Personal shoppers wanted
The Center for the Visually Impaired is seeking volunteers to be personal shoppers.
Personal shoppers visit clients at their residences to provide assistance with predetermined personal services. Such services may include grocery shopping, retail stores, doctors’ appointments, banks, post offices etc. Many of our clients are homebound and isolated and benefit from the practicality of the service and the personal contact.
Must have be at least 25, with a driver’s licence. All volunteers must fill out necessary paperwork and attend an orientation and training session.
Who: The Center for the Visually Impaired
Where: 739 West Peachtree St., N.W, Atlanta
When: ongoing
Contact: Lara Tillery, volunteer services coordinator at 404-602-4369 or ltillery@cviga.org.
Information: www.cviga.org
Help with World Down Syndrome Day race
The T21 (Down syndrome) Run will take place on World Down Syndrome Day which is March 21 at Piedmont Park.
Proceeds benefit GiGi’s Playhouse Atlanta. The race is a Peachtree Road Race qualifying route
The organizers need volunteers: to distribute race posters to area businesses; to help distribute race packets the day before the race; to help with race day check-in, water stations, banana distribution, etc.; to line the race route and cheer on participants.
Who: GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta
When: varies; race is March 21
Where: Piedmont Park
Contact: atlanta@gigisplayhouse.org; getsetgrow.com
Overnight camp chaperones needed
City Camp, a key project of Wilderness Works, provides economically disadvantaged children from across Atlanta overnight stays in a dormitory setting over school season weekends and longer stays during summer months.
City Camp allows children to be reunited with their friends in a very popular overnight setting. Frequently Friday night City Camp includes a field trip or significant enrichment activity for the following Saturday.
Who: City Camp at Wilderness Works
When: weekends
Contact: Tony Jones at 404-441-1087 or citycamp@wildernessworks.org
Information: www.wildernessworks.org
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