Agency: Pelathe Community Resource Center

Address: 1423 Haskell Ave.

Contact person: Carolyn Hicks, assistant director, 841-7202

The Pelathe Community Resource Center will collect food to stock its pantry at “Late Night in the Phog” on Friday, the kickoff to the Kansas University men’s basketball season. The group will collect canned and boxed foods or money at the event. The center especially needs canned meat such as tuna, soups or pasta sauces, Hicks said.

“Honestly, our food pantry is almost down to bare walls,” she said. “We would certainly appreciate any help anybody can give us.”

The center also needs volunteers at Allen Fieldhouse to collect food beginning at 5 p.m. Friday as well as volunteers Monday morning to help transport food.

Immediate volunteer needs

• Make A Difference Day, the nation’s largest day of community service, will be Oct. 25. The Roger Hill Volunteer Center is working to connect volunteer groups to community needs and nonprofit agencies for half-day or daylong service projects. The volunteer center can connect families, youth groups, employee groups or other clubs to an existing project or can help create a service project unique to the group. For more information, call the Roger Hill Volunteer Center at 865-5030.
• Small World is a nonprofit organization run entirely by volunteers that helps international women and their families learn English and adjust to Lawrence. Classes meet from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The organization needs an admissions chairman to assist the director. This volunteer should be well-organized, friendly and sensitive to international women and children. The volunteer will greet students, distribute application materials, collect tuition, issue receipts and assist with general administrative needs. For more information, contact Kathy Mulinazzi at 841-3645 or visit www.community. lawrence.com/smallworld.
• The K-State vs. KU Aluminum Can Challenge for Lawrence Habitat for Humanity will run through October. The organization needs help collecting aluminum cans for a competition with KSU for grant dollars from the Aluminum Assn. Cans can be delivered through 5 p.m. Oct. 27 to the office, 419 E. Ninth St., or the WeCan drop-off can receptacle in the Immanuel Lutheran Church parking lot at 2104 W. 15th St. For more information, call Linda Klinker at 832-0777.
• 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 online at