Agency: Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen

Address: 1000 Ky.

Contact person: Deb Engstrom, 832-5050

LINK, a nonprofit organization that serves free, hot meals to the community, needs volunteers to serve lunch on Aug. 16 and 23. Volunteers will begin food preparations and serving arrangements at 12:30 p.m., serve from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and then clean for 30 to 45 minutes. About 10 to 12 volunteers are needed each week. Volunteers should call ahead to reserve a spot.

Last week’s results

The Roger Hill Volunteer Center did not receive any calls from groups wanting to do a service project on Sept. 11. The One Day’s Pay coalition is working to establish Sept. 11 as an annual day of volunteering to recognize the massive volunteer efforts immediately after the terrorist attacks in 2001. Groups and individuals can pledge to commit a portion of that day to a service project on the Web site, www.onedayspay.org, or can contact the volunteer center at 865-5030, for help in organizing a project.

Immediate volunteer needs

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County will have open house information sessions about school-based volunteering for all interested senior citizens at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Friday. Light breakfast snacks will be followed by a brief presentation and a chance to chat with board members and staff about volunteer involvement opportunities. The open house will be at 211 E. Eighth St., Suite D. For more information or to RSVP, call Erin Thomas at 843-7359.
• Planning committees are forming for the Lawrence March of Dimes 2004 Walk America! fund-raiser. The March of Dimes is a national, nonprofit organization focusing on health in babies by addressing premature births, low birth weight and birth defects. The first committee meetings will be this month. Call Nicole Huey at (785) 228-0084 for more information.
• The National MS Society needs volunteers for its MS 150 Bike Tour, Sept. 20 and 21. Volunteer opportunities include preparing snacks and beverages for riders, monitoring the safety of riders, and transporting tired or injured cyclists by car or truck. All finish-line volunteers will receive a T-shirt. Call Donna at the Eastern Kansas Branch of the Mid America Chapter of the National MS Society at (800) 745-7148.