The United Way of Summit County Volunteer Center recruits and refers volunteers to area nonprofit organizations and other groups required to incorporate volunteer programs for accreditation status. The following organizations need volunteers. For details about these and other volunteer opportunities, contact the Volunteer Center, 90 N. Prospect St., Akron, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays at 330-762-7601, ext. 5502, or www.uwsummit.org.
Akron Urban League: Volunteers needed weekdays 3-7 p.m. for a minimum of 2 hours a week to tutor students grades 3-9 in mathematics. Volunteers will attend a four-hour tutor orientation and must pass a BCI/FBI background check. Volunteers should have two years of college, associate’s degree, or have passed a state paraprofessional academic assessment and have strong basic math skills.
American Red Cross Northern Ohio Blood Services: Volunteers are needed on a flexible schedule to support local blood drives and donor centers. Minimum age: 15; 10 with adult supervision.
Area Agency on Aging: Volunteer ombudsmen needed to visit residents in long-term care facilities and help address their concerns. Training required. Minimum age: 18.
Barberton Hospice & Palliative Care: Volunteers needed on a flexible basis to visit patients in their homes, nursing facilities and/or hospitals. Special need for male volunteers as well as for military veterans to support terminally ill veterans. Minimum age: 16.
Battered Women’s Shelter: Volunteers needed daily on a flexible schedule to assist with general needs. Also seeking movers to assist with large item donations. Minimum age: 18.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve: Volunteers needed 6-9 p.m. Feb. 18 to assist with a fundraising event. Tasks may include registration, greeting, ticket sales during event and displaying auction items. Minimum age: 18; 16 with adult supervision.
Cascade Locks Park Association: Volunteers needed weekdays to serve as tour and information guides for school-aged children. Minimum age: 18.
Christian Fellowship Basketball League: Volunteers needed 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, to help with coaching, physical fitness training, scoring, time keeping and officiating basketball games. Minimum age: 16; 13 with adult supervision.
Community Support Services: Volunteers needed at least 2 hours a week, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays to review client files in order to gather client history for individuals being served by the agency’s crisis intervention program. Minimum age: 18.
Goodwill Industries of Akron: Volunteers needed 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays to assist in packaging, shipping and office/clerical tasks. Minimum age: 18.
Habitat for Humanity of Summit County: Volunteers needed 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays to help with the construction of homes. Minimum age: 18.
Hattie Larlham Supported Living: Companion volunteers are needed to pair up with a home housing four individuals with disabilities. Visits would happen primarily on evenings or weekends and volunteers are asked to serve a minimum of 2 hours per month doing recreational activities with individuals in that home. Minimum age: 18.
Laurel Lake Retirement Community (Hudson): Volunteers needed a minimum of 1 hour a week to oversee card games, bridge and/or rummy, and to assist residents as needed. Minimum age: 14.
Mobile Meals: Volunteers needed 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays to deliver meals to people who are homebound and in nutritional need; special need for drivers in Cuyahoga Falls and Stow areas. Minimum age: 18; younger with adult supervision.
OPEN M: Seeking licensed podiatrists, dentists, medical massage therapists, pharmacists and registered nurses to volunteer at the agency clinic. Morning clinics held the third and fourth Thursday morning of each month from 8:45 a.m. to noon.
Paws and Prayers: Volunteers needed daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to clean cat cages, help with office tasks, wash floors, do laundry, and run errands, such as taking animals to vet offices and picking up animals from the pound. Minimum age: 18; 16 with adult supervision.
Portage Path Behavioral Health: Volunteers needed to assist in answering the 24-hour crisis intervention/suicide prevention hot line. Intensive 50-hour training and background check. Minimum age: 21.
Senior Independence Hospice: Volunteers needed at least 2 hours per week any day to provide companionship and emotional support to patients. Minimum age: 18.
Summa Health System: Volunteers needed from noon to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays to call Internal Medicine patients to remind them of appointments and send reminder letters if patients cannot be reached by phone. Orientation provided. Minimum age: 18.
YMCA Voris Community Learning Center: Volunteers needed 6 to 9 p.m. weekdays to monitor learning center facility and participants. Minimum age: 18; 16 with adult supervision.
