Agency: United Way of Douglas County

Contact: Felecia Cunningham at uwcamp@unitedwaydgco.org or at 785-843-6626, ext. 340

The United Way of Douglas County brings community resources together to support a better life for residents by focusing on improvements in health, education and financial stability. Come join the United Way during the Day of Action on June 14 by assisting with an ice cream social with some of our community’s senior residents. Volunteers are needed to help set up supplies, serve ice cream and cupcakes, and clean up after the event. This is a great volunteer opportunity for families with young children, scout troops, 4-H clubs, school groups and individuals who enjoy socializing. A social will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Babcock Place, 1700 Massachusetts St. Sign up to volunteer at volunteerdouglascounty.org. For more information, please contact Felecia Cunningham at uwcamp@unitedwaydgco.org or at 785-843-6626 ext. 340.

The Grassland Heritage Foundation preserves tallgrass prairie in Northeast Kansas through education, stewardship and land protection. Support GHF by volunteering to assist with the annual native plant sale on May 20 at Trinity Episcopal Church Lawn, 1011 Vermont St. This is a very large event and volunteers are needed to help set up, tear down, help customers, and restock plants. Two-hour shifts starting at 7 a.m. are available. No experience is necessary. For more information, please contact Kim Bellemere at grasslandheritage@gmail.com.

The Lawrence Community Housing Trust administers the Lawrence Community Housing Trust (LCHT) Program, which sells homes for $20,000 to $50,000 below market value to families with low and moderate incomes. The agency needs volunteers to help plant berry bushes, spread mulch, and complete other landscaping tasks at our senior cottages from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 27. To volunteer, please contact Alicia Skeen at askeentth@gmail.com.

Just Food and its partners fight hunger in our community by increasing the availability of a variety of foods while reducing waste from discarded food. Just Food is looking for volunteers to help with the mail carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday. Volunteers are needed at either the downtown Lawrence post office or the Jayhawk post office on 31st Street. We will be unloading and sorting donations from our Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. When the postal carriers arrive at the post office, Just Food volunteers will unload those vehicles and sort the donations into the Just Food Trucks. We need your help to make this possible. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Stephens at estephens@justfoodks.org.

The Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Communication Camp is a collaborative effort between the Lawrence Sertoma Club and the Schiefelbusch Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at the University of Kansas. The Communication Camp brings together children and youth with and without communication challenges to explore their world and improve their communication skills while participating in camp activities. The camp is staffed by students and faculty from the Schiefelbusch Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic and is looking for volunteers to assist with activities. The camp runs June 19 through June 30. For more information, please contact Jane Wegner at jwegner@ku.edu or at 785-864-4690.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County provides one-to-one relationships for children facing adversity. Are you looking to make a difference in the life of a young boy or girl in our community? For a few hours, a couple times a month, you can give a “Little” the invaluable gift of your friendship. Big Brothers Big Sisters is seeking mentors to spend time with a young boy or girl on its waiting list. If you have a few hours a week to be a volunteer, this is your opportunity to make a difference in the life of a youngster. For more information, please contact Mark Gordy at 785-843-7359.

— For more volunteer opportunities, please contact Shelly Hornbaker at the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center at 843-6626, ext. 301; at volunteer@unitedwaydgco.org; or go to volunteerdouglascounty.org.