Douglas County Senior Services is looking for volunteers interested in helping seniors deal with Medicare and Medicare Part D.

“We’re really going to need people when Medicare Part D enrollment opens up again in November,” said Katie Glendening, a community services assistant.

Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas will stage a three-day training session for volunteers Aug. 8-10 in Topeka.

Upon completing the sessions, Lawrence-area volunteers may answer calls to a SHICK helpline – 800-860-5260 – on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Volunteers do not have to be seniors.

“The helpline is answered in Wichita four days a week,” Glendening said. “We answer it one day a week.”

People interested in volunteering are asked to call Glendening by Aug. 1, 842-0543.