For more information on the following volunteer opportunities or others, log onto www.truenorthvolunteercenter.org or call 2-1-1, the United Way of Greater Duluth's Get Help/Give Help line betweeen 8:00am-4:30pm, Mon. through Fri.
ESL Literacy Tutor: Help adult immigrants make a home in our community. Work one-on-one or in a small group with them at the Adult Learning Center to develop their basic reading skills in English.
Gift Shop Attendant: Help visitors take the fun home with them. Provide customer service to visitors in the Duluth Children's Museum Gift Shop. Attendant will also help track inventory, straighten up, and answer the phone.
The Commons: Get together with your neighbors at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 16th at Starbuck's Downtown. True North Volunteer Center invites you to share what you know, brainstorm ideas, and network with other community-minded folks to find innovative solutions to what you see going on (or not going on, for that matter) in our community.
Gabriel Project Office Assistant: CHUM needs a volunteer to help with miscellaneous office work, including scanning and organizing a large collection of news clippings about the Gabriel Project's work. Help the Gabriel Project accomplish its goals as the organizing and advocacy arm of Churches United Ministry with a special focus on economic and social justice for low-income community members.
Pediatric Nurses: Work with children and occasionally teens/adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders at the only nonprofit treatment facility in northern Minnesota, the Autism Treatment and Resource Center. Scheduling appointments, reviewing medical histories and diets with clients and families, assisting MD and providing information and support services to clients. Training provided.
Tutor: Meet with a student once a week at Grant Elementary School to assist academic needs and create a supportive relationship through the Five Points Program.
Youth Activities Volunteer: Share your interests and hobbies such as sports, cooking or music with youth ages 6-18 at Neighborhood Youth Services.
Host Home During Grandma's Marathon: Rent out rooms in your homes (or rent your entire home) to out-of-town guests during the weekend of Grandma's Marathon, June 15th & 16th, 2007 and donate the proceeds to Northern Communities Land Trust.
Advocate: Answer calls to PAVSA from recent or past victims of sexual violence, or hospitals and police involved with victims Provide crisis-intervention, information and referral as appropriate. Met with and support sexual assault victims in the hospital.
Roadies: Have you always wanted to be in on the action at a show? Sacred Heart Music Center needs 2-4 people able to help with unloading the sound equipment the night before a performance and then to help tear-down and load the equipment back onto the van after the performance. Various concert dates throughout year. Stay and enjoy the concert for FREE!!
