{"id":108364,"date":"2021-09-25T20:03:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T00:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108364"},"modified":"2021-09-25T20:03:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T00:03:37","slug":"august-11-2019-youth-adult-volunteer-opportunities-from-the-volunteer-center-of-the-lehigh-valley-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108364","title":{"rendered":"September 26, 2021 | Current Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AIDSNET<\/strong>, Bethlehem needs community members &amp; professionals (lawyer, CPA, clergy, physician, etc.) who live in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton or Schuylkill County to join our board of directors and help oversee our organization&#8217;s mission of building healthier communities by planning and funding HIV\/AIDS Care and Prevention Services in those six counties. All meetings are held every other month at our Bethlehem office. Contact Vickey McKinzey-Gonzalez, 610-882-1119, executive.director@aidsnetpa.org. Website link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R7utmEAB\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R7utmEAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK<\/strong> is seeking volunteers (min age 14 w\/adult) to help in our Client Choice Food Pantry 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. for one or more weekdays per month to help the clients select their food and place in the bags. Training available. Contact Anne Egan, 610-821-1332, anne.egan@allentownfoodbank.org. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8C1uEAF\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8C1uEAF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALLENTOWN EVANGELICAL WESLEYAN CHURCH<\/strong> needs strong volunteers (individuals or a group of 5) for food distribution on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 8:30 to approximately 11:00 am. Face masks and gloves are required and are available. Training is provided. Volunteers must be able to lift 15-20 lbs. and do steps. Contact Sandra Balf, 610-462-8070, sandrabalf@yahoo.com. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8GDfEAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8GDfEAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEHIGH VALLEY SCORE<\/strong> needs Volunteer Mentors to coach Entrepreneurs at no charge for our local chapter in the nation-wide SCORE organization. We partner with the SBA and local agencies who assist small business startups or local small businesses who need assistance. Contact Tracy Damiani, 610-266-3000, tracy.damiani@scorevolunteer.org. Website link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000KYGabAAH\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000KYGabAAH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NAZARETH CENTER FOR THE<\/strong> <strong>ARTS<\/strong> needs volunteers to sit in the gallery during open hours to greet visitors and provide information about the artist and The Nazareth Center for the Arts. Shifts available 1:45 \u2013 4PM Thursday through Sunday throughout the summer. Volunteers also need for Fall Festival table for one-hour shifts 2-6PM on October 16, to greet people and assist with children&#8217;s mini pumpkin decorating activity. Contact Kathleen Reynolds, 901-229-0928,<\/p>\n<p>nazaretharts@gmail.com. Website link &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R87TQEAZ\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R87TQEAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARECARE FAITH IN ACTION<\/strong>, Bethlehem needs many volunteers to help with taking non-Covid-19 clients to their vital appointments. All volunteers will have to attend on-line orientation, provide criminal background check and proof of insurance. KN95 facemasks &amp; sanitizer wipes provided to volunteers. All clients will sit in back seat and wear a facemask as well. Call Lynn Heiney, 610-867-2177, sharecare8@aol.com. Website link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000KYGbYAAX\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000KYGbYAAX<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE GRESS MOUNTAIN RANCH<\/strong>, Orefield, needs volunteers on October 17th for our Open Gate Farm Tour to help with many areas, including set up before the event at 10AM, visitor parking, bake sale table, food &amp; beverage tables, &#8216;gate keeper&#8217; for animal stalls, and breakdown after the event at 5PM. Contact Kathryn Gress, 610-398-2122, gressranch@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8HJuEAN\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8HJuEAN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SALVATION ARMY<\/strong>, Allentown is looking for 2 or 3 recurring volunteers to help to prepare the twice-weekly meals for 25 kids in the Youth Program. This role is needed between 2-5 pm every Tuesday and Friday. It includes assisting with the preparation of food as well as preparing the meals for serving and kitchen clean up. Contact Dierdre Govan, 610-432-0129, deirdre.govan@use.salvationarmy.org. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8H3wEAF\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000R8H3wEAF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>For more volunteer opportunities please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; AIDSNET, Bethlehem needs community members &amp; professionals (lawyer, CPA, clergy, physician, etc.) who live in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton or Schuylkill County to join our board of directors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108364\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September 26, 2021 | Current Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482,5722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2","category-volunteer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Volunteer-LV.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}