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Connecting Volunteers with Community Needs
| BULLETIN BOARD (A listing of immediate volunteer needs in the Stateline area)These are some of the many current volunteer opportunities around the Stateline area. If any of these volunteer opportunities interest you, feel free to register yourself as a volunteer and indicate your interest and you will be contacted by our agency within two business days: |
Not for Profit agencies looking for volunteers, and individuals willing to volunteer for these or other activities, please call (608)-365-1278 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or leave a message; fax 608-368-3268 or e-mail us at info@vacbeloit.org. The Voluntary Action Center is a Stateline United Way agency.
BELOIT SNAPPERS
The Snappers are looking for volunteers (either individuals or teams) to sell concessions, take tickets, or usher. Volunteers are assigned to teams of about 20 individuals, with about 12 of those working at each game, and work two or three games a month from April through August. Most games are in the evening, from 6 – 9 pm, some are on Sunday from 1 – 4 pm; depending on the time of year, games may start earlier in the spring and later in the summer. Training comes via a volunteer handbook, a training day, and on the job training. There are many perks and it’s a great way to enjoy the games.
CITY OF BELOIT Boards and Commissions
Beloit citizens can participate in local government by serving on various Boards and Commissions of the City Council. Vacancies currently exist on the following: Appointment Review Committee (1 resident), Board of Appeals (2 residents), Board of Review (2 Alternates), Cable Television Advisory Committee (2 residents), Disabled Parking Enforcement Assistance Council (3 residents), Equal Opportunities and Human Relations Commission (1 resident), Municipal Golf Committee (1 youth, 1 resident), and Park, Recreation & Conservation Advisory Commission (1 youth).
PROJECT LINUS
Now ten years old, Project Linus’ mission is to provide comfort, warmth, and security to trauma-tized area children. Volunteers are needed to serve on a steering committee to provide long-term continuity to the program. Duties include quarterly meetings, blanket distribution to partner facilities and organizations, blanket collection, special event planning and implementation. Volunteers with needle crafts such as knitting, crocheting, quilting or basic sewing are helpful.
SARP (Sexual Assault Recovery Program)
Sexual Assault Recovery Program volunteer advocates respond in-person to victims of sexual assault, either in local emergency rooms or as crisis line callers. They advocate for fair, sensitive and competent services and treatment for all victims of sexual assault by providing emotional support, medical advocacy, legal advocacy, and crisis intervention. Volunteers must be able to work with individuals of cultural, economic, and social diversity. Strong communication and interpersonal skills and good professional judgment are also important. SARP provides training and gives support to all of their advocates. You must be a female over the age of 18, have a desire to help those in need, live within 30 minutes of both Janesville Mercy Hospital and Beloit Memorial Hospital, and have reliable transportation. Volunteers must be available for at least two 12-hour shifts each month and for volunteer meetings approximately four times per year.
FACT (Families and Community Together)
The Beloit Families and Community Together program will be held at Hackett Elementary on Wednesdays, from 4 – 7:30 pm, March 10 – April 28. Volunteers would help prepare and serve a meal, help with clean up and assist with child care. Minimum age: 16; background check required. Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) volunteers are welcome! Volunteers receive a free meal at each of the sessions.
SWAIRFEST
Orientation and training sessions will be offered in February and March for volunteers from the community who wish to help with this year’s AirFEST, May 28 – 30. Volunteers will be needed for Parking, Security, Admissions, Hospitality and Trash & Refuse.
“Connecting Volunteers with Community Needs”
YEAR ROUND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
For Year Round Opportunities (below) we encourage you to fill out an Individual Volunteer Registration
Beloit Regional Hospice
The Beloit Regional Hospice is offering Volunteer Training for prospective workers. The training program offers end-of-life education and runs for 8 weeks. Some of the topics covered are: communication and family dynamics, active listening, spirituality, pain and symptom management, dying, death and the grieving process.
Junior Achievement of Rock County
Junior Achievement of Rock County is looking for volunteers to help children at Gaston and Morgan Elementar y, grades 1-5, with hands-on classroom activities. Volunteer dates and times are flexible, but fall into the normal school hours.
CASA of Rock County
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) are needed in Rock County. CASA volunteers are dedicated individuals who help guide foster children through the legal system. CASA volunteers maintain weekly contacts with their foster child and monthly contacts with all social workers, school personal, and mental health providers.
Boys and Girls Club of Beloit
The Boys and Girls Club is looking for volunteers to spend time/play with children ages 6-18 any Monday through Friday from 2:30 – 8 p.m. Assistance can range from homework help to computer lab aid/network, poms, sports, to just helping out.
Stateline Literacy Council
The Stateline Literacy Council is in need of tutors to help Stateline adults improve reading skills as well as over-all English proficiency. English as a Second Language (ESL) Training is provided numerous time of the year. Tutors do not need to know how to speak Spanish to help someone learn English.
Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful – Rockton, Roscoe
Every Saturday volunteers are needed at the RecyclingCenter in Roscoe. Shifts are only 1 1/2 hours long . Volunteers work once every 6-8 weeks or based on their availability.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Rock and WalworthCounty are in need of volunteers to mentor children ages 6-14 years of age. Volunteers will determine their own times; schedules are very flexible. Volunteers need to have a car, valid auto insurance and driver’s license. Training and orientation are provided. Lunch Buddies meet at the child's school one day a week during the child's lunch time. They do not meet the child any other time. This is a great opportunity for volunteers who are very busy but still want to be a mentor to a child.
Voluntary Action Center
The Voluntary Action Center is looking for volunteers to help with its non-profit grant writing center. Volunteers should be good writers, with time to commit to the grant writing process. Past grant writing experience a plus, but training is also available. The VAC office can also use volunteers for occasional clerical help and special projects.
The United Arts Alliance – Janesville
The United Arts Alliance is a coalition of individuals, artists and nonprofit arts organizations serving the RockCounty area. It is in need of individuals who support, encourage, and/or would like to participate in the arts to help with the organization and implementation of local performances and exhibits, as well as planning and other activities. All ages of volunteers welcome!
Beloit Fine Arts Incubator
The Beloit Fine Arts Incubator is looking for a volunteer to help cover hours of operation. General tasks include greeting customers, answering phones and gift shop sales. At times the BFAI may have mailings and could use help with folding, stuffing envelopes and applying postage.
Hackett School – Kids Club
Combining elements of two former programs (the Bobby Program and Hackett After School), Kids Club is looking for volunteers to work one on one with students on math and reading skills. Individuals can work one day a week, either from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. or from 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Caritas
Caritas needs volunteers on the morning shift, 9:30 - 11:30 am, to hang donated clothing in the Clothing Room and to serve as Clothing Room Hosts/Hostesses. The afternoon shift, from 12:30 - 2:30 pm, needs volunteers to pack groceries for Food Pantry clients. Caritas also needs drivers with larger vehicles (vans or pickups) to help transport food to the Food Pantry when needed.
Beloit Meals on Wheels
Beloit Meals on Wheels is looking for reliable, caring people, with valid drivers licenses, to pick up meals from the office on Public Ave. and deliver them to a provided list of addresses. Meals on Wheels is also looking for volunteers, on a regular basis, to call and remind volunteers of their scheduled meal delivery times and locations. This activity can be done from your home and takes only about an hour of your time.
Alzheimer’s Support Center – Janesville
Volunteers are needed for general office work in 2-4-hour shifts; even once a month volunteers can be accommodated. Training is provided.
AIDS Network
The Aids Network is in need of volunteers to answer phones and commit to agency outreach projects.
Beloit Domestic Violence Center
The Beloit Domestic Violence Center invites Beloit area residents to volunteer at the Center. We have need for qualified individuals to assist our staff with children’s activity/educational groups, twice weekly. Other projects include: occasional clean-up, painting, sorting and organizing donations, yard work, and minor repairs. Times and schedules are flexible.
Sexual Assault Recovery Program (SARP)
Family Services of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois is looking for females over the age of 18 to respond to callers through the 24 hour hotline as well as to support sexual assault victims at both Beloit Memorial and Janesville Mercy Hospital. Volunteers must have transportation and a cell phone and pass a background check. SARP provides the training and additional refresher courses. Once the volunteer is qualified, she serves on call on scheduled days (12 hour shifts) but can otherwise go about normal activities. Staff works closely with each volunteer to provide the necessary support and supervision.
Scoville Senior Center
Scoville Senior Center is in need of volunteers to help residents move in and out of assisted living, as well as help in transporting residents to and from doctor’s appointments. Some residents need help getting their apartments ready for quarterly inspections and others need help grocery shopping because they have difficulty reading the labels. Servers are also needed for the center’s lunch program.
Welty Environmental Center and Friends of the WEC
Welty Environmental Center and the Friends of Welty Environmental Center offer you many things to do to help others learn more about the outdoors and, in the process, assist those who aid them in doing so. You can assist with programs or lead one. You could fill receptionist and/or clerical positions at the Center or help with building maintenance. Those with technical, computer, or writing skills could design and produce promotional items, write feature articles for the Warbler and for public media, or help the center improve its public relations efforts. Still others could assist with business and development matters.
City of Beloit
The City of Beloit uses volunteer help in these areas: perennial and annual flower bed planting and care, litter removal, stream bank cleanup, assistance with special community events, office assistance at the senior center, performance of community surveys, studies and research of parks and leisure services related topics, Adopt-A-Highway litter removal program, and participation in Friends of the Parks organizations.
SMILES (Special Methods in Learning Equine Skills)
SMILES is a center where individuals with disabilities learn about how to care for and ride horses. Normally, volunteers will act as side handlers, assisting the center’s staff handling horses while special education groups or individuals come into the center. Other volunteer needs are for barn work, horse handlers, and other miscellaneous jobs.
Angel Museum
An historic location with an historic collection, the Angel Museum of Beloit has an ongoing need for volunteers in these areas: greeting visitors, serving food in the café for special events and tours, gardeners (spring, summer and fall), custodial and handyman positions, and individuals with computer skills to assist with data entry.
***If any of these volunteer opportunities interest you, feel free to register yourself as a volunteer and you will be contacted by our agency within two business days.
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