If you are interested in any of the following opportunities, please call The Volunteer Center at 683-9161 for more information. By becoming a Connect-Owensboro volunteer, you can make a difference. If you enjoy woodworking, you will love this project at an area elementary school, which needs someone who could create the raw materials for students to build wood projects. Become part of a select group of individuals who know how to respond in the event of an emergency in our community.
Training is available in mass care, communications, shelter management, damage assessment, etc.
All people and ages are welcome. A local law enforcement agency needs one or two energetic people to help do data entry work. Because of the nature of the work, a criminal record check is required. Today family members are disconnected from each other, from other families, and from their own neighborhoods. For this reason, The Volunteer Center is starting Family Matters, which recognizes the dual importance of family and community, and asks people to make a difference in their own neighborhoods by volunteering together.