Agency: Babcock Place

Address: 1700 Mass.

Contact: Gayle Sigurdson, 832-1692

Babcock Place, an older adults’ apartment building, needs new recycling volunteers. This position works well for a small group, student club or even a family. Volunteers will empty newspaper recycling bins on each of six floors, delivering contents to a recycling center two times a week. Pick-up can be anytime from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, at the volunteers’ convenience. Volunteers must provide their own car or truck to transport recycling.

Immediate volunteer needs

• Douglas County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has announced upcoming training classes for new volunteers. CASA volunteers advocate for children who have been abused or neglected and are under protection of the juvenile court. Training for new volunteers will begin on Feb. 15 and will entail eight sessions, lasting three hours each. Prospective volunteers should contact the office for an application by Feb. 1. Call 832-5172 or e-mail casa@douglas-county.com.
• Van Go Mobile Arts is beginning a new art project and adult volunteers who can sew are needed. This project will run from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the Van Go facility, 715 N.J. Volunteers may help as little as one afternoon of this project. Volunteers who can bring sewing machines also are needed. In February, volunteers with artistic painting skills will be needed to work with the youth on a mural project. For more information, call Mandy at 842-3797.
• KU Track and Field is hosting a home indoor meet from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Volunteers are needed to assist with directing athletes and spectators, posting results, retrieving implements such as shot puts, answering phones and delivering food to event officials who cannot leave their event areas. For more information or to sign up, call Debbie Luman at 864-3486.