare blood donation bags at drives
Hours: various; seven days a week
Requirements: FDA regulated training provided
Volunteers: schedule and serve refreshments to blood donors
Hours: various; seven days a week
Requirements: some training provided
Volunteers: assist blood donors to canteen
Hours: various; seven days a week
Volunteers: educate groups on preventing and preparing for disasters
Hours: various
Requirements: training provided. Public speaking experience a plus
Volunteers: assist with disaster response in the community
Hours: various
Requirements: training provided
Volunteers: provide health services during a local disaster
Hours: various
Requirements: must have a current certification/license (CNA, LPN, RN, EMT) along with the specialized training that is provided
Duryea Public Library
Volunteers: check books in and out of library
Hours: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Ashley
Volunteers: assist in cleaning up an abandoned mine where illegal dumping has occurred.
Hours: spring and summer
Sites: Wilkes-Barre — High Street/Pennsylvania Avenue; Exeter — Hicks Creek Stream-side; Plymouth Township — Avondale Hill/Susquehanna Warrior Trail, Curry Hill, Canal Street
Eckley Miners’ Village, Foster Twp.
Volunteers: tour guides for school groups and adult groups; assist with special events and educational programs; historic house guide; assist with arts and crafts projects; information desk helper and greeter
Volunteers: historical interpreter stationed in a historic building
Volunteers: living history volunteer in period costume interpreting the village’s history
Hours: flexible weekdays and weekends 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Requirements: an interest in local history. Must enjoy working with the public and children
Erwine Home Health & Hospice, Inc., Kingston
Volunteers: basic office and clerical work. Visit patients and relieving caretakers for short periods
Hours: weekdays; flexible
Requirements: orientation provided for home health and hospice activities
Fallen Officers Remembered, Wilkes-Barre
Volunteers: assist with fundraising; help build floats for parades, work on grant applications and technical assistance with Web site
Hours: flexible
Requirements: fundraising experience preferred. Will provide instruction on grant writing
Forty Fort Shade Tree Commission, Forty Fort
Volunteers: yard work at the memorial site off of the Cross Valley at the corner of River Street and Rutter Avenue
Hours: at volunteers’ convenience
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township
Volunteer: assist customers in Gift Shoppe
Hours: everyday and all hours
Requirements: training provided
Volunteers: Emergency Department
Hours: 11a.m.-11 p.m. weekdays and weekends
Requirements: training provided
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
Volunteers: provide leadership for Girl Scout Troops that are forming in Wilkes-Barre and surrounding areas
Volunteers: communications; fund development and cookie sales assistance
Hours: vary according to program
Requirements: volunteer training held several times a year. Conversational Spanish skills are helpful. Orientation provided
Golden Living – East Mountain, Wilkes-Barre
Volunteers: transport residents to and from activities. Visit residents and discuss topics of interest
Hours: weekdays; flexible
Requirements: training will be provided
Goodwill GoodGuides – Scranton
Volunteers: mentors who are of strong moral character, dependable, like adolescents, and are willing to commit at least one year to helping a young person or group of young people uncover and develop similar characteristics. GoodGuides mentors are good listeners, encouraging, supportive, flexible, patient, tolerant, and respectful of individual differences.
Hours: flexible
Requirements: minimum age 15
Greater Wilkes-Barre Association for the Blind
Volunteers: assist with vision screening at local preschools and elementary schools
Hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; days vary
Requirements: must enjoy working with small children and parents
Volunteers: drivers to help with grocery shopping, doctors’ appointments, assist with association activities, and other tasks
Hours: vary
Requirements: valid driver’s license and vehicle required. Reimbursement is available
Greater Pittston YMCA
Volunteers: general monitoring of facility use and night cleaning duties
Hours: Monday through Friday 6-9 p.m.
Requirements: criminal/child abuse background check; CPR/first aid certification
Greenhouse – Wilkes-Barre
Volunteers: teach basic literacy skills and GED
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1-3 p.m.
Requirements: tutoring and teaching experience preferred
HCR Manorcare, Kingston
Volunteers: visit with elderly residents for conversation, play cards, checkers, take for a walk. Assist with transportation, and small projects.
Hours: weekends and weekdays 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Requirements: criminal background check, reference check, tuberculosis testing
Hearthland Home Health Care & Hospice, Pittston
Volunteers: clerical assistance needed in Pittston office
Hours: weekdays; vary. Office hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Requirements: training provided.
Volunteers: hospice family support. Visit hospice patients and help caregivers in their homes, personal care homes or nursing centers by reading to patients, writing letters or just visiting to give families free time.
Hours: flexible
Requirements: educational training is provided by staff. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.
Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre
Volunteers: transport residents to activities on and off campus
Hours: vary
Requirements: training provided
Volunteers: coffee hostess; serve coffee, donuts and read newspaper to residents
Hours: Saturday and Sunday 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Volunteers: play cards, chess, checkers with small groups
Hours: vary
Volunteers: assist staff with various activities such as crafts, exercise and socials
Requirements: training provided
Hospice Care of the Visiting Nurse Association, Edwardsville
Volunteers: Provide a variety of supportive services to Hospice’s patients, families and staff, including clerical work, respite care and special projects
Hours: flexible
Requirements: must be at least 18 years of age; volunteer will receive ongoing support and training
Hospice Community Care, Kingston
Volunteers: certified pet therapy dogs and their owners would visit patients in the in-patient unit, nursing homes and patients’ homes.
Hours: flexible weekdays, weekends, morning, afternoon and evening
Requirements: dogs must be certified canine good citizens
Volunteers: assist office staff with filing and copying
Hours: flexible; Monday through Friday
Volunteers: provide assistance to staff and patients in the In-Patient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, in various nursing home, or patients’ homes.
Hours: flexible
Requirements: hospice training and orientation will be provided specific to the volunteers’ area of interest
Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Wilkes-Barre Township
Volunteers: clerical work such as filing, shredding documents and assisting with mailings
Hours: anytime between 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Requirements: will provide necessary training. Clerical background helpful
Volunteers: visit patients and their families in their homes or long-term care or assisted-living facilities
Hours: vary
Requirements: two-hour training provided. Drug test required with cost covered by agency