The Affiliated Sante Group and the Rock Creek Foundation, an organization that provides services for individuals with disabilities, seeks volunteers to work as tutors, job coaches, administrative aides, computer data entry clerks, community field trip leaders, counselors, and also to work in management, marketing and special community projects. Training and ongoing support are provided. The Metropolitan Washington Ear is recruiting volunteer readers to record newspapers and magazines for free telephone access by visually and physically impaired individuals. Volunteers will read at least two hours once a week, or two hours every other weekend. An audition is required.
Hours are flexible.
There will be a picnic and live music following the cleanup. Fidos for Freedom, a nonprofit organization engaged in the training of Service and Hearing Dogs to assist people with disabilities and provide therapeutic dog visits to area health-care facilities, needs an assistant puppy coordinator, vacation home providers, volunteers to organize fundraising events, assistance dog trainers, press release writer, board members, puppy raisers, director of volunteer services and a comptroller. Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the National Capital Area, in Lanham, seeks mentors to meet with children in schools and outside school. Activities include having lunch together, reading aloud, working on school projects, recreational activities and academic tutoring. To volunteer, please contact the agencies directly.