{"id":99630,"date":"2020-02-22T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T01:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=99630"},"modified":"2020-02-21T20:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T01:50:14","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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=99630","title":{"rendered":"February 23, 2020 | Youth &#038; Adult Volunteer Opportunities from the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><b>AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Bethlehem <\/b>needsdrivers to take patients to and from their cancer treatment appointments. You can volunteer a few hours a week or a month and drive patients locally or long distances. Need to be at least 18 years of age, clear background check, good driving record, proof of insurance, reliable vehicle, access to a computer\/laptop\/ iPad and internet access. Online training required. Call Jennifer Washney, 570-227-9570, <a href=\"mailto:jennifer.washney@cancer.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">jennifer.washney@cancer.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>CEDARBROOK SENIOR CARE AND REHAB, Allentown <\/b>Each Thursday morning 9:30-11:30 we are having a high-spirited sing-a-long with our residents.\u00a0 We need more volunteers to assist our residents in getting to the activity room, pushing wheelchairs when needed and just to sing along to popular old songs with everyone in the room to keep the fun times happening.\u00a0 We need several volunteers, so this is a great opportunity for friends, spouses, co-workers, or groups.\u00a0 Minimum age is 13 years old.\u00a0 All volunteers over 17 years old will need a PA Criminal Background Clearance, which is provided by Cedarbrook. Call Kerry Magliane, (610) 336-5684, <a href=\"mailto:kerrymagliane@lehighcounty.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">kerrymagliane@lehighcounty.org<\/a><wbr \/>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK, Bethlehem <\/b>is looking for people to be friendly visitors in seniors&#8217; homes\/apartments; the clients have been diagnosed with dementia but are still living on their own. You will receive training and then be placed with a client requesting the service. Visits will be for 1-2 hours at a time and include engaging in conversation, doing a puzzle, playing a game, watching and talking about a television show. No medical care or housekeeping will be required of the volunteer at any time. Call Valerie Hutton, 610-969-2391, <a href=\"mailto:Valerie.hutton@lvhn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Valerie.hutton@lvhn.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>LCCC CENTER FOR CAREER PATHWAYS, Allentown<\/b> needs Tutors for adult students in our GED and ESL programs in Allentown, for Math, Language Arts, Science Social Studies and Writing. Tutors work with students a minimum of 3 hours a week. A Bachelor&#8217;s degree and clearances are required for all tutors.<\/div>\n<div>Call Allison Ludlow, 610-799-1216, <a href=\"mailto:aludlow@lccc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">aludlow@lccc.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>LEHIGH COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS <\/b>will be offering a required training class to become a certified golf coach. There are eight practice sessions in this golf program. Must be available for Eastern Sectionals and Summer Games at Penn State; date TBD. Location &amp; start date of golf program to be announced. Volunteer registration and background check is required. Practices include learning the golf terms, types of clubs, and how they are used. Exercises include how to chip, putt and drive. Athletes are also given the opportunity to play rounds on the golf course. Call Patty Feninez, 484-274-8544\u00a0, <a href=\"mailto:lcsopa.publicrelations@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">lcsopa.publicrelations@gmail.<wbr \/>com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>STEPHEN&#8217;S PLACE, Bethlehem <\/b>will need several persons to assist with the gardening, yard work and basic outside maintenance of our facility. It will entail planting of vegetables and pulling the weeds as well as planting flowers around our yard. Call Sister Virginia Longcope, 610-861-7677, <a href=\"mailto:vlongcope@msn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">vlongcope@msn.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>THE SALVATION ARMY, LEHIGH VALLEY, Allentown<\/b> is seeking individuals and\/or groups to help with clean up, organization and discarding items from our toy shop, sports equipment, school supplies and other rooms and areas around our building. Call Deirdre Govan, 610-432-0128, <a href=\"mailto:deirdre.govan@use.salvationarmy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">deirdre.govan@use.<wbr \/>salvationarmy.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>TRUTH FOR WOMEN, Coopersburg <\/b>needs volunteers for our 4th Annual Fundraiser, Kentucky Derby Party, on May 2, 2020 at Bell Gate Farm, Coopersburg PA. (4) Parking Attendants 3 pm &#8211; 5 pm; (4)<\/div>\n<div>Bartenders &#8211; RAMP Certified 3 pm &#8211; 8 pm (2 hr shifts); (4) Miscellaneous Volunteers to help at the event from 3:30 pm &#8211; 8:30 pm. Call Sally Ryan, 610-866-5755, <a href=\"mailto:info@truthforwomen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">info@truthforwomen.org<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","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-99630","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\/99630"}],"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=99630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99630\/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=99630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}