- KU’s Center for Community Outreach hosts event promoting Lawrence volunteer opportunities
- August 25, 2012
- Kansas University’s Center for Community Outreach encouraged students to be a part of the Lawrence community and volunteer by hosting Super Service Saturday.
- Volunteer guides others in quest for independence
- August 13, 2012
- Athena Johnson first came to Independence Inc. to access the assistive technologies that have allowed her to live independently and to continue working despite a form of macular degeneration which has been slowly robbing Johnson of her eyesight. Even though she can no longer see her grandson’s face or watch a sunset, Johnson’s disease hasn’t stolen her infectious optimism, her deep-felt compassion for others and her business acumen, honed by years of running a family business in her hometown of Chanute. Johnson taps into all those skills as a volunteer receptionist and board member for Independence Inc., which provides advocacy, services and education for people with disabilities.
- Group sees families through home stretch
- August 11, 2012
- In 2000, when Paul Wood moved back to Lawrence with his son, Jason, they were strapped for cash. The elder Wood had left his job with California public schools to care for his son, who had been critically injured in a cycling accident.
- How to help: Lawrence Nursery School seeks assistance with repairs, sidewalk project
- July 29, 2012
- Lawrence Community Nursery School is about to embark on a project in which volunteer support will be needed to help repair its retaining wall and put in a sidewalk.
- How to help: Hot Rod Hullabaloo needs volunteers as it gears up for show, music fest
- July 22, 2012
- More than 100 volunteers are needed to help run the event in South Park on Saturday, Aug. 11.
- How to help: Willow Domestic Violence Center needs help to finish painting project
- July 16, 2012
- The Willow Domestic Violence Center is looking for volunteers to help out with its upcoming painting project.
- How to help: Hot rod show seeks to rev up number of volunteers
- July 2, 2012
- The Rev It Up Hot Rod Hullabaloo will put on its fourth annual hot rod show and music fest next month. This year, the event will benefit Just Food, Douglas County’s biggest food bank.
- Volunteers make family’s home more accessible
- July 1, 2012
- Members of an Ottawa family were to get their first look today at their renovated home, complete with a new bedroom, expanded kitchen and wheelchair-accessible bathroom. “We’re so excited,” said Angie Wampler-Cooper, who, along with her husband and two sons, were selected for the project by area nonprofit Professionals Helping Children. “They’ve gone all out.”
- How to help: Lawrence Community Shelter looking to boost its volunteer force
- June 25, 2012
- Lawrence Community Shelter, 214 W. 10th St., is looking for more community members to join its dedicated volunteer force.
- How to help: Tour of Lawrence volunteers sought
- June 18, 2012
- Heartland Community Health Center is looking for volunteers to help out during this year’s Tour of Lawrence.
- Teen’s piano concert to benefit food pantry
- June 10, 2012
- Eudora High School student Mason Kelso will present a piano concert at 2 p.m. Saturday to benefit a food pantry in Eudora.
- Residents need help with outdoor tasks
- June 10, 2012
- Project LIVELY, a program of Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, is in need of some volunteers to help out a couple of its senior clients.
- Volunteer photographer captures best sides of adoptive animals
- June 10, 2012
- Pit bull terriers, with their bad-boy reputation, are not always the easiest dogs for the Lawrence Humane Society to find homes for. But Brenda Gadd, a volunteer photographer for the Humane Society, is working hard to change that by showing the sweeter side of pit bulls and all the other pets in the shelter that are hungry for a home.
- How to help: Visiting Nurses seeks massage therapists, patient companions
- June 3, 2012
- Visiting Nurses is seeking volunteers to help as Hospice Patient Companions and Hospice Massage Therapists.
- How to help: Guides needed for Lamplight Tour of Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park
- May 27, 2012
- The Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park, 3 miles east of Baldwin City, is urgently seeking volunteers to help with its Lamplight Tour on Saturday.
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