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Skills Requested: Facilitators must be familiar with the organization's mission and functions of the Drop-In Center. Practice excellent communication skills, empathy, and have relevant experience or knowledge related to group topics.Requirements & Commitment: All volunteers are required to have lived experience with mental illness as it is a peer led networkLead group discussions that promote recovery, in addition to providing support and education with group topics. Read more...
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Skills Requested: CASA volunteers come from every walk of life and share a commitment to improving children's lives, a willingness to learn, and an open mind towards life experiences different from their own. Volunteers complete an interview, background checks and a 30-hoRequirements & Commitment: After being sworn-in by a judge, volunteers are appointed to a child or family of children and spend an average of 5-10 hours a month advocating for these children for up to two years. They get to know the child while also gathering information from theA Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer is a specially-trained citizen appointed by the Juvenile Court judge to represent a child victim in cases of abuse and neglect. Read more...
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Skills Requested: Must be able to lift 20 pounds and bend to set traps, feed, etc. Must also have reliable transportation - preferably an SUV to haul the kitties in traps to the vet and back.Requirements & Commitment: Would learn from our TNR coordinator how to assess a colony and do the actual trapping and transport to the vet office working with us for that colony.We are seeking TNR (Trap Neuter Return) volunteers willing to help care for and trap feline colonies in the Southwest Missouri area one colony at a time. Read more...
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Skills Requested: Preferably have some experience with felines but if not we can train as well on techniques if anything special is needed. We work with many great vets in the area!Requirements & Commitment: Your animals must be fixed and current on vaccines - kitties must be inside only and tested for FeLV/FIV. We ask that you designate a room in your home for the foster kitties to reside - there may be time for integration and such as time goes by into thWatching Over Whiskers is a 501(c)3 no kill feline rescue that supports routine vetting to help place kitties in loving homes, as well as Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) assistance and emergency vet assistance for kitties on a case by case basis. We NEED fosters, event volunteers and TNR volunteers! We are seeking loving, inside only foster homes! We often need bottle feeders Read more...
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Skills Requested: Effective Communication; Enjoys Working with Others; Ability to Move Moderate to Heavy ItemsRequirements & Commitment: Flexible; Opportunities come and go based upon our consumers needs. The ability to be flexible and have a flexible schedule is important.Do you have a flexible schedule? Do you enjoy helping individuals with disabilities become independent? This opportunity is for you! We need volunteers to assist in our Transitions Services program. We assist individuals with transitioning out of a nursing home or rehabilitation setting into the community to live independently. Job Description: Transitions Assistant – provide support to the Transitions Coordinator Read more...
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Skills Requested: Volunteers at CMN Hospitals sales will be responsible for totaling customer purchases and collecting payment for those purchases. We accept four types of payment:Requirements & Commitment: Sales are hosted 7AM-4PM, and we need a variety of availability – typically we split the sale into 2-3 shifts so no one is working more than 3-4 hours at a time.Volunteers at CMN Hospitals sales will be responsible for totaling customer purchases and collecting payment for those purchases. We accept four types of payment: • Cash (must be able to appropriately make change) • Check (must know what information to look for) • Credit Card (must be trainable on credit card machine – printed instructions will be left for volunteers) Read more...
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Skills Requested: Comfortable using a computer; no prior tax experience necessary; basic customer service skillsRequirements & Commitment: Days and hours are flexible. Volunteers serve an average of four hours per a week from February 1st through April 15th.Do you have a passion for helping others? Become a volunteer tax preparer through Community Partnership of the Ozarks. VITA volunteers help file taxes for hard working individuals and families. We help the community get all the credits they have earned and maximize the amount of their refunds! Things you need to know about volunteering for the VITA program: 1. Read more...
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Skills Requested: Friendly, warm and welcoming personalityRequirements & Commitment: Volunteers serve 1 shift per week, and shifts are typically 3 hours in length. There is a brief interview to match our volunteer's skills with the center's placement need, and all volunteers will complete trauma-informed training prior to their first shiOur volunteer greeters serve as an important first point of contact for victims of domestic violence that are visiting our center to receive services. As our guests enter the courthouse, greeters will provide a warm welcome and guide them to the center’s receptionist for check in. As the first glimpse our guests will receive of the GCFJC, this person must Read more...
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Skills Requested: Love of helping others and being a social support to residents of nursing homes and residential care facilitiesRequirements & Commitment: 18 years or older and ability to pass a background screen. Advocacy training is provided and required.Ombudsman volunteers can volunteer in 21 different counties across Missouri. Volunteers for the program are trained and expected to: – To advocate for residents’ rights – To provide community education on long-term care issues – To provide ombudsman services to all residents of all long-term care facilities in Missouri Ombudsman volunteers help to achieve these goals by: – Making sure Read more...
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Skills Requested: Customer Service oriented. No clinical skills required.Requirements & Commitment: Blood donors must be at least 16 years old (16 year olds must have a signed parental consent form).CBCO is a non-profit organization and the exclusive blood provider for 41 hospitals in 40 local counties, including the Mercy and Cox hospitals. There are several ways you can help our mission: Voluntarily donate blood by making a donation appointment at www.cbco.org. Volunteer to assist blood donors with refreshments. To apply, contact Lori McLerran by email at [email protected], or by Read more...
