Involvement Opportunities
Welcome to the involvement opportunities web page. In order to keep our records up to date and more accessible to you, the involvement opportunities will be updated weekly and then posted on this page. Scroll down and see what types of programs fit your needs! Need more information? Call the agencies or stop by the Center for Social Concern!
Last Update: April 17, 2008
(New Items In Blue)
Ongoing Opportunities April Events Future Events
After School Tutoring Program
Date: All school year on Mondays and Wednesdays
Place: Edison Elementary, 228 N Broadway
Time: 2:30-4:30
Description: After school tutoring program for fourth-sixth grade boys. Kids may be way below the expected level in reading and math and need positive role models. Training provided.
Contact: Rev. Foster. 520-1087 , Rev.foster@earthlink.net
Food Pantry Volunteer
Date: Monday through Thursday
Place: South Park United Methodist Church
Time: 10am- 4pm
Description: Assistance needed with unloading donations, stocking shelves,
and working with clients. Call Barb Dawes for more information: 223-2294.
Tutors Needed for After School Program
Date: Wednesday and Thursday
Place: 27 North Gettysburg Ave. Macedonia Community Development Corporation: Young Villagers Program
Time: 3:00-6:30
Description: After school tutoring program that focuses on homework assistance and proficiency preparation.
Contact: Ed Love 837-4953 or email at elove5527@bww.com
Tutors for Refugee Children
Date: Any Day
Place: Xenia Ave
Time: Anytime after school
Description: 12 year-old girl, Turkish refugee came in June 2005. She needs an after school tutor who can come to her home on Xenia Ave. once or twice a week for assistance with homework and basic English skills. She speaks Russian.
Contact: Marianne LeButt, Refugee Resettlement Coordinator, Catholic Social Services 223-7217 ext. 103
Mentor Needed
Date: Beginning as soon as possible
Place: Flexible
Time: Flexible
Description: Looking for a patient, female mentor for 13 year old girl who is very bright and wants to become a teacher but has behavioral issues in the classroom.
Contact: Sue Koverman Coordinator, 225-4603 x 3048
Individual Tutor
Date: Any day After School
Place: Dayton
Time: After 3:30pm
Description: Looking for volunteer tutor for 2nd grade twins who need help in reading and other general areas.
Contact: Patty Fitspatrick 293-0374
Good Shepherd Prison Ministry Volunteer
Date: Saturdays in November
Place: 213 Linden Ave.
Time: 8:00am-12:00pm
Description: Help remodel 3 apartments for ex-prisoners who are transitioning back to the community.
Contact: Dale Nieberding 256-8344 dalenieberding@sbcglobal.net
ClubHouse Tutor
Date: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Place: 300 Maryland Ave. 1407
Time: 3:10pm-6:00pm
Description: Equip Christian teens to design and run free after school faith based programs for elementary children with limited opportunities. You can work one or two days a week and any days during the summer
Contact: Cheryl Bender 667-1069 ext. 274 Or sign up online at…www.dreambuildersgroup.org
St. Vincent Hotel Volunteer Opportunities
Date: Any Day Possible
Place: 120 W. Apple Street, Dayton, OH
Time: Flexible
Description: There are many different positions needed from volunteers. They include Basket Person, Front Door, Front Desk, Cleaning, Storage, Laundry, Clothing, Kitchen, Servers, and Dorm Assistants. For more information on any of these positions, contact St. Vincent
Contact: Melissa Pangaean (937) 461-7837
Summit Academy
Date: Any Day Possible
Place: 1407 East Third Street
Time: Flexible
Description: This is a tutoring opportunity for UD students to work with younger students diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. A requirement of at least one hour a week is needed to volunteer
Contact: Melissa Mintz 223-3154 between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm
Tutoring 8th Grader
Date: 2-3 one hour sessions a week
Place: on campus
Time: After school
Description: Needs help in basic study and organization skills (English, Math) Pays $10/hour
Contact: James Owen, 253-7824
The Other Place Volunteer Opportunity
Date: Flexible
Place: The Other Place, 840 S. Patterson Boulevard
Time: Flexible
Description: The Other Place, a daytime shelter and resource center for the homeless is seeking 1 or more volunteers who are proficient enough with computers to update their data base of affordable apartments and housing.
Contact: Trudy Elder, (937) 461-6078
Part Time Internship Working With MR/DD Children
Date: Flexible
Place: RMS of Ohio, 5335 Far Hills Ave. Suite 306
Time: Afternoon, Evening, and Weekend Hours
Description: RMS is looking for mature, responsible, caring people who are interested in working with individuals with Mental Retradation in Montgomery and Greene Counties. You can have job satisfaction providing individuals with support in their home and community. Starting at $8.05 hr.
Contact: Kathryn at (937) 291-3622
English and Math Tutor Needed for a Rwanda Refugee
Date: Flexible
Place: Mary, Queen of Peace School at Corpus Chiristi Church, Dayton
Time: Weekdays after 4:00, Weekends
Description: One to two days of tutoring are asked for
Contact: Joan Riess 434-6978
Pizza and Movie Night With Kids at St. Joe's Orphanage
Date: First Tuesday of Every Month
Place: Moraine Civic Center
Time: 5:30 - 7:30
Description: Come spend an evening with the kids at St. Joe's for some pizza and a movie
Contact: Laurie Gregg, (513)- 741- 3100
After School Help @ Miracle Makers
Date: Monday Through Friday
Place: 111 Xenia Ave
Time: 2:30- 5:30
Description: Help volunteers with children's after school program
Contact: Michelle Johnson, 404-8054
East End Community Services
Date: Monday- Thursday
Place: 624 Xenia Ave
Time: 3-6pm
Description: We are looking for caring college students who are looking to serve the youth in the Dayton Community through tutoring kids from a low-income neighborhood.
Contact: Lauren Farrell, laurenmfarrell@gmail.com
Ongoing Service Opportunities at Glen Helen Ecology Institute! Click Here for More Information!!
Dayton Homicide Vigils
Date: 3 Days After Media Announces a murder
Place: Local Churches
Time: 5:00pm
Description: Our mission is to pray for an end to the violence in our city by praying at the site of the homicides for the victim, his/her family, the perpetrator and his/her family.
Contact: If you would like to be notified of the vigils, please contact rogeremery@sbcglobal.net
Help Move Furniture with Good Shepherd Ministries
Date: Any Day
Place: Location Varies
Time: Anytime between 8am and 3:30pm
Description: Good Shepherd Ministries is in need of monthly volunteers or service teams to assist the elderly to downsize their homes by moving furniture during the day. The furniture will be moved to Good Shepherd Ministries in assisting their work with the poor and homeless. The items will furnish a supportive housing apartment complex, a furniture pantry and provide items for the semi-annual Yard Sale.
Contact: Dale, 937-256-8344, dalenieberding@sbcglobal.net
Kemp School Community Partnership
Description:
Many children in our community, like so many others around the nation, do not have the reading skills that they need in order to succeed in school and, later, in life. Often, they have no one at home to help them. But, by God’s grace, they do have you!
Please consider giving just one hour per week of your time, helping a child learn to read. Over the past five years, a group of five churches in the eastern part of Montgomery County have joined together to serve the children of Kemp Elementary School: a Dayton Public School serving children from kindergarten through eighth grade. The members of this unique group, the “Kemp School Community Partnership” are St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Community United Methodist Church, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, St. Helen’s Catholic Church and Corinth Presbyterian Church.
Essentially, you will be doing the same things that you might have already done with your younger brothers and sisters or with other children in your community: listening to them read, helping them with difficult words, talking with them about the story, and simply giving them encouragement.
Contact: Fr. Mike Kreutzer at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 256-1082 or at makreutzer@ameritech.net
Riverside Nursing and Rehab Center
Date: Once a Month
Place: Riverside Nursing and Rehab Center
Time: Evenings
Description: Behavioral Unit needs groups of students to plan and implement “fun” nights for 38 residents (30-40yr olds)! Once a month, preferably Friday evenings, but can be other days. Snacks provided.
Contact: Shalanda Curly at 278-0724, X235
Spiritual Care Volunteers at Kettering Medical Center
Date: Flexible
Place: Kettering Medical Center
Time: Flexible
Description: Volunteers who make admission visits to patients to tell them about the spiritual care offered at Kettering. May include a word of prayer, listening to stories, etc. Training available. A couple of hours a week. Need consistency in day and time.
Contact: Heidi-Marie Hiebert at 395-8134
Montgomery County Juvenile Court
Date: Flexible
Place: Downtown Dayton
Time: Flexible
Description: Needs helpers to mentor court-involved youth. Interact with youth, youth’s family and professionals in the circle of care. Training provided.
Contact: Call 225-3039 to sign up.
YWCA Female Volunteers Needed
Date: Flexible
Place: YWCA of Dayton
Time: 4 hours a month
Description: YWCA of Dayton needs female volunteers to sort donated clothing,
maintain clothing room and assist with clothing displays for domestic
violence shelter. Must be at least 21 years old. Need people to work
about 4 hours per month. Call 225-3039 or sign up online at
www.volunteerdayton.org
Life Essentials 2008: Senior Home Project Days
Date: March 22nd, April 26, July 26, August 16, September 20, October 18
Place: Varies
Time: 9:00am- 12pm
Description: Help out with different housing projects at local seniors' residences! Call Volunteer Caregivers at 586.0545 to volunteer
Help at Sunwatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park
Date: May-October
Place: 2301 West River Road
Time: 8am-4pm Monday-Friday, Saturdays upon request (Please contact us two weeks prior to date)
Description: May-August, help reconstruct an 800 yr old Native American
Village. October, come help harvest 8 foot tall Big Bluestem prairie grass.
Contact: Liz Haeuptle or Kyle Kallmeyer (Reconstruction Supervisors), (937)
268-8199 x104, www.sunwatch.org
DayBreak Needs Indoor Painters!
Date: Needed before April
Place: Daybreak
Time: TBD
Description: Daybreak needs 20-80 volunteers to paint indoors at new
facility. Must be at least 18 yrs. old. Needed before April. Call
225-3039 or sign up online at www.volunteerdayton.org
Help Needed at the Annual Mayor's Ball
Date: April 11, 13
Place: Reynolds & Reynolds
Time: See Belown
Description:
Friday, April 11 (2-6 p.m.): 10 volunteers are needed to set tables
Friday, April 11 (3:30 - 5 p.m.): 12-15 volunteers are needed to move
tables
Sunday, April 13 (Noon - 2 p.m.): 20 volunteers are need for clean up
Contact: MaryLou.Randolph@ketteringoh.org
Future Events
Senior Resource Connection needs 8 volunteers to paint adult day care
center in Kettering. Project is available from 8am to 4pm. Call 225-3039
for more information
Life Enrichment center needs about 25 volunteers to paint indorrs. Project
available from 8am to 4pm. Call 225-3039 for more information!
