Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council.
For information on the following and other opportunities, call 360-735-3683.
• Clark County Juvenile Court seeks mentors to help youth stay on task while completing community projects, as well as to help them understand the value of their work.
• Daybreak Youth Services is looking for a volunteer office assistant to help with filing, copying, and phone calls.
• Hands of Favor is looking for volunteer hair stylists and barbers to provide service to underserved community members.
• Second Step Housing seeks help with its Run Like a Girl event on June 13. Help is needed with flagging, registration, water stations, face painting, setting up and tearing down.
• Volunteer Center seeks high school-age youth to serve on the Youth Volunteerism Council. The newly formed council aims to help youth gain leadership and public speaking experience, meet youth from other high schools and make a positive difference in their communities.
YWCA Clark County will offer training for court-appointed special advocate volunteers beginning July 8. The Clark County CASA program is based on the belief that every child has a right to a safe, permanent, loving home. In Clark County, the CASA Program is administered by YWCA Clark County. CASA volunteers are appointed by the court to advocate for abused and neglected children, and to make sure they don’t get lost in the legal and social service system or stay in inappropriate group or foster homes. The information the CASA volunteer provides assists the court in making decisions about a child’s future. Volunteers stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a permanent home. For many abused children, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence in their lives.
For information or to apply for the training, go to www.ywcaclarkcounty.com/volunteer or contact Nichole Peppers, 360-906-9112 or npeppers@ywcaclarkcounty.org
