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Join our team as a Receptionist Assistant and play a vital role in ensuring a welcoming and organized environment at empower: abilities. Your friendly and efficient support will help us provide excellent service to our visitors. As a Receptionist Assistant, you will primarily assist the full-time receptionist in managing calls, messages, and office coordination. Key Responsibilities: 1. Assisting with Phone Read more...
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Role Description: As a Volunteer Supplies Assistant, you will play a vital role in providing assistance to individuals and families seeking goods from empower: abilities. Your primary responsibility will be to help distribute essential items to individuals in need, you will assist them to pack their selected supplies, and safely transport the items to their vehicles. This role is essential Read more...
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Role Description: As a Volunteer RAMPS (Renovations and Modifications Projects) Builder , you will play a pivotal role in improving accessibility and safety for individuals with disabilities who have barriers to safely exiting their homes and accessing the community. Your primary responsibility will involve assisting in the construction of ramps that provide essential access to and from their homes. These Read more...
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Teamed with Crosslines Distribution Center and Council of Churches we are looking for long-term volunteers with at least 1-6 hours per week to assist with the operations of the warehouse while providing exceptional customer service to and building strong, supportive, consistent relationships with partner agencies and volunteers. Responsibilities may include tasks such as: – Assist with coordinating volunteers to include Read more...
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Skills Requested: Not afraid of horses, the weather or getting dirtyRequirements & Commitment: Lift 20lbs. Love animals Dependable regardless of the weather. You must not be afraid of getting dirty.We will teach you how to feed and care for horses. It will feed your soul, you will get a free workout, it will save you money on a counseling session and you get to spend time outside with beautiful horses. Read more...
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Skills Requested: SewingAs Springfield and Greene County begin to re-open for business, our nonprofit community expects to see an increase in demand for services. Hundreds of nonprofit staff, volunteers, and clients, including our own, will need to continue taking precautions to stay healthy. This includes frequent hand-washing, physical distancing, and using cloth face covers when around others. We need your help to Read more...
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Requirements & Commitment: Club DayBreak members attend one of the following meetings each Tuesday, 9:30 am-12:00 pm, 1:30 pm-4:00 pm, or Thursday 1:30-4:00. If you could volunteer at one of these group meetings each week it would be greatly appreciated.At Club DayBreak we offer a fun environment with activities that promote daily living skills, communication, socialization, independence and purpose for adults with developmental disabilities. Volunteers interact with the individuals and encourage them to do their best at every opportunity, no matter their ability. Read more...
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Skills Requested: Dependable, Able to follow directions.Empower Abilities (formerly Southwest Center for Independent Living or SCIL) offers choices and empowerment for people with disabilities to live independently in the community in the least restrictive environment. By providing home and community based supports, programs and services that allow people with disabilities to choose how and where they live, we believe the community will become more diverse and 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: 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...