Where might you contribute best?
Agency Service Fair Participants: Fall 2007
Bible and Religion
YPCA - Help with church music, Sunday school classes, or organizing church services in a small, near-by church.
Our Community Place - Our Community Places hosts a free weekly community meal, maintains a garden, and runs other programs. Help with whatever is needed at the time!
Gift and Thrift - Gift and Thrift is a non-profit organization that houses three shops: a World of Good (an MCC Thrift Shop), Artisans’ Hope (a fair trade, Ten Thousand Villages partner store), and Booksavers of Virginia (a used book seller). All shops support the work of MCC. Volunteer opportunities vary depending on schedule and interests: sorting, pricing, general cleaning/maintenance, etc.
Refugee Resettlement - Connect with a recently resettled refugee family by helping through a variety of ways.
Biology, Chemistry
Earthkeepers - Composting and recycling projects at EMU.
EMU Recycling - Help work for and promote EMU recycling. Be an eco-rep for your dorm.
Friends of Blacks Run Greenway - Help with various projects related to the Black's Run stream's health.
Glen Eco Farms - Help a local farm with fall market gardening work: cultivating, weeding and harvesting.
SPCA - The Rockingham-Harrisonburg Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Help with "pet socialization."
VA Cooperative Extension - Provide assistance with developing and implementing food, nutrition, and health education programs.
Business and Economics
Valley Associates for Independent Living (VAIL) - Provides an array of services to individuals with disabilities to ensure independence in the community. Voluteer with filing, typing, special projects as needed, including accessibility surveys and a November Basket Bingo event.
ARC Op Shop - The ARC Op shop where adults with mental disabilities make marketable crafts. Assist with woodworking, crafts, communication or social skills and leisure activities. Work along side participant or small group.
Refugee Resettlement - Connect with a recently resettled refugee family by helping through a variety of ways.
Central Valley Habitat for Humanity - Help build with Habitat this fall on N. Liberty St.
Education
Gus the Bus Early Learning Program - Help with reading, assisting with homework, tutoring and mentoring with Gus the Bus mobile literacy vehicle. Also behind the scenes opportunities are available i.e making puppets, flannel board stories, and other activities to go with storybooks read on the bus.
Fulks Run Family Literacy - Help with the activities for the children, take pictures and video at family literacy events for a year-end slide show.
Parents as Educational Partners - Help with homework, recreational activites with a diverse group of children while their parents participate in English classes.
Migrant Education - Help tutor students who are learning English as a second (or third) language in the local schools. Another opportunity with Migrant Ed is to help with ESL workshops in the county's "Apple Camps."
History
Refugee Resettlement - Connect with a recently resettled refugee family by helping through a variety of ways.
Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community - Listen to the stories of another generation. Assist residents and programs in different ways.
Boys & Girls Club - Assist in the planning and implementation of Boys & Girls Club programming within 5 core areas: Education, Character & Leadership, the Arts, Health & Life Skills, Sports, Fitness & Recreation. Boys and Girls Club is housed in the Lucy Simms school, formerly Harrisonburg's African American school.
Friends of Blacks Run Greenway - Help with various projects related to the Black's Run stream's health.
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen - Help with soup kitchen prep, serving and clean up and meet community members.
Justice, Peace and Conflict Studies
Harrisonburg Men’s Diversion Center - Shadow caseworkers and assist with case management issues when possible. Observe or co-facilitate treatment groups when appropriate. Tutor offenders in school under direction of DCE teachers.
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen - Help with soup kitchen prep, serving and clean up and meet community members.
Refugee Resettlement - Connect with a recently resettled refugee family by helping through a variety of ways.
Mercy House- Help with the Mercy House homeless shelter through as a tutor, with childcare, or office assistance.
Trinity Clothes Closet - Help families with children find clothing that are the right sizes, interact with children while parents are shopping, help fold and bag clothes for families, at end of day help fold and return clothing not taken to racks, put away racks (Spanish speakers are encouraged and would help with translation.)
Language and Literature
Intensive English Program - Be a conversation partner with an English-learning student in EMU's IEP program.
Booksavers - Booksavers is part of Gift and Thrift, a non-profit organization that supports the work of MCC. Volunteer opportunities vary depending on schedule and interests: sorting, pricing, general cleaning/maintenance, etc.
NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center - NewBridges exists to address the spiritual, emotional, social, and cultural needs of immigrants in the Shenandoah Valley, empowering them to become interactive participants in the community and congregations. Help with English classes, childcare during classes, or as a client contact assistant.
Skyline Literacy Coalition - A volunteer literacy organization committed to the improvement of literacy/English language levels among adults in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County area. Designed to foster community awareness and inter-organizational cooperation. Volunteer as a tutor or help with one of their other programs.
Gus the Bus Early Learning Program - Help with reading, assisting with homework, tutoring and mentoring with Gus the Bus mobile literacy vehicle. Also behind the scenes opportunities are available i.e making puppets, flannel board stories, and other activities to go with storybooks read on the bus.
Fulks Run Family Literacy - Help with the activities for the children, take pictures and video at family literacy events for a year-end slide show.
Parents as Educational Partners - Help with homework, recreational activites with a diverse group of children while their parents participate in English classes.
Migrant Education - Help tutor students who are learning English as a second (or third) language in the local schools. Another opportunity with Migrant Ed is to help with ESL workshops in the county's "Apple Camps."
Mathematical Sciences
Community Resource Center - Assist with some combination of the following: research and computer work; review information about local programs and services; update and reorganize listings of service providers, other tasks.
Parents as Educational Partners - Help with homework, recreational activites with a diverse group of children while their parents participate in English classes.
Umbau School of Architecture - "Umbau is a laboratory for space, land, and ritual. We are about making architecture. We thrive upon risk, failure, experimentation, and discovery. The students and faculty at Umbau must learn how to see. Opportunities to help with occasional special event setup, general office assistance, editing, helping with built projects, errands, assisting in printing, mailings, critique for design visuals, etc.
WVPT - Local TV Station. Opportunities to help with various data entry, auctions, mailings, pledge drive, camera operations.
Intensive English Program - Be a conversation partner with an English-learning student in EMU's IEP program.
Music
YPCA - Help with church music, Sunday school classes, or organizing church services in a small, near-by church.
Parents as Educational Partners - Help with homework, recreational activites with a diverse group of children while their parents participate in English classes.
Gus the Bus Early Learning Program - Help with reading, assisting with homework, tutoring and mentoring with Gus the Bus mobile literacy vehicle. Also behind the scenes opportunities are available i.e making puppets, flannel board stories, and other activities to go with storybooks read on the bus.
Harrisonburg Children’s museum - Work with children, supervise exhibits at a fun museum downtown.
Nursing
Rockingham Memorial Hospital - Opportunities vary.
Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community - Listen to the stories of another generation. Assist residents and programs in different ways.
Caregiver’s Community Network - Opportunities involve: spending a 3-4 hours a week with a frail senior or and elder with Alzheimer’s disease; providing companionship and respite care (non-clinical); attending a 1.5 hour training session on how to interact with Alzheimer’s patients.
VA Cooperative Extension - Provide assistance with developing and implementing food, nutrition, and health education programs.
Physical Education
Highland Retreat - Highland Retreat is a camp and retreat center, primarily need assistance with maintenance.
Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation - Help with children's programs with Parks and Rec.
Parents as Educational Partners - Help with homework, recreational activites with a diverse group of children while their parents participate in English classes.
Psychology
Harrisonburg Children’s museum - Work with children, supervise exhibits at a fun museum downtown.
Caregiver’s Community Network - Opportunities involve: spending a 3-4 hours a week with a frail senior or and elder with Alzheimer’s disease; providing companionship and respite care (non-clinical); attending a 1.5 hour training session on how to interact with Alzheimer’s patients.
Parents as Educational Partners - Help with homework, recreational activites with a diverse group of children while their parents participate in English classes.
Gus the Bus Early Learning Program - Help with reading, assisting with homework, tutoring and mentoring with Gus the Bus mobile literacy vehicle. Also behind the scenes opportunities are available i.e making puppets, flannel board stories, and other activities to go with storybooks read on the bus.
Sociology/Social Work
Mercy House- Help with the Mercy House homeless shelter through as a tutor, with childcare, or office assistance.
Boys & Girls Club - Assist in the planning and implementation of Boys & Girls Club programming within 5 core areas: Education, Character & Leadership, the Arts, Health & Life Skills, Sports, Fitness & Recreation.
Trinity Clothes Closet - Help families with children find clothing that are the right sizes, interact with children while parents are shopping, help fold and bag clothes for families, at end of day help fold and return clothing not taken to racks, put away racks (Spanish speakers are encouraged and would help with translation.)
NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center - NewBridges exists to address the spiritual, emotional, social, and cultural needs of immigrants in the Shenandoah Valley, empowering them to become interactive participants in the community and congregations. Help with English classes, childcare during classes, or as a client contact assistant. Help with English classes, childcare during classes, or as a client contact assistant.
Theater
Central Valley Habitat for Humanity - Have experience building set? Help build with Habitat this fall on N. Liberty St.
Big Brothers Big Sisters - Connect with a "little" in town. They're especially looking for men to help, but all are welcome. Start early, background checks need to come first. They're looking for commitment of year.
Intensive English Program - Be a conversation partner with an English-learning student in EMU's IEP program.
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen - Help with soup kitchen prep, serving and clean up and meet community members.
Visual and Communication Arts
WVPT - Local TV Station. Opportunities to help with various data entry, auctions, mailings, pledge drive, camera operations.
Umbau School of Architecture - "Umbau is a laboratory for space, land, and ritual. We are about making architecture. We thrive upon risk, failure, experimentation, and discovery. The students and faculty at Umbau must learn how to see. Opportunities to help with occasional special event setup, general office assistance, editing, helping with built projects, errands, assisting in printing, mailings, critique for design visuals, etc.
Our Community Place - A few years ago, the documentary class did a project recording the life of Our Community Place. Help with meals, gardening, building projects and much more!
Friends of Blacks Run Greenway - Last year a student used trash gathered from the Blacks Run stream in a multimedia installation. Help with various projects related to the streams health.
