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Skills Requested: dog sitting, pet sitting, driving,Requirements & Commitment: Requirements: If you have pets, they must be spayed/neutered and up-to-date on vaccinations. Your pets must also get along with other animals. A loving home where the dog can feel safe and cared for.Looking for Volunteers to Help Pets in Need! 🐾 We’re looking for compassionate volunteers in Greene, Webster, and Christian Counties to temporarily care for dogs while their owners recover from illness, accidents, or need respite care. This is a great opportunity to help pets and their families during a difficult time. What’s Involved: Provide a loving home for a dog Read more...
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Would you or your group like to celebrate with and support DCO during a community event? DCO hosts multiple fundraising events each year. The TacoDeSOMO taco festival, the Charity Golf Classic, the original Wine Walk, the Advocate’s Ball, and the famous Springfield Turkey Trot and more are open to volunteers in multiple roles. We’d love to hear from you! Submit Read more...
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Skills Requested: Speaking clearly and slowly, especially for those who may be hard of hearing. Calling at the scheduled time and in a location with minimal background noise.Requirements & Commitment: FlexibleTelephone reassurance services for seniors by calling them weekly to check in on their well-being. Our telephone reassurance program is intended to help people who are isolated, elderly, or disabled live independently by ensuring that someone is checking in on them regularly. This program can also help people who are at risk of loneliness, illness, injury, or social isolation. Read more...
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VerifiedSkills Requested: Communication, patience, and teamworkRequirements & Commitment: Volunteer Pack signatures and TB risk assessmentThe ongoing volunteer opportunity in the DCO Child Care building covers multiple opportunities to play and care for children with and without disabilities. Read more...
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VerifiedSkills Requested: Communication, patience, and teamworkRequirements & Commitment: HIPPA compliance form signature required; Commitment is completely flexible.The DCO adult building staff and participants love to see volunteers. We are constantly having celebrations on campus and also taking trips out in the Greene County community. This ongoing volunteer opportunity allows for a variety of chances to help with many of these activities. For example: music time, yoga, meal time, walks, games, and crafts; but then also zoo Read more...
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Requirements & Commitment: FlexibleOur Senior Centers allow volunteers to find meaningful opportunities to help people in their communities by assisting in areas that make an impact in our daily operations. We are currently looking for kitchen and dining room volunteers for each of our 30 Senior Centers. Volunteer duties: Setting up and maintaining the beverage station. Serving as hosts in the dining room. Read more...
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Skills Requested: Must have good writing skills and ability to send articles through email.Requirements & Commitment: Must live in the U.S. (preferably in or near the Ozarks).Do you have a motivational Parkinson’s story you’d like to share? A helpful brain boosting recipe? Suggestions for adaptive clothing or utensils that worked well for your family? Consider donating your time as a writer for our blog! We’re looking for passionate individuals to contribute educational articles and/or inspirational personal stories relating to Parkinson’s disease for our website. This role Read more...
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Requirements & Commitment: We request you spend your time with us volunteering and getting to know the organization. We are open 8-4p.m. Monday- Friday, come join us anytime.Come Volunteer with us! We have volunteer opportunities available for all ages and skill sets. We would love for you to join us in the fight! Read more...
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Skills Requested: Event planning, volunteer recruitment and retention, phone calls, sponsorship solicitationRequirements & Commitment: The committee meets monthly from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. until the month prior to the Walk and then we meet more frequently. We ask that you commit to a role and take ownership of that part of the Walk. Additional commitments will be based on yuourAt the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, we’re fighting for a different future. For families facing the disease today. For more time. For treatments. We’re closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer’s. But to get there, we need you. Join us for the world’s largest fundraiser to fight the disease. The biggest fundraiser to fight this dreaded disease is the Read more...
