Volunteers wanted
The following not-for-profit organizations have ongoing volunteer needs. E-mail listings to Melynda Findlay at mfindlay@dailyherald.com or fax to (630) 955-0895.
Adventist GlenOaks Hospital
• Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights is seeking both adult and teen volunteers. A variety of opportunities are available. For details, call Sally Frodin at (630) 545-4992.
Advocate Good Samaritan
• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital needs volunteers to work in the auxiliary's Gingham Tree Resale Shop. For details, call (630) 275-1181.
American Cancer Society
• Clerical help is needed in the American Cancer Society's office in Oakbrook Terrace. A flexible schedule is available, with no minimum hours required. For details, call (630) 932-1141.
Animal Heartline Humane Association
• Animal Heartline Humane Association of Naperville needs foster homes for rescued dogs.
Familiarity with animal behavior is helpful. All foster homes are screened prior to placement.
Volunteers also are needed to contact donors during the holidays to help gather resources for wish lists and monetary contributions. For details, contact (630) 341-3411 or visit the Web site at: www.animalheartline.org.
As Good As Gold
• As Good As Gold, Golden Retriever Rescue of Northern Illinois, needs volunteers to foster dogs waiting for adoption. For details, visit www.asgoodasgold.org.
Bridge Communities
• Volunteers with professional teaching experience are needed to tutor school-age children in Glendale Heights and Naperville who are part of the Bridge Communities transitional housing program for homeless families.
Volunteers must have a teaching certificate and be able to meet once or twice per week, either after school or in the evening. For details, call (630) 247-5636.
Cantigny Park
• Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, is seeking volunteers for the greenhouse, visitor center, First Division Museum and the Robert R. McCormick Museum. For details, call (630) 260-8265.
Center for History
• The Center for History, formerly known as the Wheaton History Center, has a variety of volunteer opportunities available. For details, call (630) 682-9472.
District 93 mentor program
• Community Consolidated School District 93 Mentor Program seeks volunteers to work with students.
Each volunteer must commit to the program for one year.
For details, call Julie Augustyn at (630) 539-3161 or e-mail jaugusty@ccsd93.com.
DuPage Convalescent Center
• The DuPage Convalescent Center currently is seeking volunteers 14 and older. Various opportunities and schedules are available.
For details, call (630) 665-6400 or visit the Web site at: www.dupageco.org/convo.
DuPage County Health Department
• Volunteers are needed to deliver food to people infected with HIV. Volunteers must be 18 or older, have a valid driver's license and proof of insurance. Training is provided. For details, call (630) 682-7979, ext. 7310.
• The Mental Health Division needs volunteers to work with mentally ill clients or provide office support services. For details, call (630) 682-7979, ext. 7027.
DuPage Senior Citizen's Council
• Volunteers are needed to distribute meals to homebound senior citizens throughout DuPage County.
Deliveries take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Volunteers may deliver meals daily, weekly or as a substitute. For details, call DuPage Senior Citizens Council at (630) 620-0804.
• The Nutrition Program is seeking volunteers to package food for delivery in their Lisle, Westmont and Wheaton kitchens. Other duties include general, light kitchen duties such as cleaning countertops and sweeping floors. For details, call (630) 620-0804.
DuPage Senior Services
• DuPage County Senior Services Long Term Care Ombudsman Program needs volunteers to visit DuPage County nursing homes as resident advocates.
Volunteers are expected to visit their assigned nursing home one time per month to protect the rights and quality-of-life for residents. Training is provided. For details, call DuPage County Senior Services at (630) 407-6500.
• DuPage County Senior Services Senior Medicare Patrol is training retirees to recognize Medicare and Medicaid fraud. For details, call DuPage County Senior Services at (630) 407-6500.
Easter Seals DuPage and Fox Valley Region
• Easter Seals DuPage and Fox Valley Region in Villa Park needs volunteers in its Child Development Center. Volunteers may provide assistance in child care or therapy, assist with clerical tasks or help with grounds or building maintenance. For details, call (630) 261-6240.
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare
• Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare is seeking adult volunteers. Several opportunities are available. Orientation and customer service training is provided. For details or to register for an upcoming orientation session, call Volunteer Services at (630) 833-1400, ext. 41095.
Elmhurst Memorial Hospice
• Elmhurst Memorial Hospice is in need of volunteers to work with terminally ill patients, bereaved families and to provide clerical support. Training is provided. For details, call hospice volunteer coordinator Christina Watson at (630) 833-8200, ext. 73064.
Fairview Village
• Fairview Village, 210 Village Drive, Downers Grove, a senior living community, is seeking volunteers for its People Energized through Purpose program. PEP has 21 divisions that are managed by volunteers. For details, call Christine Fenn, PEP Coach, at (630) 769-6021.
Family Shelter Service
• Family Shelter Service, a not-for-profit agency that provides shelter, counseling and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence, is seeking compassionate volunteers. Various positions are available. For details or to volunteer, call Robbie at (630) 221-8290.
Junior Achievement
• Volunteers are needed for all grade levels throughout the year. Training is provided. For details, call Michael McPherrin at (630) 274-0795.
Kline Creek Farm
• Kline Creek Farm, an 1890s living history farm in Winfield, needs volunteers to work in areas such as animal care, carpentry or domestic arts. Visitor center greeters also are needed. For details, call (630) 933-7681.
LAN volunteers
• The DuPage Child and Adolescent Local Area Network provides community services and support to local families with high-risk children. For details, call Tim Pavlich at (630) 778-7250 or Cathy Bozett at (630) 545-5020.
Little Friends, Inc.
• Little Friends, Inc. needs volunteers to work in the Serendipity resale shop, 12 W. Jefferson St., Naperville.
Volunteers help sort and display merchandise, cashier and assist customers. No experience is necessary.
All proceeds from Serendipity benefit Little Friends, Inc., a private, not-for-profit agency serving children and adults with disabilities. For details, call (630) 983-9158.
Marklund
• Marklund needs volunteers to work in its residential centers in Bloomingdale and Geneva and its resale shops. For information about the Bloomingdale location, call Hilsa Hallihan at (630) 529-2871. For details about the Geneva location, call Cathy Nikrandt at (630) 593-5468. For information about opportunities at the resale shops, call (630) 594-1489.
Marklund is a not-for-profit organization that provides various services to infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society
• The Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society needs volunteers to help with the chapel's maintenance. Many opportunities are available, from hands-on restoration work to program planning. For details, visit www.MapleStreetChapel.Org or call (630) 620-0171.
Marian Park Resource Center
• Marian Park Resource Center needs volunteers to help supervise youth ages 5 to 15 during program hours. For details, call Sr. Lynn Schafer at (630) 665-9100, ext. 27.
Morton Arboretum
• Volunteers are needed for the Children's Garden at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 S. Route 53, Lisle.
Volunteers must be 21 or older, agree to a background check, attend training and commit to at least eight hours per month.
Benefits include discounts at the Arboretum's store and restaurant, invitations to special events and more. For details, call Sally Kenaston at (630) 719-2443 or e-mail skenaston@mortonarb.org.
Mutual Ground
• Mutual Ground, a not-for-profit social service agency in Aurora, needs volunteers to help victims of sexual abuse, assault and domestic violence.
Training is provided and various opportunities are available. For details, call (630) 897-0084, ext. 111; (630) 897-0084, ext. 120; and (630) 898-6578.
NAMI-DuPage
• The Encore Resale Shop, 207 W. Front St., Wheaton, is seeking donations and volunteers.
The shop is run by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, DuPage Chapter. It provides work experience for people with mental illness and uses proceeds to support the not-for-profit organization's programs.
Items most needed include women's and men's clothing, household goods, small appliances, books and jewelry. Donations need to be clean and in good condition.
Items may be dropped off at the shop during store hours, which are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. For details, call the shop at (630) 690-6424.
Naperville Humane Society
• The Naperville Humane Society, 1620 W. Diehl Road, is looking for volunteers to walk dogs and do light office work. For details, call (630) 420-8393.
NEDSRA
• The Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association is seeking volunteers to help with recreational programs for people with disabilities. For details, call (630) 620-4500.
Our Children's Homestead
• Our Children's Homestead, a Naperville-based, private, not-for-profit foster-care agency, needs men and women to serve as mentors to children in foster care in the Western suburbs. For details, call (630) 369-0004, ext. 117.
Outreach House
• Outreach House at First Church of Lombard needs volunteers to help provide emergency assistance to needy local residents. For details, call (630) 693-0185.
People's Resource Center
• Volunteers are needed for the Clothes Connection and Food Market at the People's Resource Center, 201 S. Naperville Road, Wheaton.
Hours are 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Drivers also are needed to pick up food from local stores. Days and times vary.
For details, call Melissa Travis at (630) 682-5402, ext. 228 or send an e-mail to mtravis@peoplesrc.org.
St. Patrick's Residence
• St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville needs volunteers to help with various activities. For details, call (630) 416-6565, ext. 528.
Sharing Connections
• Sharing Connections, a not-for-profit agency that distributes gently-used household items, furniture and other items to needy families, seeks volunteers tow work in its warehouse.
Volunteers must be able to lift 25 pounds and own a pair of sturdy shoes.
Hours are available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the warehouse, 5111 Chase Ave., Downers Grove. For details, call (630) 971-0565, ext. 221 or visit www.sharingconnections.org.
Teen Parent Connection
• DuPage County Teen Parent Connection, Inc., is seeking volunteer baby-sitters 18 and older.
Volunteers provide care while the child's parents attend support group meetings evenings during the school year at churches in the following locations: Naperville, Roselle, West Chicago and Wheaton.
Applicants must agree to a background check and provide two references.
Teen Parent Connection works with young parents to help them develop parenting skills, self-esteem and self-sufficiency. The organization also provides pregnancy prevention program to middle- and high-school students.
For details, call (630) 790-8433, ext. 307 or visit www.teenparentconnection.org.
Villa St. Benedict
• Villa St. Benedict, a continuing-care retirement center in Lisle, is seeking volunteers to visit with residents, help with social events, assist in the business office and more. For information, call Kelli Cox at (630) 725-7032 or visit www.villastben.org.
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
• VITAS Innovative Hospice care is seeking volunteers to work with terminally ill patients and their caregivers in homes, nursing homes and hospital inpatient units. Assignments and schedules are flexible.
All volunteers must attend a training class. For details, call Annice Kennedy-Hanlon at (630) 268-6156.
WDSRA
• Western DuPage Special Recreation Association needs volunteers to help with recreational programs for people with special needs. For details, call Jane Hodgkinson at (630) 681-0962.
Willowbrook Wildlife Center
• Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn has various volunteer opportunities available. For details, call (630) 933-7681 or e-mail volunteer@dupageforest.com.