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Homeschooling
creates an excellent opportunity to teach your children to
give back to the community. Here are some opportuntities that
could be a family or individual project:
Index:
Don't
forget your local church!
Eastern
Oklahoma :
Broken
Arrow:
MEND
Pregnancy Center,
S. Elm. Provides support for unwed moms who choose to
keep their babies. Need baby clothes, maternity clothes,
and baby food. Sewing. http://www.mendpregnancy.org.
Broken
Arrow Neighbors is looking for entertainment
for their seniors. If you sing, play in a musical
group, or can tell stories, or draw quick portraits, and
would like to help BA Neighbors, they need you. This is
very informal and scheduling is flexible. If you would
like more information, call Natoma at 251-7781.
Tulsa:
Animal
Aide of Tulsa,
3307 E. 15th St., Tulsa, OK, 74112. Make blankets for
animals. Volunteer orientation is once a month. Come by
or call for information at 744-8280. Webpage: http://www.animalaid.org/
Blue
Thumb Volunteers - Tulsa.
A water pollution education program that uses volunteers
to monitor local streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands.
Water testing, habitat assessment, field collections,
conservation, & stewardship. Volunteers may participate
in outreach education, program development, curb marking,
fish or macro invertebrate collections. Become a volunteer
- children and adults! Sponsored by the Tulsa County
Conservation District. Contact: Contact Michelle Ragge,
Conservation Program Specialist at 918.280.1595. Email: tulsaccd@okcc.state.ok.us,
Website: http://www.okcc.state.ok.us/ED/ED_bluethumb.htm.
Community
Food Bank
needs volunteers to help pack food for the Food4Kids program
once a month. You can help as an individual, a family,
or as a group. Contact Kate Pelizzoni, Manager of Volunteer
Services, at 918-585-2800, ext. 21, or kate.pelizzoni@secondharvest.org.
Franciscan
Villa, 17110 E. 51st St., Broken Arrow, OK.
Would like to work with homeschooling students or
groups that enjoy visiting, singing, playing piano,
holiday skits, etc. to older people. Contact: Marie
Hoffman, Activity Director, Phone:
(918) 355-1596.
John 3:16 Mission. Serve
meals, office help, sort donations. For more information,
see their website: http://www.john316mission.org/
Make
a Wish of Oklahoma
grants wishes to kids with life-threatening diseases.
Kids for Wish Kids gives students a chance to create ideas
for fund-raisers, then manage the projects themselves
to help grant the wish of a child their own age. Along
the way, the students experience the joy of giving, as
well as develop school spirit, learn lots of skills and
work toward a common goal while making a wish come true.
For more info: http://www.oklahoma.wish.org/index.html
or 1-918-492-9474.
If
you enjoy nature and would like to share it with others,
then the Master Naturalist program may
be for you. You will participate in a series of 4 required
workshops to be held in some of Oklahoma's most valued
natural areas. At the end of the training, you will be
certified as a Master Naturalist Volunteer and will "pay back" your
training hours with service hours. The choice of where,
how and when you perform your services are flexible.
Payback options include service projects such as monitoring
restored wetlands, developing interpretive trails, or
holding educational programs at Oklahoma parks, leading
nature walks, etc. Space is limited to 20 per session.
Ages 18 and over only. For more information, 918.288.6949
or www.okmasternaturalist.org
Meals
on Wheels,
12620 E. 31st Street, Tulsa, OK 74146-2307. Deliver meals
to the homebound, pack meals for delivery. Contact: 918.627.4103.
Website: http://www.mealsonwheelstulsa.org/
Oklahoma
Aquarium. The Biology Department is looking for a few
dedicated volunteers to work with our food preparation
team to more efficiently meet our animal’s dietary needs. You
will be working closely with the Curator of Fishes, and
other biology staff. Shift times are Monday’s,
Thursday’s
and Saturday’s starting at 8:30am and ending by
noon. You can choose one or more shifts depending on
your schedule. Please contact Karen Dills at 528-1515
or kdills@okaquarium.org for more information and a Volunteer
Application.
RSVP
Tulsa
(coming soon).
Season's
Hospice,
4200 E. Skelly Dr., #150, Tulsa, OK 74135. Cooking, baking,
work in the office, companionship/visitation, crafts,
sewing, knitting, errands, shopping, hospitality, and
intercessory prayer. Make mobiles to hang in the patient's
room. For more info, contact Carolyn Miller, Volunteer
Coordinator, 981.745.0222. Website: http://www.seasonshospice.com/
SPCA
of Tulsa needs
volunteers to help transport and represent SPCA at
LUV-A-Pet adoptions (Petsmart), social with cats/kittens,
general clean-up of shelter and grounds, screen dogs
for PAL visits (nursing homes), and provide foster
care to animals waiting for adoption. Volunteers meet
every month at the Martin East Regional Library, 26th & S.
Garnett. We talk about upcoming events, sign up to
work at upcoming events, and just get together and
talk about animals. Come at 7:PM on the 4th Wednesday
of each month.
St.
John Medical Center--Teens
(ages 14 to 17) can experience both the joy of volunteering
and explore medical careers while participating in
our Junior Volunteer summer or school year programs.
For the summer program, Juniors work either Mondays/Wednesdays
or Tuesdays/Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For the
school year program, Juniors can choose which day(s)
of the week, including weekends, they want to volunteer.
The application process is open year round. The deadline
for summer program applications is the last Friday
in April. For more information, please contact Kristin
Hogan-Landers, Junior Volunteer Coordinator, at 744-2198
or visit our webpage at www.sjmc.org.
Tulsa
Historical Society
needs Guardians. Guardians have organized an educational
committee to develop outreach programs. They have answered
phones, stamped and stuffed envelopes, straightened file
rooms, created brochures, run videos, greeted museum guests,
acted as docents for exhibits as well as walking tours,
cataloged artifacts, scanned photos, run errands, and
made the coffee. If you are interested in jumping in the
boat by becoming a Guardian, contact us at 712.9484 or
mplace@tulsahistory.org
You
can buy or make teddy bears and donate to your local
hospital, police or fire department.
They use them to comfort children.
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Central
Oklahoma :
Edmond:
Coffee
Creek Therapeutic Riding Center,
17 E. Coffee Creek Road, Edmond, OK 73034, needs volunteers
ages 13 and up, teen and adult, during June and July. If
you would like to work with children with disabilities
and horses, come volunteer at Coffee Creek for a couple
of hours once a week. Classes are Monday – Friday
in the mornings. No experience necessary. New volunteers
training session will be held for a couple of hours the
last two weeks of May. Call us for days and times at 340-8377.
For more information visit our website at www.coffeecreek.org.
Phone: (405) 340-8377.
Oklahoma
City:
Carter
Healthcare and Hospice - OKC. is
a great place to help those who really need and appreciate
a caring person like you in their lives. Hospice is
a medical ministry that makes life better for those
who are terminally ill and are bravely facing the last
few weeks and months of their life. How can you help?
Can you listen, play board or card games, run errands,
clean dishes, sweep, read, do crafts, call bingo, play
an instrument, bake, write letters? You can help our
patients "Live, every minute they are alive." Hospice
volunteers are amazing because of their compassionate
and unselfish nature. Contact Adam Colvin for more
information at 405-947-7705 ext. 134 or acolvin@carterhealthcare.com. Website: Carter
Healthcare.
Land
Run Reenactment Volunteers Needed.
This is an Official Centennial Project of Harn Homestead
and is scheduled for the week of April 21st-25th, 2008.
Teens and adult volunteers needed. For more information
or to volunteer, contact Sha Buchanan at 405.235.4058
or email: sbuchanan@harnhomestead.com.
Novo Ministries,
based in Oklahoma City, teaches children’s Bible
Clubs in Schools, Government housing, and Apartments
around the City. Internships available. Contact: Amanda
Brymer, Phone: 405.664.3964. Email: abrymer@novoministries.org.
Website: http://novoministries.org
Oklahoma
Museum of History,
2401 N. Laird Ave., OKC, OK. needs volunteers to assist
with daily activities, act as tour guides, and work behind
the scenes in a variety of areas. For information, contact
Robbin Davis, Volunteer Coordinator, 405.522.0754 or email
rdavis@okhistory.org
Make
a Wish of Oklahoma
- grants wishes to kids with life-threatening diseases.
Kids for Wish Kids gives students a chance to create ideas
for fund-raisers, then manage the projects themselves to
help grant the wish of a child their own age. Along the
way, the students experience the joy of giving, as well
as develop school spirit, learn lots of skills and work
toward a common goal while making a wish come true. For
more info: http://www.oklahoma.wish.org/index.html or
1-405-943-9600.
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Western
Oklahoma:
Jet:
Byron
Fish Hatchery:
Located north of Great Salt Plains Refuge. Volunteers can
assist in surveying and identifying local birds, mammals,
reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and plants. They also
can maintain the walking trail, a butterfly garden and a
nature center. Finally, volunteers are needed to lead guided
tours and coordinate monthly educational activities. For
info: 580/474-2663 or http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/byron1.htm
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Nation
& Worldwide:
Any
of these projects could be done as local ministries:
Operation
Shoe Box:
Support our fighting men and women deployed overseas.
Send "goodies" to the troops. Check the website
for info on what to send and how to send it. http://www.operationshoebox.com/
Operation
Post Card:
Send postcards to our troops overseas. For info: http://bluestarmoms.org/postcard.html
Charitable
Sewing Projects:
A list of projects that helps those in need: http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/e_charitysew.html.
Head
Huggers
- Sew for someone who has undergone hair loss due to Chemotherapy:
http://www.headhuggers.org/
Knit
for Kids
- Guideposts has partnered with many leading organizations
including, World Vision and Feed the Children to clothe
needy children here in America and around the world in
places like Romania, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo to
name a few. Here's how you can participate: http://www.dailyguideposts.com/help/sweater.asp
Care
Wear
- a nationwide group of volunteers who knit, crochet,
and/or sew, providing handmade baby items to hospitals.
All Care Wear items are given free to infants, children
and their parents. http://www.carewear.org/
Diapers
for Hondoras
- http://www.nemnsynod.org/diapers.html
Sew
Much Comfort -
Sew "adaptive clothing" for wounded troops: http://www.sewmuchcomfort.org/
Benjamin
Smiles Pillows
- sew pillows for young cancer victims: http://www.gailbrown.com/articles/Ben_Smilesinstr.htm
Project
Linus
- provides love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort
to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise
in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and
afghans. http://www.projectlinus.org/index.shtml
Rag
Dolls 2 Love
- Their goal is to pu a soft cloth doll in the hands of
children in countries ravaged by war. They also ship to
children infected with HIV/AIDS, children in orphanages,
children rescued from a life of prostitution, children
affected by natural disasters.. http://www.ragdolls2love.org/
Sewing
Charity
- an alphabetically list of charities that need sewing
volunteers: http://www.dotdigital.com/sewingcharity/alphabetical.html
Snuggles
Project
- provides more than 500,000 Snuggles to shelter animals
around the world. Crochet, knit, quilt or sew cloth blankets
for cats, dogs, and small animals in shelters. http://www.snugglesproject.org/
Annual
Christmas Stocking Project:
The Newborns in Need national office donates full size
Christmas stockings to different emergency rooms (hospitals),
social service offices, law enforcement offices, health
departments, etc. for use with children who would otherwise
go without during the holiday season. http://www.newbornsinneed.org/html/stocking_project.html
Patterns
for Preemies.
Patterns that can be used to make clothes for preemies
and donate to your local hospital: http://project-angel-kisses.150m.com/1memberpatterns.html
Quilting
Angels!
Creates quilts for children with critical, terminal or
life-long illnesses. Each quilt is designed and made specifically
for a child by women and men all over the country by donating
one block at a time. http://www.quiltingangels.org/
Sojour
Bears.
The organization's goal is to make cancer bear-able by providing
inspiration and comfort to cancer patients through the distribution
of original hand-made teddy bears. http://www.jmjgifts.com/SojournBears.html
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