Help out at Blood Drives by registering donors or passing out refreshments. Help is most needed on weekdays. Volunteers are needed as companions, recreation aides, supportive phone listeners, and teachers for retarded residents of Alexandria to help them live as independently as possible. Volunteers are asked to give at least five hours a month. VNA Community Hospice needs bereavement volunteers to provide assistance to families of patients who have recently died.
Training is provided.
Volunteers are asked to give at least 2 hours per month. The study will concentrate on the prevention of heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis in women.