Volunteers

To submit a request for volunteers, call 801-625-4258.

Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis counties is looking for individuals to serve as 04/13/2009: vice president, PR/communications chairperson, faith relations chairperson, fundraising chairperson and grant writer. Contact Carolyn at 801-475-9821.

Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis Counties, a 100 percent volunteer organization that partners with low- and moderate-income families to help them build and buy their own homes, is seeking volunteers to help with the construction process on a home in Ogden. Work parties generally take place on Saturdays and additional days as needed. The Weber/Davis Habitat office is at 2261 Adams Ave., Ogden (YCC building, Room 208B.) Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 1-7 p.m. For information, call 801-475-9821, e-mail info@weberdavishabitat.org or visit Web site at WeberDavisHabitat.org.

Harmony Home Health and Hospice provides home health care as well as hospice services to all who are in need. Volunteers are needed to aid patients through life's final journey and bring dignity to their days. For more information, call Sue Peterson at 776-9386.

Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah) works to protect the health of Utahns from nuclear and toxic waste. Volunteers are needed to be citizen advocates, coordinate coalitions, provide office support, and a variety of other tasks. For more information, call 801-355-5055 or e-mail info@healutah.org.

Hearts That Heal is looking for service-minded musicians willing to donate their time playing in hospitals and nursing homes. Contact Debbie Beus at 540-5938 or e-mail her at Debbie@heartsthatheal.org or log on to http://heartsthatheal.org for details.

Heritage Senior Center is in need of volunteers to help in the kitchen, drive and run meals to homebound individuals, run the front desk, and conduct classes. Contact Arizona Pella at 773-7065.

Hill Air Force Base Clinic is seeking much-needed volunteer help. Hours flexible. Contact Darlene Gabaldon at 801-777-0418.

Horizon Hospice needs volunteers in the Layton and surrounding area to offer support and companionship to patients. If interested, please call 546-4368.

Hospice Care of Northern Utah, a holistic hospice program, needs volunteers to help patients and families in North Davis, Weber, and Box Elder Counties. Training provided. Please call 801-552-8270 or email HCNU@comcast.net if interested in assisting these families.

Inspiration Hospice needs caring, compassionate individuals and couples to help hospice patients and families in Weber and Davis counties. Full training provided at no cost. Call Shar or Linda at 393-6564 for more information.

Intermountain Specialized Abuse Treatment Center provides specialized services to children and families affected by abuse with the focused goal of helping the healing process begin and preventing future victimization. Volunteers are needed to obtain donations for special occasions or projects; and co-lead a therapy group with a licensed therapist. For more information, contact Becky Valcarce at 268-4454, ext. 21.

Layton Victim Services provides assistance in understanding the criminal justice system, identifying helpful community resources, making a claim for restitution, filing a protective order and accompanying victims to court hearings. Volunteers are needed to be available in the office for emotional support, resource information, and filing orders and restitution. For more information, contact Karen Arroyo at 336-3599 or e-mail her at karroyo@laytoncity.org.

Legacy Health Care is a full-service hospice. Volunteers are needed to provide companionship and respite care for terminally ill patients and their families. There is also a need for office volunteers. Training will be provided. For information, contact Keith Gordon at 771-9099.

LifePath Hospice and Family Care: Are you looking for the benefit of a flexible schedule and the understanding of the field of hospice care? Volunteers can make a big difference to a dying older care recipient and their family members at the most difficult time in a person's life, and gain the experience that will last the volunteer a lifetime. The hospice volunteer will receive training to have an excellent understanding of the field of hospice care to help support patients with meaningful assistance as they grow weaker, and to the primary caregiver, who may become less functional because of how he/she feels about the impending death of the care recipient. For information, contact Shannon Thompson at sthompson@lifepathslc.com, call toll-free at (877) 293-0444 or visit www.lifepathhomecare.com.

Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center provides a safe environment of employment and training for persons with disabilities. Volunteers are needed to help people with disabilities learn how to do work tasks. Most tasks involve packaging, assembly or light manufacturing work. Must be 18 years or older and pass a background check. For more information, contact Merri Ann Perkins at 402-0950 or e-mail her at meperkins@dsdmail.net.

Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation Chapter promotes research to find a cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease and improve the care and treatment of those it affects. Volunteers are needed for a variety of duties such as decorations and entertainment committees, advertising and media help, and registration and information committee. For information contact Karen Ungerman, 801-660-7858 or e-mail her at saltlakecitychapter@pkdcure.org.

Project Linus provides security through blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need of a sense of warmth and comfort. Handmade new blankets and afghans are created by volunteer blanketeers. Donations of new handmade blankets, quilts, fabric, yarn or monetary donations are gladly accepted. Project Linus is a strictly non-profit organization. For more information contact: Jean Nebeker 801-479-7733 or 801-643-9843 or Email to: jnebeker@live.com

Road to Recovery is seeking volunteers with their own vehicles to provide transportation for cancer patients. 483-1500 or (800) 234-0533; e-mail richard.montano@cancer.org.

Rocky Mountain Hospice/Faith in Action helps meet the needs of caregivers meeting the demands of a dying loved on or caring for a loved one suffering from a debilitating health condition. Volunteers are needed to provide hospice patients with companionship, running errands, yard work, and light housekeeping. Training will be provided. Volunteers will need to pass a background check. For more information contact Megan at (801) 525-4870 or e-mail her at megan.lee@rmccare.com

Safe Harbor Crisis Center, Davis County's only domestic violence shelter, is in need of volunteers in the following areas; in-shelter, community crisis response, and protective order court. Volunteers will undergo 40 hours of domestic violence related training, and are asked to commit to a minimum of six months. For more information, please contact Jill Ramage at 660-6104.

Senior Companion Program needs volunteers to help the homebound elderly. Work 20-40 hours per week, benefits included! Must be at least 60 years old and have own transportation. For information call Natalie at 801-625-3774.

Serenity House/BRIDGE Program needs interested individuals or groups to adopt a room to redecorate. Contact Pam Boydston at 801-394-0267.

Super Sunday Sing Along needs volunteers to drive members back and forth to center each Sunday from 2-3:30 p.m. Also needs volunteers to make fliers and posters to educate community about what center does. Contact Penny Davis at 801-497-9313.

The Arthritis Foundation Utah/Idaho Chapter focuses on improving lives through leadership in the prevention control and cure of arthritis and related diseases. Volunteers are needed to assist in all areas. For more information call 801-536-0900.

The Road Home works to help people step out of homelessness and back into the community. Volunteers are needed to play with children while their parents are in a family team meeting with their case manager. The playroom is open 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Also, from 1-4 p.m every Thursday each month, volunteers are needed to help clients move from the shelter into housing. For information, contact Jennifer Paulsen at 359-4142 or e-mail her jpaulsen@theroadhome.org.

The Salvation Army-Ogden Corps needs volunteers to help in the food pantry, Emergency Disaster Service Response, Thrift Store, Adult Rehabilitation Program and seasonal activities. Call Captain Richard Pease at 801-621-3580.

Treehouse Children's Museum is looking for youth to volunteer in the Teens at Treehouse program. They'll be helping with art, theater and storytelling. Youth must be between the ages of 16-18. If they are younger (13-15), they may come and volunteer in a group setting. Adult volunteers are also needed to help with family literacy programming. Contact Holli Christensen-Rackham at 801-394-9663. See www.treehousemuseum.org.

United Way of Davis County needs volunteers to help on the fund distribution, marketing and campaign committees. Volunteer needed to assist the marketing and resource development directors with campaign presentations and related needs. Also looking for volunteers for general office duties. Call Darice Aslett at 801-497-9555.

Utah Council of the Blind needs volunteers to read and drive for blind adults in the Davis County area. Contact Leslie Gertsch at 801-292-1156 or e-mail her at lgertsch@comcast.net.

Utah Figure Skating Club needs volunteers to help host a regional amateur competition. Will be working with officials, coaches, parents and other volunteers. This includes registering competitors, security, posting results, ice patching, hospitality. For more information contact Holly Tanner at (801) 292-4331.

Utah Hospice Specialists' mission is to maximize each patient's quality of life by delivering the highest quality services with compassion and respect. We are focused on maintaining dignity, increasing the quality of life, and providing comfort, including pain and symptom control. Volunteers are needed to visit patients in their homes, nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities. For more information, contact Tracy Ruiz at 801-293-8700 or e-mail her at truiz@hospicespecialists.com.

Utah Museum of Natural History at University of Utah is looking for people to volunteer as Museum Gallery Interpreters and Discovery Cart Volunteers. Volunteers interact with Museum visitors via conversation, hands-on activities and museum artifacts. A background or an interest in paleontology, archaeology, biology, geology, anthropology, or ecology is preferred. Museum volunteers receive half-price museum membership after 40 hours of work and discounts at the gift shop, in addition to continuing educational and social opportunities. For information, contact Debbie Amundsen at (801) 581-7767 or damundsen@umnh.utah.edu.

Utah Foster Care Foundation needs individuals who are interested in volunteering for help with in-office work, event help, and holiday activity help. Contact Mindy Lundgreen at 801-392-1114 or e-mail her at Mindy.Lundgreen@utahfostercare.org.

Vista Care Hospice has an ongoing need for volunteers. Volunteers are key members of the hospice team that helps patients with companionship, support and caregiver relief. Serves from North Ogden to Bountiful. A 12-hour training is provided. Call 801-475-5300.

Volunteers of America, Utah RSVP invites adults to put their experience to work solving problems close to home. Volunteers are needed to be Homeless Mentor Volunteers. For more information, call Debbie Larsen or Debbie Draper at 801-779-1287.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), Volunteers are needed to electronically prepare and send tax returns. Free training in simple tax law with an emphasis on the credits available for low-income families. Volunteer a minimum of three hours per week from January through April. Help low income families keep more of what they earn and bring millions of dollars into our community! For more information contact Dede Clifford at 334-8990, or Donnette Barber at 771-4642 or e-mail Donnette at donnetteb@familyconnection4u.org.

Volunteer Victim Advocates needs to assist domestic violence victims. Volunteers respond to the secured scene as part of a team to provide safety planning, resource referrals and support. Forty hours of training is provided. Interested people must be willing to make a six-month commitment and have a level two-background check. Call Dana Zandell Gardner at the YCC at 392-7273 or e-mail her at DanaZandell@yahoo.com.

The West Point basketball program needs parent volunteers. For more information, call (801) 776-0970.

Women in Community Service need volunteers to provide support and mentoring to disadvantaged young men and women. Training and materials will be provided. Call 476-5929.

Your Community Connection promotes a safe and stable environment for families. It offers needed assistance through the domestic violence victim assistance center, homeless and housing assistance center and family enrichment center. Volunteers are needed to help in a variety of areas. For more information, contact YCC at (801) 394-9456.

Youth of Promise is a service organization of young people age 14-18. They work closely with other Davis County service organizations to provide service and help improve the community. Volunteers are needed to help with fundraising for the Memorial Monument being built at the Utah State University Botanical Center in Kaysville. Donations are also needed for this project. For more information contact Margaret Wahlstrom at 544-0747 or e-mail her at margiewahlstrom@yahoo.com.