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Posted on: Sunday, March 6, 2005

Information for volunteers

Advertiser Staff

This is a partial list of volunteer opportunities, provided with the assistance of Aloha United Way. For details on these and other opportunities, visit www.volunteerhawaii.org or call 211.

Agency: Kuhio Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes Resident Associations

Contact: Mike, 739-3945
Positions: Heavy equipment operators and concrete workers for community-built playground

Agency: The ARTS at Marks Garage

Contact: Kimberley, 521-2904
Position: First Friday Hospitality Team for downtown art galleries party

Agency: Oreo's Aloha Farm Sanctuary

Contact: Marianne, (808) 572-8560 (Maui)
Position: The No-Cholesterol Food Sampling Festival volunteers

Agency: Friends of Hanauma Bay

Contact: April 23 at 8:30 a.m., just show up
|Position: Litter Cleanup Day

Agency: Palolo Chinese Home

Contact: Anne, 748-4911
Positions: Activities volunteers, friendly companions for one-to-one fellowship, Cantonese speakers and instructor for very basic computer/e-mail

• Agency: BrailleInk

Contact: Bruce, (800) 324-2919
Positions: Community liaison to schools and libraries and marketing/outreach research assistant

Agency: American Red Cross, Hawai'i State Chapter

Contact: Lawris, 739-8120
Position: Registered nurses experienced in long-term care

• Agency: American Cancer Society Hawai'i Pacific Inc.

Contact: Arlene, 432-9158
Positions: Central/Leeward telephone answerer, Wai'anae Angel on Wheels transportation provider, legislative advocate and legislative envoy

Agency: Seagull Schools

Contact: Pitcharana, 284-4779
Positions: Spring Fling for preschoolers —help with games, face-painting, reading, gardening, and giving out prizes, Senior Kupuna, and gardeners for Intergenerational Gardening Project

Agency: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawai'i

Contact: Brian, 973-5683, ext. 241
Position: office helper

• Agency: Cure Autism Now, Hawai'i Chapter

Contact: Kalma, 235-4411
Position: WALK NOW Honolulu 2006 committee

Agency: Kuakini Health System

Contact: Brian, 547-9184
Positions: Companion for the elderly, interoffice mail deliverer, information desk volunteers and Kokua Team member

 Agency: Foster Grandparent Program-Hawai'i

Contact: Ronald, 453-6357
Position: Board member (at large)

Agency: Waikiki Beach Outreach Ministry

Contact: Bob, 497-6920
Positions: Board member and cook

Agency: Aloha Pregnancy Care and Counseling Centers

Contact: Christine, 389-0659
Position: Bakers for bake sale

Agency: Sisters Offering Support

Contact: Lorraine, 941-5554
Position: Board member

• Agency: Christmas Wish Program

Contact: Magin, (808) 982-8128 (Hawai'i Island)
Position: Car wash volunteers, Bunny Hop-A-Thon coordinator, Easter Basket coordinator, musician with soundboard for spring carnival, board member/RIF reading coordinator, and board member/fundraiser

• Agency: TILT Dance Company

Contact: Renee, (808) 572-3094 (Maui)
Position: Board member; expertise in business, art, law or art administration a plus

• Agency: Hawaiian Humane Society

Contact: Gayle, 946-2187
Position: Dog walker

 Agency: Bishop Museum

Contact: Judi, 848-4180
Position: Science demonstrator and Holoholo Science Day helpers

Agency: Seagull Schools

Contact: Pitcharana, 284-4779
Position: Senior Kupuna needed and gardeners for Intergenerational Gardening Project

Agency: Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund

Contact: Nancy, 487-3327
Position: Donor satisfaction researcher and volunteer to distribute literature, collect donations and act as ambassadors to the park

Agency: Hawai'i Foodbank Inc.

Contact: Georgietta, 836-3600, ext. 239
Position: 16th Annual Food Drive 2005 volunteers and National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive food sorters