Sometimes the best thing to share is a little bit of time. Local organizations need volunteers from age 12 to 112. These groups offer training, camaraderie, sharing, excitement, and just a little noise. Many of the counselors are well trained volunteers. The All Arts Council is an all-volunteer local arts agency that showcases and develops local artists and brings all forms of the arts to audiences in Northwestern Vermont.
Volunteers dream up everything from avant garde dance programs to zany comedies.
Applause and laughter are nice noise. C.I.D.E.R. is a human services agency in the Islands that coordinates volunteers for transportation, light house work, yard work, adult day programs, and more. The Citizens Advocacy Program has one to one relationships between people with disabilities and citizens in the community. This program matches people with special needs with volunteers who can help them. The Franklin County Caring Community Project builds multigenerational activities for children and teens after school, on weekends and during school vacations.