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Current Community Needs
 Longwood
Center for the Visual Art’s Free Family Winter Wonderland Workshop
One of the hottest volunteer opportunities in town!!
When is it? –now until
December 13th
Where is it? – the LCVA – located at the corner of Main St and
Third St.
Who can volunteer? –people who like to have fun!
The LCVA and is
currently looking for volunteers to help create the decorations, prepare
activities and set up for the workshop that will transform the lower
level of the LCVA into a wintery wonderland. There are also volunteer
opportunities the day of the event. On December 13th we will
need volunteers to help run the workshop and assist the families with
the art activities.
For more information or
to sign up to help out, please contact Emily Gresham at
greshamea@longwood.edu or (434)395-2648
 RELAY
FOR LIFE
Are YOU looking for 8 hours of service? Then become a subcommittee
member for RELAY FOR LIFE! By donating your time to help the committee
set up Relay for Life, you can earn up to 8 hours of service. It’s a fun
experience and a great way to get out your creative juices. If you’re
interested PLEASE contact Katie Johnston at
kathrin.johnston@live.longwood.edu. Committee Members who need
subcommittee members: Activities, Publicity, Luminaria, Accounting,
Mission & Delivery
 MEALS ON WHEELS /
SCOPE
Internships - We would like to offer several non-paying
internships in fields like communication, public relations, accounting,
etc. In addition, we are looking for an organization to provide about 10
volunteers to help with our Chili Cookoff at the YMCA Oct. 18.
WE NEED DRIVERS - As always, we need drivers for our meal
routes. Whitney James and Alpha Sigma Alpha have already volunteered to
help us in the month of November - but we still need more volunteers!
For more info:
Hoke Currie
operations@scopemow.farmville.net
 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Working at the house in Dillwyn – If you would like to help us
with any final touches on the painting, and other work around the house,
please contact the office (reply to this email, or call) and let us know
how many to expect. We will be at the site from 9-2. We will provide
all the tools you need. AND LUNCH!!!
Lunch for our work day – Our volunteers work hard at the site and
always welcome some nourishment to get them through the day. If you or
your group would like to provide lunch for the group, please let us
know!
Recycle Volunteers – We have the opportunity to distribute more of
our indoor recycle bins AND some newly constructed outdoor bins around
the area. The bins are a great way to encourage the community to
recycle while raising needed funds for Habitat. We are in need of
volunteers that we can assign to areas in the community to pick up the
cans as the bins become full and take them to the recycling center. In
most areas this is simply a monthly need.
Movers needed – We have been working on the opening of a ReStore
here in Farmville and will need some help with moving furniture and
other things into the new store beginning in September. If you can help
with this, WE NEED YOU!!!
Office: Do you have a gift of administration? We can always use
extra help in the office answering phones, data entry, planning events
and helping us get our newsletter out. If this is where you can give
your time, please give us a call.
For more info:Pam Gill
www.pam@farmvillehabitat.org
Farmville Area Habitat for Humanity
434.392.6627
 SPEAK
SPANISH? WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We have a patient that is on
MatchingDonors.com that needs an organ transplant and he speaks mostly
Spanish and needs help using his MatchingDonors.com website site.
If you speak Spanish and you
could help him twice a week over the phone for about 30 minutes each, time
please contact him. We offered this patient the option for us to take
your phone calls, but he wants to be contacted directly by anyone
interested in volunteering for him.
So, if you are interested, please
call him directly at Bart Gonzales 760-216-7141 or 760-670-8706.
 Youth Empowerment Center
The Youth Empowerment Center once again is offering a
tutoring/mentoring & Ultimate Teen program. The tutoring program will
start on Sept 8th, from 4-6pm, Monday-Wednesday, targeting
K-12 grade. We need college students in all areas, especially in math,
English, and computer science. They are also looking for administrative
assistance that is familiar with research, and grant writing.
For more info: Jacqueline Lester-Ghee
lesterjal@kinex.net
Youth Empowerment Center, Inc
(434) 603-7839 (Cell)
(434) 392-8526 (Office)
HELP
JOSHUA BOLT!
Joshua is a brilliant, funny, and joyful seven-year-old!
He reads, draws, writes poetry, solves math equations, creeps, climbs,
and stacks things!
He is also severely brain-injured.
His brain injury is commonly called cerebral palsy. The Bolt family is
implementing an intensive home-based program of physical, intellectual,
and social development for Joshua. This treatment program is prescribed
by The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (www.iahp.org).
The Bolts need fun-loving volunteers both to help and to play! There
are even some projects you can help with from a distance.
For more info: Jennifer Bolt
jenilynnbolt@hotmail.com
www.caringbridge.org/visit/joshuabolt
 CLEAN VIRGINIA
WATERWAYS
The Virginia Waterways Cleanup (part of The International Coastal
Cleanup) is coming – please volunteer and help out at a cleanup event
near you. A full list of events can be found on the Clean Virginia
Waterways (CVW) web site:
www.longwood.edu/cleanva. Cleanup events will be held throughout
September and October –mostly on Saturdays.
For more info:
Clean Virginia Waterways
Longwood University (McCorkle 117)
Office: 434-395-2602
Email: cleanva@longwood.edu
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