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Washington County Senior Centers - Senior Centers

Provides congregate meals, socialization, and recreational activities including: arts & crafts, computers, bingo, cards, pool, puzzles, games, and exercise classes.

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Senior Centers

Special Olympics Pennsylvania - Volunteer Opportunities

Offers a variety of ongoing, one-day, and event volunteer opportunities.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Family Services of Montgomery County - Project HEARTH Volunteer Services

Provides senior adults who are healthy enough to remain independent in their homes with support services, including professional in-home counseling, errand and transportation services, minor home repairs, and friendly visits or phone calls.

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Geriatric Counseling
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Individual Counseling
Volunteer Opportunities
Friendly Visiting

United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania - Volunteer Opportunities

Offers volunteer opportunities. Sign up here.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Independent Senior Citizen Resource Centers in York County - Stewartstown Senior Center

Offers the following Senior Center Services: Recreation, socialization, education; Information & referral to area agency on aging caseworker-approved services; Volunteer opportunities; Bi-monthly blood pressure screening; Weekday meal served at 11:30; and free transportation provided to seniors to and from the center. Operates as a cooling station for those who cannot adequately cool their homes or do not have a place to cool down.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Programs
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Senior Centers

Center for Community Action - Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

Provides volunteer opportunities for Seniors at local non-profit organizations.

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Volunteer Service Programs
Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adults
Volunteer Recruitment/Placement

Cray Youth and Family Services - 1-to-1 Mentoring

Offers a volunteer program that matches adult mentors with youth between the ages of 6 and 18, many of whom reside in single parent households. Provides children in need of a supportive relationship with both a mentor and a friend.

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Mentoring Programs
Volunteer Opportunities

Jefferson DeFrees Family Center - Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

Offers services for children in order to achieve permanency. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers are trained citizens who speak for abused and neglected children in the foster care system.

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Guardians ad Litem
Group Counseling
Adoption Services
Family Counseling
Individual Counseling
Volunteer Opportunities

Serving Seniors - Serving Seniors, Inc.

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and care of nursing home, personal care home and isolated older adults in the community. Volunteer Visitation services, ombudsman/advocacy and guardianship services.

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Senior Advocacy Groups
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Guardianship Assistance
Volunteer Opportunities

Habitat for Humanity - Sweat Equity Program

Rehabilitates or builds homes with volunteer labor and donated materials, then sells the homes with no profit and no interest mortgages, to low-income families who have helped in the construction work.

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Sweat Equity Programs

Lend A Hand - Disaster Assistance

Coordinates a reliable system of transportation, labor, housing and meals, and job assignments for volunteers who wish to help people suffering extraordinary hardship as the result of natural disasters.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Post Disaster Cleanup
Disaster Management Organizations

Pearl S Buck International - Pearl S. Buck International

Provides international humanitarian aid through programs that support children, build cultural appreciation, and promote the legacy of Pearl S. Buck.

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Adoption Services
International Child Sponsorship
Museums
Volunteer Opportunities

Special Olympics Pennsylvania - Volunteer Opportunities

Offers a variety of ongoing, one-day, and event volunteer opportunities.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Library System of Lancaster County - Quarryville Library

Provides an array of public library services. Additional services at this location: - Art exhibits - Bookstore - Friends of the Library group - Garden Group - Meeting rooms which are available to the public for 35 at tables and 100 theatre style - Passport services

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Meeting Space
Libraries
Passports
Volunteer Opportunities
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction
Public Access Computers/Tools

Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania - Personal Care

Provides an assisted living facility for those who require some assistance with daily living. Services include assistance with medication, housekeeping, transportation, dining and recreation. Also provides Assistance with personal hygiene, bathing, dressing, and other activities of daily living.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adult/Disability Related Supportive Housing

Habitat for Humanity Wyoming Valley - Habitat for Humanity

Offers to build homes for families in need. Volunteer labor and charitable gifts ensure our homes are affordable to low income families. Family members have sweat equity by assisting with volunteer labor.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Sweat Equity Programs

United Way of Lancaster County - Volunteer Center

Serves as a clearinghouse of information on volunteerism in Lancaster County. Provides the following services: - Administers Get Connected, a web-based volunteer matching application for individuals, nonprofit agencies and corporations - Administers Corporate Volunteer Network - Recruits volunteers for non-profit agencies - Publishes bi-weekly newspaper column advocating volunteerism - Promotes volunteer recognition - Publishes directories listing volunteer opportunities - Provides volunteer management assistance for agencies - Administers the Student Volunteer Program which recruits and refers students to summer opportunities - Recruits volunteers for educational entities, e.g. Service Learning, Book Challenge, H.O.S.T.S., etc. - Serves as link to national organizations addressing volunteerism

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Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Recruitment/Placement
Community Service Work Programs
Volunteer Program Development/Implementation Support
Residential Snow Shoveling

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-Central PA - Site-Based Mentoring Program

Matches children with caring friends (adults, college students, or high school students) for one-to-one mentoring at local elementary schools and various after-school programs throughout the tri-county region. Offers the Bigs in Blue Program which provides law enforcement mentoring in schools during lunch or recess.

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Mentoring Programs
Volunteer Opportunities

Lisa's Lady Bugs - Lisa's Lady Bugs

Patient care fund for Cancer Patients and their families. Provides an avenue for people to donate and assist to family members during a difficult and emotional time.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Cancer
Medical Care Expense Assistance

Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania - Personal Care

Provides an assisted living facility for those who require some assistance with daily living. Services include assistance with medication, housekeeping, transportation, dining and recreation. Also provides Assistance with personal hygiene, bathing, dressing, and other activities of daily living.

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Older Adult/Disability Related Supportive Housing
Volunteer Opportunities

YMCA of Centre County - Volunteer Opportunities

Opportunities to volunteer in a variety of areas

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Volunteer Opportunities

Paws Along the River - Humane Society

Offers care of the stray and unwanted pets. Includes: dog licenses, lost and found pets, trap rentals, dog obedience class, volunteer opportunities, pet cremation services, and adoption. Does not offer veterinary services.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Animal Adoption
Pet Care Services
Animal Shelters
Animal Lost and Found
Animal Licenses

Voices for Independence - Washington County Faith in Action

Provides supportive services and outreach to meet the needs of the elderly and adults with disabilities. Services include transportation to medical appointments, errands and shopping assistance, supportive visiting and telephone reassurance, light housekeeping and meal preparation, minor household maintenance, caregiver relief, and reading or helping to write out checks to pay bills.

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Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Personal Care
Friendly Visiting
Yard Maintenance
In Home Respite Care
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Senior Ride Programs

Library System of Lancaster County - Ephrata Public Library

Provides an array of public library services. Additional services at this location: - Meeting rooms available to rent - Passport services

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Volunteer Opportunities
Libraries
Youth Enrichment Programs
Public Access Computers/Tools
Meeting Space
Passports
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction

Mental Health America of Lancaster County - Compeer Lancaster

Matches volunteers in one-to-one relationships with adults who are recovering from mental illness. Their friendship provides structured opportunities for socialization which decreases loneliness and increases well being and confidence in the clients. Some opportunities include meeting for coffee, visiting local museums, going out to eat and taking walks together. Other volunteer opportunities include making a 15 minute phone call each week to an individual waiting for one-to-one friend. Program is also available to veterans.

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Mentoring Programs
Transitional Mental Health Services
Volunteer Opportunities