{"id":135562,"date":"2024-09-29T10:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135562"},"modified":"2024-09-29T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:24:18","slug":"september-29-2024-current-volunteer-opportunities-from-volunteer-center-of-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135562","title":{"rendered":"September 29, 2024  | Current Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank is seeking volunteers to help pack food boxes and bags for our Elderly Food Program (EFP). <\/strong>We will pack boxes from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Our seniors are very grateful that we can deliver both fresh and frozen produce to them in addition to non-perishable items. Contact Amy Hitch, 610-821-1332, <a href=\"mailto:aaefb1978@gmail.com\">aaefb1978@gmail.com<\/a>. Website link- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001BbEpz2AF\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001BbEpz2AF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As one of PA&#8217;s largest nursing homes, Gracedale Nursing Home, Nazareth, is always buzzing with activity. <\/strong>Volunteers are needed to assist residents with in-house appointments including clinics and beauty shop. Opportunities available Monday-Friday \u2013 especially Wednesdays &#8211; between 9AM-12PM. Clearances, training, and Covid-19 vaccination required. Contact Jennie, 610-829-3686, <a href=\"mailto:jrepsher@norcopa.gov\">jrepsher@norcopa.gov.<\/a> Website link- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000Vvpmo\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000Vvpmo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Help fight hunger &#8211; deliver meals to homebound seniors &amp; adults with disabilities for Meals on Wheels <\/strong>of the Greater LV. M-F deliveries from 8 pickup locations throughout the Valley. Shifts start between 10 &amp; 10:30 a.m. and take 60 to 90 minutes to complete. Deliver on your own or with a friend. Instructions and training provided; application and background check required. Contact Dawn Stillwagen, 610-841-7011, <a href=\"mailto:dawns@mowglv.org\">dawns@mowglv.org.<\/a> Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000VdEIl\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0C4z00000VdEIl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phoebe Allentown Nursing Home needs volunteers to help push wheelchair-bound residents from their rooms <\/strong>to the worship service in the all-purpose room every Sunday and on other religious holidays, between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Minimum age 13 or 10 with adult. TB testing, background check, and proof of initial COVID-19 vaccination required. Contact Joan, 610-794-5370, <a href=\"mailto:jwickel@phoebe.org\">jwickel@phoebe.org.<\/a> Website link- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001SS2Cx2AL\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001SS2Cx2AL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience the Joy of Special Olympics as a coach for our Bocce team! <\/strong>The primary responsibility of a head coach is to teach the skills and instill the spirit that defines a true athlete; they are role models and character builders. While bocce knowledge\/experience is helpful, we offer coach training opportunities and resources. Bocce practice starts in September and runs until November and takes place in Whitehall. Background check required. Call 610-850-0449, <a href=\"mailto:volunteer@specialolympicspa.org\">volunteer@specialolympicspa.org.<\/a> Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001bA455\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001bA455<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join The Gress Mountain Ranch in Orefield for the Open Gate Farm Tour between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on October 20<\/strong> to help with many areas, including, set up, visitor parking, bake sale table, food &amp; beverage tables, &#8216;gate keeper&#8217; for animal stalls, and breakdown after the event at 5PM. Minimum age 16 or 14 with adult. Contact Kathryn at 610-398-2122 for an interview. Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001fNrGZ\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001fNrGZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s that time of year for the Women Of Excellence of Bethlehem gift wrapping beginning October 16 through December 20: <\/strong>10 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesdays &amp; Fridays; 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays in Bethlehem. Help needed at the children\u2019s program in Bethlehem 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on December 21. Minimum age 13. Contact Enid, 484-662-0599, <a href=\"mailto:bethlehemwomenofexcellence@gmail.com\">bethlehemwomenofexcellence@gmail.com.<\/a> Website link- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001E875R2AR\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001E875R2AR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whitehall Historical Preservation Society needs assistance preparing our buildings and property for the fall, <\/strong>10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 20<strong>. <\/strong>Weeding, raking, painting, dusting, mopping, organizing storage areas and other tasks as may be needed. Also helping to monitor our tours of the Grist Mill. Minimum age 16 or 14 with adult. Contact Alice Lieberman, 610-776-7280, <a href=\"mailto:WHPS@verizon.net\">WHPS@verizon.net.<\/a> Website link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001eaFc9\">www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00001eaFc9<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Visit our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/\">www.volunteerlv.org<\/a> for a larger listing of volunteer opportunities or contact us at 610-807-0336, <a href=\"mailto:vc@volunteerlv.org\">vc@volunteerlv.org<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank is seeking volunteers to help pack food boxes and bags for our Elderly Food Program (EFP). We will pack boxes from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135562\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September 29, 2024  | 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":[69,5722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","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\/135562"}],"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=135562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135562\/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=135562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}