The following organizations need volunteer help for a day, a week or on a regular basis. Wildlife Aid Sought Second Chance Wildlife Center, Gaithersburg, needs volunteers 18 and older for animal care, administrative duties and to serve on the board of directors. Training classes begin this month with a commitment of four hours a week. The Friends of the Kennedy Center volunteer program is recruiting qualified volunteers for several positions, especially in gift shops and tour areas.
Training is provided.
Orientation will be held in the spring. All proceeds are used for charities in the county. Exchange Student Families Host families are needed for high school exchange students, screened and qualified by World Heritage, a nonprofit, tax-exempt public benefit organization designated as an exchange visitor program by the State Department. The boys and girls coming for the upcoming academic year are from Spain, Mexico, France, Germany, Thailand, Brazil, Japan and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Hospice Support Program Hospice Caring is sponsoring an orientation on ways to provide support to the dying and on services provided for those living with a terminal illness or grieving loss of a loved one.