Agency: Douglas County RSVP

Contact: 865-5030

The Douglas County RSVP program seeks volunteers ages 55 and older to assist with upcoming special events, including the Douglas County Emergency Preparedness Fair, Make a Difference Day and a variety of holiday-related events.

Please contact Margaret Perkins-McGuinness at the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, 865-5030 or info@rhvc.org.

Immediate volunteer needs

¢ Health Care Access Clinic needs volunteers for a women’s health event.

The event will have numerous pampering activities, free clinical breast exams, health information for women and games and activities for children.

Contact Nikki King at 841-5760 to volunteer.

¢ The Lawrence After School’s Teen Events Committee seeks volunteers to help with a dodge ball tournament on Saturday.

Volunteers are needed from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the East Lawrence Recreation Center to help with check-in, refereeing, supervising and distributing food.

To help, contact Erika Zimmerman at 423-3780 or ezimmerman@sunflower.com.

¢ Volunteers are sought to help with child care from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday evenings at a support group for women with substance abuse issues. Volunteers will be working with children who have recently reunited with their biological mothers.

Contact Lydia Diebolt at ldiebolt@kvc.org to volunteer.

¢ Hospice will hold volunteer training on Oct. 10 through 13 for people interested in being a companion to assist a person nearing the end of his or her life.

Contact Steve Satterfield at (785) 843-3738 to register.

¢ Volunteers are needed to help with the activities surrounding the Aaron Douglas exhibition opening and national conference Friday and Saturday on the Kansas University campus.

For information, please contact Maura Selden at mauraselden@mac.com.

¢ The River City Reading Festival is looking for volunteers to help with various literary events at the Lawrence Arts Center on Oct. 14.

Volunteers will help with setup and cleanup, portray characters, greet and check in participants and help with children’s activities.

To volunteer, please e-mail volunteers@RiverCityReadingFestival.org.

For more volunteer opportunities, contact the 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.