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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, December 31, 2006

HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Volunteers

Advertiser Staff

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE

Domestic abuse shelter seeks volunteers to supervise children in the playroom while resident mothers attend support groups on site; do light office work; support fundraising efforts and more.

  • Contact: Tonja Snyder, tsnyder@cfs-hawaii.org, 543-8413



    4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

    Volunteers lead youth on an agricultural/environmental tour of a 30-acre facility in Pearl City. Youth can smell the herbs in the herb garden, collect seeds throughout the gardens, taste fruit in the 5-acre tropical fruit orchard, use their senses in the sensory garden, pop firecracker flowers, and even pull carrots.

  • Contact: Maryknoll Spotkaeff, maryknol@hawaii.edu, 453-6050



    FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM — HAWAI'I

    Dedicated, caring seniors, age 60 and older, are needed to serve special-needs and exceptional-needs children in public schools, Head Start, and nonprofit organizations. Foster grandparents make a difference in children's lives by strengthening them and preparing them for the future. Men needed.

  • Contact: Ronald Mata, rmata@dhs.hawaii.gov, 453-6357



    MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN HAWAII

    Online marketing guru needed. Mental Health America of Hawaii (formerly the Mental Health Association) needs help increasing traffic to its Web site, making it more manageable, developing an online newsletter, and developing and maintaining an online marketing program.

  • Contact: Marya Grambs, mgrambs@mentalhealth-hi.org, 521-1846



    HAWAII FOODBANK

    Volunteers are needed to put together 5,000 orange ribbons (signifying hunger) by Jan. 14. Volunteers have been cutting the ribbon and making kits and now they need to be assembled.

  • Contact: Michelle Smith, michelle@hawaiifoodbank.org, 836-3600, ext. 239



    AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, HAWAII

    Office volunteers are needed for tasks including prepping for events, photocopying, cataloging materials, stuffing envelopes, data entry and newsletter design.

  • Contact: Majken Mechling, mmechling@diabetes.org, 947-5979



    HEALTHY HAWAI'I COALITION

    Volunteers who like working with children are needed to participate in the popular Hawaii Watershed Experience program. The program takes elementary students statewide on a field trip to a natural area near their school for fun, hands-on activities to teach them the importance of protecting the environment.

  • Contact: Ali Riggs, healthyhawaii@usa.com, 778-4243



    HAWAII GIFTED ASSOCIATION

    The Hawaii Gifted Association wants to create a focus group that will explore the possibilities of applying to the Department of Education for a Charter School for Gifted and Talented Students. Volunteers are needed to spread the word through schools, media, e-mail, and other outlets to attract parents and educators to participate in the focus group and set up focus group meetings.

    Also, a volunteer is needed to recreate a database of interested parents and educators.

  • Contact: Janet Shores, gifted@hawaiianshoresdev.com, 721-8944



    HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE

    "My Hawaii" Story Project judges needed for awriting contest open to all intermediate and middle schools, grades 6 through 8, in Hawai'i. Submission and judging will take place online. The project runs from January to June. Judging is ongoing for the duration.

  • Contact: Kendall McCreary, johnkm@hawaii.edu, 586-0922