Depending on your interests, you might serve at the information desk or a patient service area, help out in the gift shop, or participate at the hospital's rehabilitation center. Most assignments are available weekdays or weekends, during the daytime or early evening. Volunteers are entitled to a free cafeteria meal for each shift worked. GET IN THE ACT as volunteer puppeteer for an agency working to reduce the level of air pollution in greater Houston. Teaming up with other volunteers, you'll use professional-quality hand puppets to put on fun, educational shows for kids.
Performances take place at a wide variety of sites on weekdays and weekends.
Training will be provided. If you have a car and some time available on weekdays, consider taking patients to and from their therapy appointments. If you have some expertise in matters such as Web page design, computer repair, or working with fiber-optic cabling, consider teaching a class one evening a week or on weekends. The center is located near Fondren and West Bellfort. Coming to a United Way agency's Galleria-area headquarters that morning, you'll be part of a team of volunteers assigned to visit one of several scheduled facilities.