Agency: Kansas Guardianship Program

Address: 3248 Kimball Ave., Manhattan

Contact person: Laura Dickinson, (800) 672-0086, ext. 26

The Kansas Guardianship Program needs dedicated volunteers to serve as guardians or conservators for Kansans who have been found legally unable to manage their lives and finances. These adults are of limited financial means and have no family to be appointed as guardian or conservator. Volunteers would have legal and practical responsibility for their wards. They would be expected to seek access to physical and physiological treatment as needed, monitor quality of supports and services, provide necessary consents, visit two to four times per month, manage finances and estate, and provide necessary paperwork for the courts and other services. The program helps volunteers by providing training and assistance in finding services and providing a small stipend to help ease out-of-pocket expenses. Volunteers will make monthly reports to the program.

Last week’s results

Audio Reader received about 15 calls from people wanting to read and record newspapers for the closed-circuit radio network. Volunteers can read from papers from across the state on weekday evenings or sections from The Kansas City Star on Saturday and Sunday mornings. An audition is required to check reading and vocal skills. To volunteer, call 864-4604.

Immediate volunteer needs

• Independence Inc. needs a volunteer to mow the lawn of a person with a disability. The volunteer must provide a mower. For more information, call Susan Mikesic at 841-0333.
• Kansas Wildscape Foundation is looking for a high-school intern. The purpose of this position is to assist the events coordinator in all the planning and preparations for Kansas Wildscape Foundation events. Duties may include, but are not limited to, mailings, collecting donations, data entry, record-keeping and events planning. For more information, contact Rachel at the Kansas Wildscape Foundation office at 843-9453 or (866) 655-4377; or e-mail her at wildscape@sunflower.com.

For more volunteer opportunities, contact the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, a service of the United Way of Douglas County, 2518 Ridge Court, room 104, at 865-5030 or rhvc@ixks.com. Opportunities are also available online at www.rhvc.org.