Volunteer Opportunities

The Senior Visiting Program is a friendly service for seniors who are socially isolated and live alone or are homebound. Trained volunteers provide weekly visits about two hours, offering friendship and support, and at times provide help with small tasks such as watering plants, writing letters or organizing photo albums. Clients often enjoy activities such as reminiscing, watching a movie, listening to music, playing cards or a game with their volunteers.All volunteers are trained through Catholic Social Services and undergo a background check.

For more information, please contact Carol Harman at 937.223.7217 ext. 1140

But you will need some basic math skills, as you’ll be assigned to keep score for a table at the Literacy Council’s annual Scrabble Tournament.  The event will take place on Arpil 22nd at the Engineers Club, starting with cocktails at 5:30pm.

If you’re interested in finding out more, there will be a 1 hour volunteer orientation meeting on April 17th at the Literacy Council, located at 333 W. First Street, Suite 130,  in downtown Dayton.  Contact Brian .

Five Rivers MetroParks and Wright State University are seeking dedicated, enthusiastic individuals to help at The Adventure Summit. Volunteer opportunities are available for everyone from the novice hiker to the expert outdoor person. The only requirement is that you are willing to have a great time while being immersed in outdoor culture. Volunteers will leave knowing they have promoted an active, healthy lifestyle in the region and have contributed to making Dayton “The Adventure Capital of the Midwest!”

To learn more about volunteer opportunities at the event, please attend one of thse Adventure Summit Orientations:

Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Monday, Feb. 22 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Held at the Outdoor Recreation Department office at 224 N. St. Clair Street, Dayton, Ohio. Pizza will be served. Registration requested; walk-ins welcome.

Contact Rachel Brand at (937) 564-5431.

Shifts available within the following windows:
Thursday, March 4, 10 am – 5 pm
Friday, March 5, 10 am – 9 pm
Saturday, March 6, 9 am – 8 pm

Volunteer Opportunities Include:
Autograph Session Support
Classroom Ambassador
Exhibitor Support Team
General Event Set-up
General Event Tear Down
Headquarters
Volunteer Registration
Exhibitor Registration
Presenter Registration
Volunteer Getaway Supervisor
Information Central
Merchandise Sales
Greeter
Guide
Key Note Program Usher
MetroParks Booth Ambassador
Pool
Registration/Waivers
Program Support
Spirit Crew

Celebrating Life & Health is the area’s largest community health fair that offers attendees 100s of free medical tests, services & products to ensure their good health and identify potential risk-factors.

This event  takes place at the Ponitz Center (Bldg 12) at Sinclair Community College on Sun, April 11th from 11am – 4pm.

The event has grown like never before (4000+ people) & we are expecting an even larger turnout this year due to the continued poor economy, loss/cut of health insurance or no health insurance for a great number of people in our community.

The growth of the event puts us in need…we are in need of volunteers to help in a variety of capacities the day of the event.

Volunteer by yourself, with friends, with family or in groups…but please volunteer! There are morning & afternoon shifts…Bring the Whole Family!!

This year’s event takes place on Saturday, April 24, 2009 from 11am – 5pm.

To volunteer – please contact the Levin Family Foundation directly @ 937-223-5433.
If you can’t volunteer but would like to help by being a sponsor or know someone that would like to sponsor the event…please contact Debbie Fox @ 937-223-1669.

Imagine yourself selling bakery treats and never having to worry about gaining a pound from them!   A dedicated group of volunteers  do this every week  at the Animal Snackers Bakery at the 2nd Street Market.  They sell over 70 varieties of treats, including poodle puffs, doxie doughnuts, pomeranian pizza plugs, rottie biscotti and kitty crunchies.  There are also dog and cat toys and bandannas that have been sewed by other volunteers.

More volunteers are needed to help with these and new projects to raise funds in order to give more dogs and cats a happy life.  If you are interested in helping these neglected animals find a a new home there is a volunteer meeting being held the second Tuesday of each month, so the next one will be Tues, Dec 8th at 6:30pm at the Humane Society of Greater Dayton at 1661 Nichols Road.

The 2009 Dayton Holiday Festival is looking for volunteers to help out during the Grande Illumination on Fri, Nov 27th from 6-9:30pm.  For more info please contact Molly or call her at 224-1518 x 229.

Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, Dayton Region, is looking for a guest speaker to discuss and lead an activity about CROCHET as a hobby to girls in grades 1-3. This is a three-week series, with girls learning about a different hobby they can participate in each week taking place at our program center, 450 Shoup Mill Rd, Dayton, OH 45415.

Volunteers must be available from 6p-8p on January 6, January 13, and January 20. Please contact Michelle VanHuss, Program Services Specialist, at 937-279-6528 if you are interested in this opportunity.

Skills Needed: Volunteer should be proficient in crochet techniques and able to teach young girls a few basic skills.

All supplies for the girls will be provided. Staff member will work with volunteer to ensure a quality experience for girls.

If you have a special skill or talent, or if you love the history of the Miami Valley and want to share it with others, Dayton History would love for you to become a part of its volunteer team!

There are currently volunteer opportunities in the following areas:

Historical Interpretation

Learn the history of the 30 buildings and exhibits at Carillon Historical Park and share that history with visitors. Work with school groups, military reunion groups, families and people from around the world. Enjoy interacting with the public?  This opportunity is for you!

Photograph Digitization and Labeling Projects

Spend time with our collections at the Dayton History Archive Center, scanning photographs and entering them into a searchable database. Or help with labeling some of the thousands of NCR photographs!

1930s Print Shop

Do you have letterpress skills? Are you interested in learning and preserving a craft that is fading quickly? Become part of the 1930s Print Shop by demonstrating how to operate printing machinery and creating publications for sale. All training is provided.

Marketing and Publicity

Help tell the world about Dayton History by posting our upcoming events on online community calendars and message boards. Work alongside our development department at the Dayton History offices, or, if you have internet access, work in the comfort of your own home!

Special Events

Turn the Kettering Family Education Center at Carillon Historical Park into a holiday wonderland! Help decorate during the weeks leading up to our annual Ringing in the Holidays event, which will take place on November 22.

To learn more about the available opportunities, please contact Andrea Green, Volunteer Coordinator at 937-293-2841 ext 102.

Do you know anyone needing help paying for expensive prescription drug costs?

Help is on the way courtesy of the “Help Is Here Express” bus tour.  The Partnership for Prescription Assistance launched the “Help Is Here Express” bus tour in an effort to reach the millions of Americans who qualify for public and private prescription assistance programs.

The buses, or “rolling information centers” are equipped with computers and telephones that allow trained specialists to identify if a patient qualifies for a program. Many patients get their medicines free or at a substantially reduced cost.

The bus tour rolls into Dayton on Oct. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at  Good Neighbor House located at 844 S. Patterson Blvd.

For additional information, please contact Cassandra Ways at (937) 224-3003.

Good Neighbor House provides  support such as food pantry services, clothing, household, and furniture items to  families throughout the Miami Valley.  They also provide a network of no or low-cost medical services to uninsured workers.

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Good Neighbor House is always looking for volunteers to perform a variety of tasks like stocking shelves, sorting donations, working in the clinic or simply answering the phone.

Volunteer commitments range from working once a week to once a month.

Interested parties for volunteering should contact Marcia Ehlers at (937)-224-3003 Ext.108.

Roll up your sleeves and join hundreds of local residents in volunteering for Make a Difference Day!

Two hundred-fifty volunteers are needed to make a difference in communities throughout Darke, Miami and Shelby Counties on October 23 and 24 in celebration of Make a Difference Day, a national day of volunteering sponsored by USA Weekend. Volunteers are expected to complete nearly 20 community service projects, ranging from hosting Nintendo Wii parties for older adults to literally putting a roof over the head of a local kidney transplant recipient, for 12 local social service agencies.  Projects are available from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on both October 23 and 24.  Volunteers may sign up individually or in groups for specific projects available throughout Darke, Miami and Shelby Counties by visiting www.handsonwestcentralohio.org/MakeADifferenceDay.htm or by calling HandsOn West Central Ohio at (937) 778-5220, ext. 461.  All ages are welcome!

Make a Difference Day activities are coordinated regionally through a partnership between five local nonprofit organizations, including: Darke County United Way, HandsOn West Central Ohio, Piqua Area United Way, Shelby County United Way and Tipp City Area United Way.  The group hopes to engage hundreds of volunteers from local churches, businesses, schools and more in service projects that help nonprofit organizations better serve area residents in need.

Make a Difference Day is a national day of volunteering sponsored by USA Weekend.   More than 3,000,000 volunteers nationwide participated in Make a Difference Day 2008, held annually on the fourth Saturday of October since 1992.  Ohio has led the nation in the number of service projects sponsored in conjunction with Make a Difference Day since 2000.  Last year, more than 40,000 volunteers completed over 1,000 community service projects in Ohio for this national day of helping others.

To learn more about this event, visit www.handsonwestcentralohio.org/MakeADifferenceDay.htm.