{"id":88854,"date":"2019-05-19T11:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=88854"},"modified":"2019-05-19T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T15:22:28","slug":"updated-january-20-2019-youth-adult-volunteer-opportunities-from-the-volunteer-center-of-the-lehigh-valley-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=88854","title":{"rendered":"Updated May 19th, 2019 | Youth  &#038; Adult Volunteer Opportunities from the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><b>BOUTIQUE AT THE RINK, Bethlehem <\/b>is an organization of Lehigh Valley volunteers dedicated to supporting cancer services in the community through the annual sale of new and gently used items. Volunteers are needed for Sale Days at the Earl E. Schaffer Municipal Ice Rink, Illick&#8217;s Mill Road on May 28-June 1. Contact Jen Gibbs, 610-861-7555, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">jgibbs@cancersupportglv.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>CEDARBROOK SENIOR CARE and REHAB, Fountain Hill <\/b>needs volunteers for their Annual Car Show from 5-7pm on Tuesday, June 11; rain date June 13. Help their residents enjoy the car show by escorting them (pushing wheelchairs when necessary) out of the building and around their visitor parking lot to see the show cars. Call Kerry Magliane, 610-336-5684, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kerrymagliane@lehighcounty.org<\/a><wbr \/>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>HISPANIC CENTER of the LEHIGH VALLEY, Bethlehem <\/b>is looking for a volunteer or two with a pickup truck, SUV, or van (a vehicle with room to transport items) to pick up cases of food donated by Sam&#8217;s Club on Airport Road, Allentown, twice a month on Friday&#8217;s @10:30am. Items must then be brought back to the center, unloaded, and stocked in their Food Pantry. Call Banessa Tenezaca, 610-868-7800, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">btenezaca@hclv.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>LEHIGH VALLEY BUSINESS GROUP, Bethlehem <\/b>is looking for volunteers for their Sunshine for Seniors Program, a program for low income seniors\/individuals who are no longer physically capable nor can afford to hire anyone to do minor yard work. Bring sunshine into their lives by volunteering to: rake leaves\/clean yards, trim bushes, plant flowers\/vegetables, minor painting, or other odds-n-ends to help the outdoor space of the homeowner. Call Kevin Cope, 484-274-3245, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">info@lvbg.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>LEHIGH VALLEY SCORE, LCC, Schnecksville <\/b>needs experienced business people to provide confidential business mentoring services in person and online. Lead seminars and workshops to help small business owners meet goals and achieve success. Training provided.\u00a0\u00a0 Call Tracy Damiani, 610-266-3000, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">tracy.damiani@scorevolunteer.<wbr \/>org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>NAZARETH CENTER for the ARTS, Bethlehem <\/b>needs volunteers (adult supervision 16-18 years) to help staff a table during the Northampton County Festival at Louise Moore Park, Bethlehem on Saturday, May 25. Volunteers will provide information to attendees about the Center to help raise awareness of their organization. They will also be selling raffle tickets for a Martin Guitar. Shifts are 2 hours from 10am-6pm. Call Kathleen Reynolds, 901-229-0928, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">nazaretharts@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>THE SANCTUARY AT HAAFSVILLE, Breinigsville<\/b> needs help to maintain the animal shelter grounds and buildings.\u00a0 Tasks would include lawn mowing, weed and hedge trimming, grounds and parking lot maintenance, general repair of fencing\/building, etc.\u00a0 Please join us in giving back to these wonderful animals by helping with facility&#8217;s needs. Call Linda Green, 484-285-5445, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">volunteer@thesanctuarypa.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>THE UNITED WAY of the GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY, Allentown <\/b>is recruitingvolunteers (18+ years) tobe Talk, Read, Sing Ambassadors to help build communications and promote brain development of children. They are looking for long-term volunteers willing to donate 2-4 hours a month and who have their own transportation. Literacy tools such as tip sheets, books, etc. will be provided. Call Akshara Vivekananthan, 610-807-5742, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">aksharav@unitedwayglv.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Visit our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\">www.volunteerlv.org<\/a> for a larger listing of volunteer opportunities.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BOUTIQUE AT THE RINK, Bethlehem is an organization of Lehigh Valley volunteers dedicated to supporting cancer services in the community through the annual sale of new and gently used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=88854\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Updated May 19th, 2019 | Youth  &#038; Adult Volunteer Opportunities from the 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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"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\/88854"}],"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=88854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88854\/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=88854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}