Event: Visions for Tomorrow

Contact: Charlotte Pessoni, 830-177

The Visions for Tomorrow class needs volunteers to assist with children’s programming. The children’s group may include children with a variety of special needs, including ADD/ADHD, autism, Tourette syndrome, and depressive, eating or anxiety disorders.

Volunteers with interest or experience working with children with special needs and students in related areas of study are welcome. Volunteers must be willing to assist from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a series of eight Thursday sessions this fall.

For more information, contact Charlotte Pessoni by e-mail at cpessoni@bertnash.org or by phone at 830-1778.

Immediate volunteer needs

¢ Operation WildLife provides care and refuge to displaced and injured animals. The organization has openings in the fall for volunteers who can work daytime hours on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays. For more information, contact Jamie Stoughton, volunteer coordinator, at (913) 908-4252 or owlvolunteer@yahoo.com.

¢ Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County is looking for volunteers who want to make a difference in the life of a child. Volunteers spend from 30 minutes to four hours once a week with a child, depending on the program in which they are enrolled. This opportunity is available to individuals, couples and families. Volunteers need to be at least 16 years old, pass background checks, go through a screening interview and be willing to commit to the program for a minimum of one year. For more information, go to www.mentoringmagic.org or call 843-7359.

¢ Headquarters Counseling Center needs volunteers to distribute fliers for its upcoming fall training program. The center will start information meetings for the training program from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa. Prospective volunteers should attend the meeting to learn more about training and responsibilities of a Headquarters counselor. For more information, call 841-2345 or e-mail hqvc@lawrence.ks.us.

¢ Lawrence Community Theatre is in need of a volunteer to commit two to three hours per week to help maintain the costume shop. Duties include keeping costume materials organized and logging new donations. For more information, contact Jane Pennington at the theater, 843-7469.

Also, the front office at the theater is looking for volunteers to answer phones, take ticket reservations and do light clerical work. Some computer experience is preferred. Volunteers must commit to a four-hour shift weekly. Shifts are now available throughout the week. Contact Cindy Gustafson at 843-7469 for more information.

¢ The Kids Voting Coalition seeks the assistance of community volunteers to offer students in kindergarten though 12th grade an authentic voting experience on Nov. 7. Individual volunteers, as well as civic or business groups, are needed to help at Kids Voting tables before and after school at polling sites throughout Douglas County, including rural voting locations. Shifts last approximately two hours and may be scheduled at a convenient voting location. For more information or to register, contact Roger Hill Volunteer Center at 865-5030 or e-mail info@rhvc.org.

– For more volunteer opportunities, contact Roger Hill Volunteer Center, a service of the United Way of Douglas County, 2518 Ridge Court, Room 200, at 865-5030 or info@rhvc.org. Opportunities are also online at www.rhvc.org.