Restoring trails, helping seniors live independently, building homes, mentoring children and organizing neighborhood watch groups are only some of the community service efforts going on in Nevada. There s a world of opportunity depending on your interests, said Craig Warner, program director for the Corporation for National Service, the umbrella organization for the state s service programs. The mission of these organizations is to encourage Nevadans of all ages and backgrounds to become involved in community-based service and at the same time meet the state s needs. Seven of these programs with 165 members exist in Nevada.
Volunteers assist children and their families with literacy and provide family support services.
Members serve in eight nonprofit organizations around the Crystal Bay and Incline Village areas, providing a wide variety of human services such as mentoring, peer counseling, crisis intervention, tutoring and domestic violence prevention. Volunteers for the first three of these programs must be at least 17 years old. Volunteers must be at least 18 and commit to a year of full-time service. Members are assigned to local sponsors state or local agencies or private nonprofit organizations that they assist with resource development, everything from fund-raising to training. Locally those organizations include Children s Cabinet, Reno Housing Authority, Tahoe Women s Services, Volunteer Lawyers of Washoe County, Step 2 and the Washoe Association for Retarded Citizens.