Habitat for Humanity seeking volunteers / LJWorld.com

Archive for Monday, June 30, 2008

June 30, 2008

Agency: Habitat for Humanity

Contact: 856-6920

Habitat for Humanity's ReStore seeks regular, weekly or single-day volunteers to help carry and sort new donations of building materials, assist customers in selection and loading purchases and light cleaning and preparation of materials. Heavy lifting is not required.

For more information contact K.H. at 856-6920.

Immediate needs

¢ The Lawrence Arts Center seeks volunteers for children's art classes and camps. Summer activities take place during June, July and early August. Fall classes begin in September.

Volunteers are needed to prepare for class, clean supplies and provide assistance in the classrooms.

Contact Bonnie Cherry at 843-2787 or lacadmin@sunflower.com.

¢ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Clinton Lake is looking for volunteers interested in one time or ongoing tasks such as litter pickup, various painting jobs, weeding/mulching of decorative plantings, trail maintenance and other tasks, as needed.

For more information, contact Kipp Walters at (785) 843-7665.

¢ The Lawrence Community Theatre is looking for people to help both on and off stage during productions.

Volunteers on stage can help work as actors and crew members working with props, costumes, set construction, lights and sound. Volunteers off-stage can help as house managers, ushers, box office attendants and bartenders. Volunteers are also needed to help in the business office for a variety of tasks from taking ticket reservations to filing, photocopying and other general office tasks.

For more information, call the theater at 843-7469.

- For more opportunities, contact the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, a service of the United Way of Douglas County, at (785) 865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org. Opportunities are also online at www.rhvc.org.