Posted on: Sunday, August 29, 2004

Project Kokua

Advertiser Staff

If you're looking for volunteer opportunities, this is a partial list of ways you can help out. It is provided with the assistance of Aloha United Way. For details on these and other volunteer opportunities visit www.volunteerhawaii.org or call 211.

• Performers such as athletes, dancers, singers and illusionists for tobacco-free programs

Agency: American Lung Association of Hawai'i
Contact: Debbie, 537-5966, ext. 305

• Career speaker

Agency: Ko'olau Loa Educational Alliance Corp.
Contact: MaryAnne, 293-7554

• Cookie manager

Agency: Girl Scouts of Hawai'i i Maui Office
Contact: Claire, (808) 244-3744 (Maui)

• Help with the Wai'anae classroom on wheels i check equipment and read to children, Mondays and Saturdays

Agency: Hawai'i Literacy
Contact: Kathleen, 537-6706

• Many hands move mountains of donations

Agency: Institute for Human Services
Contact: Margot, 845-7150, ext. 209

• Provide children with personal attention, and help care for the facility and office.

Agency: CFS Domestic Abuse Shelters
Contact: Paige, 847-4602

• Clerical in a legal setting — statewide

Agency: Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i
Contact: Katie, 527-8003

• Coordinator for Homeless Awareness Month events

Agency: Christmas Wish Program, Inc. i Big Island
Contact: Magin, (808) 982-8128 (Big Island)

• Wish-List coordinator to match gifts with needs

Agency: Life Foundation
Contact: Adrienne, 521-2437

• Early Detection Committee member

Agency: American Cancer Society
Contact: Arlene, 432-9158

• Environmental education teaching docent

Agency: Hawai'i Nature Center
Contact: Pauline, 955-0100, ext. 18

• First Impressions — information desk

Agency: The Queen's Medical Center
Contact: Lena, 547-4397

• Receptionist to support high-quality programming

Agency: PBS Hawai'i
Contact: Mae, 973-0289

• Foster -care provider for a furry friend

Agency: Abandoned and Feral Cat Friends
Contact: Jennifer, 686-2287

• Office administration — operations

Agency: Coalition For A Drug Free Hawai'i
Contact: Adrian, 545-3228, ext. 30

• Help keep our shelter beautiful — maintenance, yardwork or cleaning

Agency: Women Helping Women
Contact: Cindy, 242-6600

• Help save the teakwood decks. Welders, electricians and woodworkers needed

Agency: USS Missouri Memorial Association
Contact: Marc, 455-1600, ext. 242

• I Can Read! Program afternoon tutor

Agency: Waikiki Community Center
Contact: Ellen, 923-1802

• Play with hospitalized children in the Laughter Wagon Program

Agency: HUGS
Contact: Leilani, 732-4846

• Docents, greeter and other helpers needed

Agency: Waimea Valley Audubon Center
Contact: Kelly, 638-9199

• Volunteer to become a "Volunteer Coordinator"

Agency: Hawai'i Wellness Institute
Contact: Roshani, 848-5544

• Dog lover — outside caretakers for walk and play

Agency: Hawaiian Humane Society
Contact: Gayle, 946-2187

• Represent children in court proceedings and bond with them in home visits and meetings — Pro Bono Guardians Ad Litem

Agency: Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i
Contact: Sheri, 527-8025

• Practice your marketing skills i thrift shop helper

Agency: Mo'ili'ili Community Center
Contact: Barbara, 955-1555