Did you know that, while holidays are often a time for families to gather, they are a time of grief and depression for people who have lost a loved one. There are programs that can help. Call the Information and Referral Center at 487-4716.

If you'd like to inquire about, or volunteer for, any of the following requests, call the Volunteer Center of the Community Services Council, 212 W. 1300 South, 486-2136.Provide tax help to senior citizens. Training. Four hours a week.

Box files. One time, about eight hours. Flexible schedule.

Assist woman with basic housework while she recovers from surgery. Flexible schedule.

Tutor woman who wants to recertify in nursing.

Teach adults at the Indian Center. 1-2:30 p.m. one to five times a week.

Be Santa Dec. 21, 8-9 p.m.

Entertain at care center.

Answer phones, do office work, use computer. Daytime.

Help blind adults in a ceramics class, Wednesday afternoons.

Do blood pressure screening. Once or twice a month.

Help out in hospital snack bar. Evenings.

Assist in art gallery for Very Special Arts. Once a week, noon-5 p.m.

Work with recreation director at local care facility. Monday afternoons.

Be a casework aide. Answer phones, 4 hours once a week.

Install tile in one bathroom. Materials provided, flexible schedule.

Be a role model for junior high students.

Teach English as a second language.

Work in preschool classrooms.

Play piano at shelter school. Between 8:30 a.m. and noon weekday mornings.

Be a foster family for unaccompanied refugee teens from Vietnam.

Visit an elderly person weekly. Flexible, training.

Tutor adults in high school subjects. Training.

Help in Sandy City Animal Services.

Work in crisis nursery. On-call. Daytime.

Coach Junior Jazz. Two to three hours a week. Basic knowledge of basketball. Must be 18 or older.

Compile scrapbook for Salt Lake County. Can be done at home.

Play organ once or twice a month.

Teach study skills to high-risk students. Flexible times.

Manage the kitchen for two hours a day at juvenile chemical dependency program.

Type, be general receptionist for Utah Opera Company. Flexible schedule.

Work at library information desk. Up to three times a week, training.

Work in short-stay surgery area. Flexible times.

Do basic office tasks Fridays 8-10 a.m. Training.

Read to blind adults. Mail, bills, textbooks. Also help with transportation.

Tutor school children in basic subjects. Flexible times.

Work and play with children in non-profit day-care center. Sandy/West Jordan. Flexible times.

Help build or renovate homes for needy families. Flexible workday times. Training. Must be 19.

Donate food and gift items to lonely senior citizens.

Provide legal file cabinets to the Special Olympics Committee.

Give furniture and sewing machines for newly arriving refugee families.

Donate a washing machine.

Provide a sewing machine.

Provide a model car or plane kit, cartridges for Nintendo.

Donate reading books for teenage boys.

Donate hospital beds, trapeze bars, wheelchairs, commodes, walkers, overbed tables, canes, etc.

Give a couch and loveseat to home for pregnant women.

Provide day care items.

Give a crib.

Provide band instruments.

Give furniture and household items.

Provide a sewing machine.

Contribute two cribs for newborn twins

Give English and Western tack, packs and saddles for horse program at Camp Kostopulos.

Provide small personal items to residents of a care facility. Lotions, colognes, slippers, etc.

Donate bath bench and grab bars for disabled individual.

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Give girl's clothing, sizes 6-18 months.

Provide furniture for arriving Russian families.

Donate sheets for homeless shelters.

Provide sports equipment and weights for recreation program at Salt Lake Community High School.

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