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The WA-ID VOLUNTEER CENTER, in the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St., strives to provide individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. Information and other volunteer openings are available waidvolunteercenter.org or (208) 746-7787. If you’d like to volunteer, the following spots are available. ï Are you committed to feeding the hungry? A food bank needs volunteers to re-pack frozen and dry foods for distribution, staff the front counter and drivers for morning food pickups. ï Do you like driving and helping the homebound? Senior meal providers need regular and substitute delivery drivers. Drivers must have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance. ï Are you good with people? A blood drive canteen needs volunteers for follow-up duties, including maintaining a comfortable atmosphere, serving refreshments and talking with donors and answering questions while observing them for possible adverse reactions. ï Do you get satisfaction from cutting through red tape? The State Health Insurance Benefit Advisors program needs volunteers to assist local seniors with Medicare questions. Training is provided. ï Do you enjoy hand crafts? Project Warm-Up needs people to make hats, scarves, mittens and lap robes to be donated to more than 30 nonprofit agencies in the fall. Yarn is provided. ï Are you passionate about helping the less-fortunate? Nonprofit thrift stores need volunteers to work as sorters, cashiers and on the sales floor and to do general cleaning, pricing and other tasks as needed. ï Does your heart ache for vulnerable children? Court Appointed Special Advocates/guardian ad litems needs volunteers to speak on behalf of children. CASA/GALs work independently to investigate and monitor cases of juvenile abuse, neglect or

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dependence in the Asotin and Garfield County Superior Court. Background checks are required. Training is provided. ï Are you good in an emergency? The American Red Cross needs volunteers to serve on its Disaster Action Team. The group serves as the agency’s first-response team, providing comfort and assistance to those affected by disaster.

INTERLINK INC. is a nonprofit organization that works to match community volunteers to people needing assistance to remain independent in their own homes. Current needs include: ï Individuals and teams of people willing to help construct wooden wheelchair ramps for people in need. Most construction is done on Saturdays. Training will be provided. ï People interested in serving as drivers for the elderly and disabled. Help is especially needed during Food & Nutritional Service the holidays. Drivers are director, and delivered compensated for their by volunteer drivers. If mileage and can drive as you or someone you know much or as little as would benefit they choose. from in-home For more information, call (509) 751-9143 or stop Need a hand meal service, contact the office between 8:30 a.m. by the office in downtown Clarkston at 817A Sixth Lend a hand and 1 p.m. at (208) 799-5767 or by email at valley St. Volunteer meals@aol.com. applications and addition informa- To submit Volunteer tion can be found VOLUNTEER Opportunity items: online at interlink volunteers.org. OPPORTUNITES is a free public service published monthly Golden Times publishes Volunteer Opportunities in the Lewiston-Clarkston

VALLEY in the Golden Valley monthly as a MEALS ON Times. Its goal free public service. WHEELS pro- is to connect Area agencies who vides daily home-delivered meals to seniors, home-bound and area volunteers with folks in our communities who need their services. wish to take part may send information to goldentimes@lmtribune or Golden Times, P.O. special needs Box 957, Lewiston, ID clients in the Lewis- 83501. All submissions are edited ton-Clarkston Valley. Hot for brevity and clarity, and will run meals and sack lunches as space allows. Questions may are prepared by kitchen be directed to editor Julie Breslin staff at St. Joseph Region- at jbreslin@lmtribune.com or al Medical Center under (208) 848-2241. Deadline for the the supervision of the January edition is 5 p.m. Dec. 17.

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