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Provides a wide range of services to clients, with the interest of keeping them in their own homes and community for as long as possible and/or practical. Offers services that include adult day care, care management, senior centers, home-delivered meals, assessment personal care, and volunteer opportunities.

Provides an array of public library services. Additional services at this location: - Biz Info to Grow (BIG): a program that provides free guidance, direction and an electronic database to assist start-up and existing small businesses - Spanish Language Newspaper - Fax and copy services - Meeting room rentals for 100 - Passport photo services

Connects youth to positive outreach sites and provides at risk prevention through volunteer work at pre-approved not for profit agencies within Venango County. Participants in the program earn "time dollars" for each hour they volunteer up to 80 hours in a calendar year. The "time dollars" are credited to the volunteer's account at the rate of $4 an hour. The value of the hours volunteered can be redeemed for gift cards which can be used at participating area businesses. The value of the "time dollars" can also be used towards education expenses, field trips, YMCA or YWCA memberships, extra curricular activities and club participation fees. The program is housed at the Oil City YMCA. The Y, along with the funding contributors, and other organizations collaborate to deliver the Community Youth Volunteer Program.

Offers gently used clothing items for the entire family are sold at very reasonable prices. Donation of items and volunteers are welcome.

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

EASE provides maritime opportunities for individuals with mental and physical challenges. Specially designed sailboats, called Hansa Dinghies, provide a safe, effective platform for sailors to enjoy barrier-free sailing. A team of highly-skilled volunteers, mainly teachers, volunteer their time to create a nurturing, empowering experience.

Distributes food to those in need. Also accepts donations of food.

Monitors the status of human relations within the Borough, holds multi-cultural educational events, and provides mediation and referral services to Borough residents. Provides mediation for people to openly discuss conflict and determine whether reconciliation is possible. The parties may speak in a confidential setting directly to each other and be heard. Most of the commissioners are trained mediators.

Provides free, one-to-one, small group and large group instruction in reading, writing, math or English as a Second Language to adults who wish to improve basic skills. Tutoring sessions may be held at any public location such as a library, church, community center, or recreation hall. Offers GED Prep classes in Elizabethtown and Columbia. Scholarships are available to pay for each of the tests. Contact Jane Myers at 717-297-5523. English for Speakers of Other Languages new student orientation every Thursday at 11:00am and 3:00pm.

Refuge for animals providing shelter and care until forever home can be found.

Volunteers provide non-medical, in-home services to seniors on a short term or intermittent basis to complement care provided by family or friends. Services available grocery delivery, and telephone reassurance.

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

Operates Adopt-A-Highway, an effective way to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania. Offers volunteer opportunity to clear a two-mile section of state highway two to four times a year. Works to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania.

Operates Adopt-A-Highway, an effective way to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania. Offers volunteer opportunity to clear a two-mile section of state highway two to four times a year. Works to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania.

Operates Adopt-A-Highway, an effective way to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania. Offers volunteer opportunity to clear a two-mile section of state highway two to four times a year. Works to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania.

Provides a healthy restaurant quality balanced hot lunch which includes a salad, fruit, main entree, desert, beverage.

Offers opportunities to volunteer at SPCP sponsored events. Monetary donations are also accepted via Pay Pal, cash, checks, or money orders. Individuals are also encouraged to save aluminum can tabs and donate them to be exchanged for funds supporting the organization.

Offers volunteer opportunities, accepts donations of used/unused eyeglasses, and monetary donations.

Provides a monthly community meal service which benefits individuals with HIV/AIDS and those experiencing homelessness. Volunteer and donation opportunities are available.

CASA Volunteers are citizens who are trained to advocate for the best interest of children in the foster care system. They are assigned to a child or sibling group and get to know the child, as well as biological parents, resource parents, caseworkers, teachers, therapists, and doctors. They meet with the parties on their case regularly, write reports to the court, and attend hearings to testify to what is in the child's best interest. They investigate, facilitate, advocate, and monitor throughout the life of the case, until the child achieves a safe and permanent home.

Recruits and trains volunteers to assist across all of the services provided.

Volunteer reading program that brings in MENtors and MENtor Assistants from Susquehanna County to read to kindergarten students for one hour each month to help foster early literacy. At the end of each reading visit students receive a copy of the book read to add to their own personal library.

Offers adults various types of volunteer experience within the hospital. Two $500 scholarships are awarded to volunteers from local schools.

Provides a 24-hour confidential, domestic violence support hotline. Makes referrals for temporary or emergency safe shelter. Offers legal advocacy, including assistance with filing a Protection From Abuse Order. Coordinates with other social service agencies that provide assistance with health, finances, housing, drug/alcohol treatment, support groups, children's services, employment/training, food, furniture, clothing, and more. Provides referral and support services, child therapy, and the W.E.A.V.E. (Women's Empowerment Against Violent Environments) adult support group, which includes free childcare during group sessions. Delivers community education for all groups, including educational speakers and age-appropriate outreach materials. Provides accompaniment and/or transportation to appointments/hearings, including civil and criminal hearings. Also offers options for counseling and crisis response, with free childcare provided when necessary. Offers volunteer opportunities.

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.