Volunteer Information

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Alliance For Literacy

Volunteer Area: Older Adults
Contact Name: Dorothy Shinafelt
Phone Number 770-531-4337
Volunteers interested in teaching reading to adults call Dorothy Shinafelt at 770-531-4337.
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American Cancer Society

Volunteer Area: Transportation
Contact Name: Rena Pendley
Phone Number: 678-450-9449
Need drivers to transport cancer patients to and from treatment centers.
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American Red Cross

Volunteer Area: Office Assistance
Contact Name: Barbara Barber
Phone Number: 770-532-8453
Serving Northeast Georgia's thirteen county area, American Red Cross needs volunteers for reception desk, data entry, filing and various office functions. Hours are 9am-5pm, Monday thru Friday.
For Gainesville-Hall County Chapter call 770-532-8453, Extension 26 or 1-800-282-1722.
For Dawsonville Service Center, call 706-265-4050 and Cornelia Service Center, 706-894-2002. Persons needing Community Service hours (for DUI or speeding violations)are welcomed. JOIN OUR TEAM-TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE A LIFE.
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Mercy Flight SE

North Georgia Wing
770-904-0904
678-521-6053
Mercy Flight SE is your regional representative for Air Charity Network the largest volunteer pilot organization in the world. Coordinating FREE air transportation for children and adults with medical and financial needs or compelling human needs is our mission. Our pilots provide their planes, gas and time to help those in need. Mercy Flight SE is a nonprofit organization. There is never a charge for our service.
Website: mercyflightse.org
Email: afse-gw@mindspring.com

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Northeast District Office

850 Hi-Hope Road
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043
Tel: 770-963-9208
Fax: 770-995-7167
www.redcrossatlanta.org

Odyssey Healthcare

500 Spring St. Suite 204
Gainesville, Ga
770.533.4422
Erin Dawkins,
Manager of Volunteer Services edawkins@odsyhealth.com
Web Site www.odsyhealth.com
Odyssey Healthcare provides hospice care to terminally ill patients in the Northeast Georgia region. We are seeking volunteers to provide companionship and support to these patients and their loved ones. There are many opportunities to volunteer with Odyssey such as caregiver relief, reading to patients, making gifts for patients, administrative work in the office, etc. Give the gift of your time.

Boys and Girls Clubs

Volunteer Area: Youth
Contact Name: Greg Smith
Phone Number: 770-532-8102
Volunteers are needed Monday-Friday, after 2 pm for general supervision of children, tutoring, homework help, art and physical education programs, coaches and referees. To enlist, call Jennie at 770-532-8102.
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CASA of Hall & Dawson Counties

Contact Name: Jennie de la Vega
P.O. Box 907471
Gainesville, GA 30501-0908
770-531-1964
770-534-5851
casaofhall@bellsouth.net
www.charityadvantage.com/hdcasa

Catholic Social Services

Volunteer Area: Translation / Interpretation
Contact Name: Lana Krummen
Phone Number: 770-534-3337
Need bilingual volunteers to provide services and resources to the Latino community by answering the helpline.

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Center Point Mentor Program

1050 Elephant Trail
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone 770-535-1050
Contact: Kate Hoffman
Center Point is a non-profit youth-development organization, located in Gainesville, Georgia. We are in need of adult volunteers to work with children 1 hour a week at the school of their choice in the Gainesville and Hall County School Systems.
www.centerpointgainesville.com/mentor.html

Challenged Child and Friends

Volunteer Area: Developmentally Delayed Youth
email: info@challengedchild.org
Contact for Enrollment is Maria McDaniel
(770) 535-8372 ext. 104
Contact for Volunteers & Wishlist is Sunshine Jordan (770) 535-8372 ext. 102
Contact for Fundraising Events is Lee Highsmith
(770) 535-8372 ex.t 112
Phone Number 770-535-8372

Need volunteers to serve as team members with the staff weekly, bi-weekly or lunch drop-in. Challenged Child and Friends provides early intervention services for developmentally delayed children as well as typical children, age 6 weeks through five years.
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Chattahoochee Oconee Forest Interpretive Association

Volunteer Area: Recreation
Contact Name: Parks Miller
Phone Number: 770-532-0071
Assist with guiding tours, working in gift shops, campground hosts, improving trail systems, enhancing wildlife and fish habitat as well as providing administrative assistance to the association.

Disabled American Veterans Transportation Network

Volunteer Area: Transportation
Contact Name: Gene Boccumini (Mr. B)
Phone Number: 770-869-7062
Volunteers needed to drive 14-passenger van, transporting veterans from Gainesville to VA Hospital in Decatur.

Educational Resource Development Trust / Share

Volunteer Area: Youth
Contact Name: Christine
Phone Number: 770-277-3579
E-mail: cskarbek@aol.com.
Host a foreign exchange student and promote peace and understanding at the most personal level. Opportunities not limited to families. Single parents and couples without children happily considered.

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Face the World Foundation

Volunteer Area: Youth
Contact Name: N/A
Phone Number: 770-983-2141 or 770-983-0223
Volunteers needed to host international exchange students. Students bring their own spending money and medical insurance.
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Gainesville Action Ministries

Volunteer Area: Office Assistance
Contact Name: Sue Lane
Phone Number: 770-531-0144
Need volunteers to answer phones, take client information, file and interview clients.

Gainesville Care Center

Volunteer Area: Office Assistance
Contact Name: Sandy
Phone Number 770-535-1413
website: www.gainesvillecare.org
Caring people needed to help make "favor bags" for school and church presentations. Call for more information on materials needed and instructions on assembling bags.

Gateway House

Volunteer Area: Domestic Violence
Contact Name: Phyllis Wintter
Phone Number 770-536-5860
A shelter for battered and abused women and their children needs volunteers to work in several different capacities: receptionists, children's program, and house volunteers. Additional training is required to work in the children's program. Learn to deliver empathy training, conflict resolution skills and anger management skills to child witnesses of domestic violence. Call Phyllis Wintter at 770-536-5860 for dates and times of training classes.

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Girl Scouts of Northeast Georgia

Volunteer Area: Youth
Contact Name: Teresa Laird
Phone Number: 770-536-8656
Volunteers are needed to serve as troop leaders for low-income areas. If you are a female student who wishes to be a positive role model for young girls, please call for more information. Remember that children are our future. Girl Scouts can make a big difference in any community. Become a part of that positive difference.
www.girlscoutsnegeorgia.org

Good News Clinics

810 Pine St
Gainesville, GA
telephone: 770.297.5040
Contact name: Cheryl Christian
Volunteer Area: Medical and Dental Clinics
Volunteer physicians, dentists, nurses, dental assistants, and medical assistants needed for free medical and dental clinics. Also community volunteers are needed to assist in reception and office areas answering phones, filing, etc.

Hands on Hall - a service of the United Way of Hall County

527 Oak Street
P. O. Box 2656
Gainesville, GA 30503
Phone: (770) 535-7766
Fax: (770) 287-0262
Email: kjohnson@unitedwayhallcounty.org
Website: www.unitedwayhallcounty.org

Hall County Humane Society

845 W. Ridge Rd., Gainesville, GA 30501
Volunteer Area: Animal Shelter
Contact Name: Aimee French
Phone Number: 770-532-6617
Need volunteers to help with pet adoptions, educational programs and administrative duties at the Humane Society. Volunteers also needed to work at PetsMart from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays to help with the adoption of homeless animals.

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Hall County Humane Society

Low Income Spay/Neuter Clinic
Where: 845 W. Ridge Rd., Gainesville, GA 30501
When: Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, By advance appointment only.
Why: We are now accepting low income clients for our spay/neuter clinic. Proof of participation in a government subsidy program required.
$50.00 for dog/puppy spay or neuter, $50.00 for cat/kitten spay, or $40.00 for cat/kitten neuter.
Dogs, cats, puppies & kittens only. Call (770) 532-6617 for further information or to set up an appointment.

Hall County Juvenile Court

Volunteer Area: Judicial Citizen Review Panel
Contact Name: Brenda Boring or Jody Bernard
Phone Number 770-531-6927 or 770-822-8040
The Hall County Juvenile Court is seeking volunteers for the Judicial Citizen Review Panel. This volunteer group reviews the circumstances of children of Hall County who are in the custody of the State Department of Family and Children Services. These foster children need your help to ensure that they are being properly cared for and are given the opportunity to be placed in a permanent home instead of languishing in foster care. This volunteer commitment involves an initial two-day training and one morning a month thereafter.
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Hall-Dawson CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)

Volunteer Area: Children
Contact Name: Jocelyn Pryor
Phone Number: 770-531-1964
America's abused, neglected and abandoned children need your voice. Volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate and change one life at a time. Training begins Tuesday, February 17th, 2004 for the Hall-Dawson CASA program. Call for more information.
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HealthCare Volunteer

was started January 1, 2006 by an American dental and medical student, who realized the need for a FREE non-profit portal that connects health professionals to volunteering opportunities globally. This site is backed by leading physicians and executives and aims to allow physicians, dentists and all other health care professionals to provide volunteer health care anywhere in the world. Please visit our page www.healthcarevolunteer.com and search for opportunities or post a volunteering opportunity.

Services Launched Recently: HealthCare Cal – Global Volunteering Calendar & HealthCare Forum – Forums to connect with volunteers and organizations.

New Services Coming Soon: Resources for health care volunteers trying to start new volunteering organizations and a personal page for each volunteering organization registered with us (including photos and optional online application submittal) and much more!

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Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Volunteer Area: Healthcare
Contact Name: Carol Jewell
Phone Number: 770-533-8503
Need volunteers to help meet the physical and emotional needs of terminally ill patients within their homes. Volunteers will sit with patients, run errands, provide relief for family members or help with clerical work in the Hospice office. Local website

Legacy Link, Inc.

Volunteer Area: Older Adult
Contact Name: Terry Shuler, RSVP Director
Phone Number: 770-538-2650
Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Legacy Link needs volunteers age 55 and older to perform needed services in our local community including: Tutors, Mentors; Companion Care (ex. calling homebound seniors); Community Outreach (ex. Neighborhood Watches, local Chamber of Commerce, CERT, etc.); Meals on Wheels delivery drivers, and Computer Class Instructors at local Senior Centers. Opportunities are available in Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and White counties.

Lifeline of Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Volunteer Area: Computer
Contact Name: Dianne Appling
Phone Number: 770-533-8899
Need volunteers to install and maintain systems in subscribers' homes as well as provide assistance in the Lifeline office. Lifeline in a personal emergency response system that allows patients to continue living in their homes with the security of knowing they can quickly access help when needed.
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Meals on Wheels

Volunteer Area: Food Pantry / Services
Contact Name: Milon Christman
Phone Number: 770-535-5445v Need volunteers to deliver meals within the City of Gainesville. Routes take approximately one hour and training is provided.
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My Sister’s Place

Contact Name: Carol Heath
Phone Number: 770-532-1511
Contact name: Sylvia Stoltzfus
E-mail: sylstoltzfus@bellsouth.net
610 Davis Street
P.O. Box 908492
Gainesville, Ga. 30501
My sister’s Place is a Christ centered ministry that cares for and helps homeless women and their children. It depends totally on donations of cash and goods by businesses and individuals.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Auxiliary

Volunteer Area: Youth / Adult / Older Adult
Contact Name: Brenda Jones
Phone Number: 770-535-3394
Adult and Teen volunteers needed to assist with non-medical duties and in The Window Shop at the Medical Center and Lanier Park Campus. Teens entering 9th grade next fall, or age 14 and up, may apply.
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Pine Oak Health & Rehabilitation

Volunteer Area: Older Adult
Contact Name: Brenda Sorrells
Phone Number: 770-967-2070
Volunteers needed to visit with, read to or play games with 30 patients who require special one-on-one care.
Anyone with a talent, or anyone who knows someone with a particular talent would be a great thing for the other 70 residents.

Premier Hospice

Volunteer Area: Older Adult / Healthcare
Contact Name: Joe Smith or Karen DeAngelis
Phone Number: 770-533-4422
Volunteer companions, sitters, shoppers, bereavement workers, chaplain assistants and office workers needed to help with terminally ill patients and their families.

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Prevent Child Abuse

Volunteer Area: Children
Dee Dee Mize, Executive Director
Phone Number: 770-287-3071
Volunteers needed to work in the nursery while parenting classes are in session on Monday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Free parenting classes in English and Spanish for parents who are prenatal to their child's 18th birthday.

Rape Response, Inc.

We provide support for victims of rape and sexual assault, advocate on their behalf with medical and law enforcement personnel and provide prevention education to community schools and organizations.
P.O. Box 2883
Gainesville, GA 30503
Contact Name: Marie
email: marie@raperesponse.com
website: www.raperesponse.com
Phone Number: 770-503-7273
FAX Number: 770-503-7208

The Guest House

Volunteer Area: Senior
Contact Name: Sandy Pearson
Phone Number: 770-535-1487
Adult Care Center needs volunteers to spend time talking with clients and helping with activities and crafts. A friendly smile and words of encouragement are all that's needed.

United Hospice Inc.

Volunteer Area: Health Care
Contact Name: McCall Hoyle
Phone Number: (770) 297-1970 or (800) 844-9641
United Hospice Inc.needs volunteers to offer ongoing emotional support and compassion to patients and families with life-limiting illnesses.

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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary District 7 - Division 2 - Flotilla 6

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is a volunteer service organization composed of men and women who actively support boating safety and other Coast Guard civil missions. The Auxiliary was established by Congress in 1939 as the Coast Guard civilian volunteer component and is currently expanding its role within “Team Coast Guard”. The Commandant of the Coast Guard authorizes the Auxiliary to participate in mission areas under an umbrella known as the Four Cornerstones:

Member Services
Recreational Boating Safety
Coast Guard and State Support
Fellowship

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Veterans and Community Outreach Program

Volunteer Area: Youth / Education / Tutoring
Contact Name: Rev. Lamar Johnson or Blondine or Gail
Phone Number: 770-531-0046
Need four volunteers to help with afterschool program in the computer lab and library from 4:30-7:30 pm, Monday-Friday.

Village Wellness Center at Chicopee

Volunteer Area: Older Adult
Contact Name: Loretta
Phone Number: 770-538-2790
ALZHEIMER'S CARE GIVER'S TIME OUT
First Monday of every month from
11:30 am to 1:00 pm at Wellness Center at 3 First Street, Gainesville 30504. Bring your own lunch. Join for a time of support and sharing.
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