Volunteer Connections provides opportunities through the Human Services Council.
For information on the following and other opportunities, call 360-735-3683
• Bloodworks Northwest is looking for donor monitors, registration and phone volunteers, and ambassadors.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington is seeking “bookworm buddies” to help club members after school with reading, or to help in the art or game rooms.
• Clark County Public Works seeks volunteers to help with general park cleanup, litter removal, trail maintenance, weeding, invasive plant removal, and even photography. Groups of adopt-a-road volunteers also are welcome.
• Share seeks volunteers in its backpack program, to pack and distribute backpacks filled with food for children in need.
The Nutter Foundation is recruiting volunteers for Dozer Day 2017, May 20 to 21 at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. Dozer Day is an annual event that allows kids to operate dump trucks, bulldozers and excavators with experienced operators. It includes music, food, giveaways and activities. Proceeds benefit local organizations.
Volunteers are needed to operate equipment, help children on and off machinery, monitor lines and assist with check in. The minimum age is 14.
To ensure the safety of children attending Dozer Day, all volunteers will be pre-screened through the Washington State Patrol background check system in advance.
For information, go to vancouver.dozerday.org.
NatureScaping of Southwest Washington seeks gardening volunteers at work parties, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at the Wildlife Botanical Gardens in Brush Prairie. Other workdays may be arranged. No gardening experience is necessary.
For information, contact volunteers@naturescaping.org or call 360-737-1160.
