Agency: East Lawrence Center

Address: 1245 E. 15th St.

Contact Person: Andre Jones, 832-7950

The East Lawrence Center needs about four people each Saturday to volunteer for the Saturday Night Main Event program for youths in fourth through eighth grades. The program provides a safe place for children to dance, play sports and meet with friends from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets sell for $6 and all money raised goes back into the program. Volunteers should plan to come around 6:30 p.m. to prepare for arriving youths. Workers will chaperone children, help with contests such as the limbo or free-throw competition, sell tickets and concessions, run sporting events and do other tasks to help the event run smoothly.

Last week’s results

Community Children’s Center could not be reached for results. To volunteer to work with children ages 3 to 5 in the center’s Head Start program, call Carolyn Kelly at 842-2515.

Immediate volunteer needs

• Therapeutic Horse Riding Instruction of Lawrence needs a volunteer with a pick-up truck capable of pulling an 8,000-pound tack trailer on Thursday evenings for riding lessons. THRIL is a nonprofit organization providing equine activities for children and adults with disabilities. Call Leann Williams at 841-9740.
• Compeer, a program offered by Bert Nash, needs volunteers to come visit with people receiving mental health treatment at Bert Nash. Volunteers should be friendly and enjoy caring for others. Training and support are provided. For more information, contact Julie Trowbridge, Compeer coordinator, at 843-9192, or jtrowbridge@bertnash.org.
• American Legion needs Flag Day volunteers to help put up and take down flags for Memorial Day, May 26. This could be a volunteer opportunity for a scouting group. Contact Mel Kleinschmidt at 749-3071 or at melk@ksdot.org.
• Penn House needs a computer with a CD-ROM for a cookbook project. Call Loretta, Linda, or Jo at 842-0440.
• The American Cancer Society needs volunteers to help set up and clean up for Relay for Life, which runs from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. June 13-14. Call Angela Karr or Tina Zodrow at (800) 359-1025; or e-mail angela.karr@cancer.org or tina.zodrow@cancer.org for more information.

— For more information about volunteering, contact the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, a service of the United Way of Douglas County, at 865-5030, or online at www.rhvc.org.