Agency: Youth Volunteer Council

Address: 2518 Ridge Court, Room 104

Contact Person: Matt Rehder

The Youth Volunteer Council of Douglas County needs members to help with service projects. Volunteers must be between the ages of 5 and 18. The group has 17 active members and would like to increase the number to 23 or 30. Meetings are once a week, and members discuss what service projects are coming up.

The next meeting is at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 at the upper portion of Dad Perry Park. Upcoming events include The Day of Caring on Sept. 14 and painting the walls at the United Way. The Lawrence Chapter of the Youth Center is called Helping Out in the Lawrence Area (HOLA), and chapters are starting in Baldwin and Eudora. To get involved, call Matt or come to a meeting. For more information, visit the Web site at www.geocities.com/yvckansas.

The Youth Volunteer Council is sponsored by the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, which is a service provided by the United Way of Douglas County.

Last week’s results

Carol Aust from Lawrence Memorial Hospital said she had received three or more calls about volunteering for the gift shop. She said more volunteers were always welcome. Volunteers would work the cash register, help customers and keep the shop tidy. Call Allyson Leland at 840-3141 for more information or to volunteer.

Immediate volunteer needs

Day of Caring is Sept. 14, and there are still many projects to be adopted by volunteers. Help is needed with cleaning, painting, park cleanups and more. Projects are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact the Roger Hill Volunteer Center at 865-5030.

The Friends of the Library needs help with its annual fall book sale. Several volunteers are needed the afternoon and evening of Oct. 1 and from 8 p.m. to finish Oct. 7 to carry books from the tent to the library garage. Contact Mary Lynn Stuart at 843-3833.

Share your stories and stories from the world’s wealth of folk tales with children as a Spellbinders volunteer. Training will be Sept. 28 and Oct. 3 at the Lawrence Arts Center. Contact Anne Haehl at 842-7708 for more information.

Clinton Trailbusters, the equestrian trail volunteer group that maintains the horse trails at Clinton Lake, is in need of volunteers to help with maintenance of horse trails, tree and bush pruning, eliminating erosion ditches, rerouting trails, erecting trail markers, etc., on 50 miles of horse and hiking trails. Contact Jim Franz, Clinton Project Office, at 843-7665.

For more information on volunteer opportunities, call the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, a service of the United Way of Douglas County, at 865-5030, or see volunteer opportunities online at www.rhvc.org and go to the volunteer now link.