Applicants are screened and trained. Crippled Children's Aid Society , which provides orthopedic equipment for needy children and adults, needs volunteers to sit on the board and help organize fund-raising. Physical Therapy Center on Merritt Island needs volunteers to repair its pool house and do office work. Crisis Services of Brevard needs volunteers to assist with the crisis line and the Human Services Clearinghouse. Duties include putting information into the computer, answering telephones, interacting with social service agencies and general office work.
Training is provided.
Crosswinds Youth Services , which provides crisis intervention, drug-abuse prevention, counseling and residential care for adolescents, needs volunteers to work in its mentor program and Merritt Island and Cocoa thrift shops. Daily Bread Soup Kitchen needs volunteers to pick up donations of food, sort and distribute incoming and outgoing food, make sandwiches, pass out lunches to day laborers in early morning, supervise showers and laundry, and work in Thrift Store. Easter Seal of Melbourne has many volunteer opportunities available at the center including the Adult Day Care in Melbourne and Titusville and Adult Day Training Programs in Melbourne. Skills required are love, caring and time. Family Counseling Center of Brevard needs volunteers for administrative support and case management support with Healthy Start, a program for mothers and babies.