Posted 12:46 am Friday, September 03, 2010
Parents Anonymous Of Tyler Needs Volunteers
Volunteer Corner -- where volunteering through Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA) makes the difference in the community.
Parents Anonymous of Tyler needs volunteers to help strengthen families by facilitating 12-week classes provided to parents and teens. Parenting classes help parents learn to be effective and to alleviate problems in the home. Facilitators also are needed to work with teens to end disruptive behaviors and to change the direction of their lives. Volunteer training is required and an on-site staff person supports volunteers. For information, call Parents Anonymous of Tyler at 903-597-1831 or come by 717 W. Houston St., Tyler.
The Trinity Mother Frances Heart Hospital is looking for volunteers for the family waiting room, reception desk and patient visitation. Bring your people skills and willingness to help people to the Heart Hospital once a week for four hours. It will be the best four hours of your week. Schedule an interview today. Call 903-531-4435 or complete an online application at tmfhc.org.
East Texas Crisis Center is a nonprofit charitable organization, providing safety, shelter and education to victims of family violence, sexual assault and other violent crimes. ETCC helps clients to restore dignity and purpose in their lives, while promoting public compassion and awareness to reduce violence in the community. Many opportunities are available to volunteers, who desire to help end the cycle of violence by donating their time and talents. Volunteer training begins Sept. 21 at East Texas Crisis Center. Classes are filling up very fast.
The ETCC accepts donations of unused cell phones. Items currently needed are alarm clocks, scrubs, ladies and children's underwear and socks.
If you are interested in making a positive difference in the community by helping others, contact Angela L. Rowell, volunteer program coordinator. For information, call 903-579-2530, or visit the website at http://www.etcc.org/volunteers.htm.
Northeast Texas Public Health District Medical Reserve Corps needs practicing and retired physicians, nurses and other health professionals, as well as other citizens, who are interested in health issues, and eager to volunteer to address their community's ongoing public health needs. These volunteers also can help their community during large-scale emergency situations.
For more information go to http://www.healthpreparedness.org/ or call Renee' Owusu-Ansah at 903-595-1350.
MRC volunteers also may serve a vital role by assisting their communities with ongoing public health needs, such as immunizations, screenings, health and nutrition education, and volunteering in community health centers and local hospitals.
Heart to Heart Hospice: We Need You To Be Our Volunteer! Our patients are waiting for you to visit. They are in nursing homes and in private homes needing someone to listen to them reminisce about their lives, to laugh with them, to read to them, and to love them. They deserve you! Just come with a big heart and be their friend. We at HEART TO HEART will be there to support you and bless you for you service. The blessings are for you to receive. Call (903) 593-6619 and ask for Kay.
For other volunteering opportunities please go to "Volunteer East Texas" at: http://www.uwtyler.com/directory.
