Did you know there are a variety of after-school and latchkey programs around the Salt Lake Valley? A child can be involved in any number of stimulating activities instead of going home to an empty house. For more information, call the Information and Referral Center at 487-4716.
For information about listings in the Helping Hand column, call 486-2136.Enter data for Red Cross. Flexible times, training.
Drive woman who is partially disabled to appointments, classes. West Valley area.
Assist first-time youth offenders who have substance abuse problems. Training. Flexible schedule.
Gather or provide hygiene kits for children.
Conduct tours of historical homes on May 14.
Skilled, volunteer construction workers needed.
Do basic office and clerical work for Habitat for Humanity.
Work with grief support groups. Training.
Host international students for summer, six months or year. Training.
Help with literacy program.
Nurses to provide immunizations at clinic Saturday mornings.
Lead tours of Salt Lake County Art Collection. Training. One or two days a month, two-hour shifts.
Watch two small children during the day in Magna area for mother who is pregnant and badly needs bed rest.
Staff booth at environmental fair. Training.
Assist disabled youth. Murray area, four hours a week. Training.
Visit, read to, go for walks with residents at care center. Three hours a week. Flexible times.
Tutor 12-year-old boy in West Jordan area.
Teach classes on disaster services.
Answer general questions about arthritis. Training. Flexible times.
Provide treats at detention center.
Photograph artifacts at Utah State Historical Society. Material provided. Daytime.
Do basic data entry.
Write out checks to pay bills for woman with Parkinson's disease. Once a week.
Work in the children's room at homeless shelter.
Welcome visitors, answer questions at airport. Training.
Officiate children's soccer games. Training, free uniform and equipment.
Help with basic computer data entry.
Campground hosts are needed at Starvation Dam State Park. Mid-May to September.
Drive blind clients to appointments.
Help out with office work two to four hours a week. Computer skills needed. Flexible times.
Provide love and support to one of two infants with disabilities. Four hours a week. Training. Respite care for families.
Help disabled man with simple chores. Twice a month or as needed.
Work on planning committee for Arthritis Foundation cabaret night.
Move items to storage unit for someone who is ill.
Audit books of Literacy Action Center. Six-hour project.
Track offenders and assist with family support groups.
Do intake interview for Utah Legal Services. Flexible times, training.
Lead activities for disabled children, Thursday, Friday and/or Saturday afternoons.
Teach literacy and help adults prepare for GED. Twice a week. Afternoons.
Clean house for person who is mentally ill.
Plant vegetation streamside. Flexible times.
Provide information over phone or by mail.
Make fire-prevention presentations.
Tutor children in basic subjects.
Interpreters needed to speak Serbo-Croatian. Up to six hours a week.
Provide disposable diapers to families in homeless shelter.
Donate aquarium to relieve cabin fever of disabled man.
Give VCR, video, musical instruments and games to rehabilitation center.
Give musical instruments and games.
Contribute novels and encyclopedias.
Donate volleyball.
Give blankets.
Donate household items.
Give potter's wheel for youth group home.
Provide washing machine.
Give candy for children in young-offenders program.
Contribute tricycles and big wheels for children in Odyssey House program.
Provide bunkbed and dresser for needy children.