Golf tournament will benefit Headquarters

Agency: Headquarters

Contact:hqdov@ lawrence.ks.us

The 2010 Lawrence Amateur Golf Association City Tournament will be played Saturday at Eagle Bend and Sunday at Alvamar. This tournament supports the “life support” counseling available to kids, teens and adults, through Headquarters Counseling Center. Headquarters, 841-2345, is staffed 24/7, and its services are free.

For the golf event, volunteers are needed for one 3 to 4 hour shift between 6 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on both days to help with registration, tallying scores, awards, etc. For more information, contact Kristine at hqdov@lawrence .ks.us.

Immediate needs

• Lawrence Meals On Wheels is in need of volunteers for the summer, as university students are gone and vacations occur. There are seven open routes right now and also eight clients on a waiting list to receive services, which cannot begin until more volunteers join the program. Contact Kim Culliss at 830-8844 to get involved.

• The Salvation Army, 946 N.H., is in need of volunteers Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for its feeding program. Volunteers are needed to help prepare, serve and clean up. The Salvation Army is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and volunteers are welcome for any time that they can give during those hours. If interested, contact Liz Coleman at 843-4188 or liz_coleman@usc.salvationarmy.org.

• Big Brother Big Sisters is looking for volunteer community mentors, age 16 and up with a valid driver’s license. There are currently 65 children waiting to be matched with a Big Brother or Big Sister. The commitment is for one year and includes contact for two to three hours a week, three to four weeks each month. The application process usually takes three to four weeks. For more information about becoming a mentor, volunteers can attend an orientation meeting at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesdays or noon Wednesdays at 1525 W. Sixth St., or contact the agency at 843-7359.

— For more volunteer opportunities, contact Paige Blair at 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.