The Monroe Cancer Connection
Volunteers are needed to serve as “Drivers” to escort and transport clients to medical appointments and treatments. Drivers are to distribute brochures and Courtesy Cards from the Monroe Cancer Connection to the clients as well as to report on the general condition of the client and possible need for additional services. |
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Salvation Army - Bedford
The Salvation Army satellite office at 7200 Lewis Ave. in Temperance is in need of
volunteers to help with answering phones, filing, general office work, and stocking
the food pantry. The office is open Monday – Friday from 1pm to 5pm, volunteers
are asked to commit to one day per week for a minimum of 2 hours. |
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Brookdale Senior Living
Volunteers are asked to visit and participate in various Life Enrichment activities (crafts, gardening, bingo, play cards and games) with the residents. |
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Mercy Memorial Hospital
The Mercy Memorial Rape Crisis Center and Child Advocacy Center is in need of volunteers to train in order to respond to hotline calls, provide crisis intervention services, meet survivors at the hospital/police stations, provide education, facilitate support groups and support survivors through the legal process. Volunteers are required to attend 6 training sessions throughout the year, a monthly meeting and to be available to volunteer 12 hours per month. |
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The Monroe Center for Healthy Aging
Volunteers are requested to assist at the Front Desk to direct visitors. Experience with General Office duties such as filing, faxing, typing, word processing and copying would also be helpful.
If you can measure, cut, rip, assemble, pin, hand-stitch or machine-stitch material into cancer pads and lap robes, or even just help package the finished items, then we have an opening for you as a volunteer with the Muskateers. |
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Project Read
Project Read is a community effort to help adults improve their reading skills. We are looking for tutors, as a tutor you will receive all of the training you need to help others learn the skills they need to learn more about the world. It can be very rewarding for everyone. Tutors and students are matched as nearly as possible by interest. If you are interested in Project Read call either the RSVP Bedford or Monroe offices and we will get you started. |
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Bedford Branch Library
The Bedford Library has need of volunteers to man the Friends of the Library bookroom. This is a great spot for those of you that want to work a couple of hours a week at your beautiful library. Volunteers sort and display used books in this special area of the library. You will also greet the customers who come in and collect the money for any books purchased. If you like to read, this is the place for you! |
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God Works! Community Dinners
Volunteers are needed to help set up the dining area,
serve the meal, and help with clean-up for the God
Works! meals served at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
on Monday nights and at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
on Wednesday nights. Volunteers will need to arrive
at the designated Church on their scheduled day at
5:00 pm and plan on staying until 7:30 pm. Although
meals are held every week at the churches we are only
scheduling each volunteer to help once or twice a month.
To volunteer at the Bedford area God Works! meal sites
contact Dianne Carroll at the Bedford RSVP office. |
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Monroe County Youth Center
Need volunteers to assist mentoring youth in the court-ordered residential treatment program with the Reading Buddy Program: Great Stories Book Club, for an hour per week by reading aloud, listening to audio books or silently reading together. The MI Department of Education provides a mandatory list of book titles/authors from which to choose your reading material. |
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Arthur Lesow Community Center (ALCC)
Volunteers are needed in the Educational Advocacy Program (EAP) to tutor 5th and 6th graders who face challenging obstacles to being successful in school. Three sessions will be held weekly from 5:00 – 6:00 pm (½ hour Tutoring in academic areas, and ½ hour of Club Time with activities and snacks provided). |
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Nursing Home Visiting
We have requests for volunteers to do visitation to residents
in area nursing homes. A short visit from someone means
so much to those who are unable to get out. If you
have time to spare this winter think about making someone
feel special. You can visit, read, play a game of cards,
or help with meals or special projects |
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Bedford Senior Citizens Center
The Center can always use volunteers for a variety of jobs from answering phones, helping in the dining room, delivering meals-on-wheels, sewing, special events, etc. Call the Bedford RSVP office for details on volunteering. I will work with Pam Rybka and her Senior Center Staff to find you the right volunteer opportunity. |
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Lions Den Resale Shop
The Lions Den Resale Shop in Temperance needs volunteers for every Wednesday
from 10:00am until 3:00pm. Volunteers will sort and display incoming donations.
Come join a great group of volunteers who not only work but have a great time while
they are there. All Lions Den volunteers who work Monday thru Friday are provided
transportation to the Bedford Senior Center for lunch on the day they volunteer at the Lions Den. Any volunteer who works four or more hours a day is entitled to a lunch
ticket. This will pay for your lunch at the Senior Center. That is a deal! |
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RSVP Bedford & Monroe Office
If you would like to help with mailings, assembling newsletters,
and other special projects call and let us know and
we will add you to our list of volunteers to call when
we have this type of project to do. |
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Faith-In-Action (FIA)
Looking for volunteers to visit with homebound seniors
in the Monroe County area. |
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