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Sponsor: Berks Visiting Nurses Association | Location: Wyomissing, PA 19610

What is more relaxing and satisfying than having your hair cut or styled? Our hospice clients and their families are very appreciative of volunteer hair dressers who provide this service for them. Often it is difficult or impossible for clients. . . more

Help Berks County prepare for disasters!

Sponsor: American Red Cross Berks County Chapter | Location: Reading, PA 19601

Like speaking to groups?

You can help people learn how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies by becoming a Community Disaster Educator. These valuable volunteers give presentations to groups and organizations throughout Berks County that encourage people to prepare. . . more

Help Build Houses

Sponsor: Reading - Berks Habitat For Humanity | Location: Reading, PA 19601

Reading-Berks Habitat for Humanity is looking for unskilled and skilled volunteers for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. We have 4 new homes being built on Monroe Street in the Glenside area of Reading and. . . more

Help Hard-Working Low-Income Families Claim the Tax Credits They’ve Earned!

Sponsor: Volunteer Center of United Way of Berks County | Location: Reading, PA 19603

Short for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, VITA sites are a joint venture of the Berks County Money in Your Pocket Coalition, which promotes awareness and access to federal Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) for workers earning less that $33,000 a. . . more

Help others learn to save lives.

Sponsor: American Red Cross Berks County Chapter | Location: Reading, PA 19601

We're looking for motivated people who truly want to make a difference to become American Red Cross instructors. Be a member of a select group of trained individuals reflecting the standards and ideals of the American Red Cross by teaching. . . more

Help pack food and bags of food for the pantry.

Sponsor: West Berks Mission District | Location: Reading, PA 19604

Packing food or stocking shelves with groceries. Volunteers needed Monday and Friday mornings and evenings on Fridays, but will be flexible according to your schedule. more

Help pack food boxes for senior citizens

Sponsor: Greater Berks Food Bank | Location: Reading, PA 19605

Once a month we pack nearly 800 food boxes to be distributed to low income senior citizens as part of the federally supported Commodity Supplemental Food Program. We need approximately 30 volunteers to help us accomplish this packing. The total. . . more

Help Save the Forest

Sponsor: Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center | Location: Reading, PA 19607

Want to help the Nolde Center increase and preserve its biodiversity? Many exotic plant species play havoc with our native plant communities, outcompeting them for growing space and in some instances eliminating native species. The Center seeks to. . . more

Help Stop Underage Drinking

Sponsor: Community Prevention Partnership | Location: Reading, PA 19601

Become a member of the Berks County Prevention Coalition and help make a difference in the lives of the youth in our community. All types of volunteers are needed. Join us today. Monthly Board meetings are held. . . more

Help with H1N1 Vaccinations

Sponsor: Pennsylvania Department Of Health | Location: Reading, PA 19602

Medical professional needed to help administer H1N1 (Swine Flu) shots to those who need them. The vaccine will be released for the 'target groups' first (ie:pregnant women, children under 6 mo, children 6 mo to 18 yrs, etc) and. . . more

Holiday Gift Wrap

Sponsor: Berks Encore | Location: Wyomissing, PA 19610

Do you enjoy meeting new people? Can you spare an hour or two around the holidays for a worthwhile cause? Do you enjoy wrapping presents? If so, then we have the perfect opportunity for you! The Berks. . . more

Hospice - Vigil Volunteer

Sponsor: Heartland Home Health Care And Hospice | Location: Wyomissing, PA 19610

No hospice patient should die alone. Specially trained volunteers are needed to sit with patients during their final hours. This is an intimate and sacred time when the gift of your supportive presence can mean more than. . . more

Hospice Saint John Needs Caring Volunteers

Sponsor: Hospice Saint John | Location: Wyomissing, PA 19610

We can give more patient care, with comfort and dignity at the end of life, if YOU volunteer to become part of our caring team. You can make a difference, and we will give you all the training you need. Volunteers. . . more

Hospice Volunteers Needed

Sponsor: Care Alternatives | Location: Fort Washington, PA 19034

“You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” Care Alternatives Hospice is offering volunteer opportunities for compassionate, empathetic individuals who want to enhance their lives by giving their time to others in. . . more

Hospice Volunteers Needed

Sponsor: Hospice Saint John | Location: Wyomissing, PA 19610

Hospice provides comfort care- physical, emotional, and spiritual- to patients who have a life-limiting illness. Our goal is to help patients enjoy what time they have left either at home, in a skilled nursing facility, assisted living or hospital setting. . . more

Hospice Volunteers...Celebrating Life

Sponsor: Caring Hospice Services | Location: Brooklyn, NY 11229

There are many essential roles that hospice volunteers may fulfill. Volunteers may act as friendly visitors and chat with patients, watch TV together, hold hands or have lunch together. Many patients enjoy being read to from newspapers, magazines, novels, or. . . more

Hospital-Wide Birthday Club

Sponsor: Wernersville State Hospital | Location: Wernersville, PA 19565

This opportunity will target sending cards each month to those consumers with birthdays on all of our seven units. I have made a list and will share details with anyone interested in sending cards to me for distribution. This is a. . . more

60-Hour Educational Seminar

Sponsor: Berks Women in Crisis | Location: Reading, PA 19601

If you are looking to work directly with individuals who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, consider attending our required 60 hour educational seminar. Classes begin on March 4 and are offered from 5:30-8:30 PM each Monday and. . . more

Household and outdoor chores and minor home repairs

Sponsor: Diakon Volunteer Home Care | Location: Topton, PA 19562

We are seeking volunteers to assist seniors in their homes. There are times a senior may need help with light housekeeping such as vacuuming or taking out the trash after a period of recovery from an illness, injury or. . . more