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