Staff Contacts
(at bottom of page)
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CALENDAR |
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Jun 7 |
Panera Hunger Run
2008 (see below) |
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Jun 23-26 |
Resonance crochet
camp teachers |
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Sep 13-14 |
Blue Thumb training |
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See below for more information |
Special Events
New and up to one week old
Early
birds, listen up!
The
Food Bank
is
hosting the “Panera
Hunger Run 2008”
on Sat, June 7, at Mohawk Park. If you would like to help get
this new event off the ground, you are needed from 6–11am to
help at registration, water stops, or handing out awards. PLEASE
Call Kate at 585-2800 at the
Food Bank.
Ongoing
Opportunities
New and up to one week old
(May 13)
Broken
Arrow area residents who enjoy telling people where to
go, spend some time each
 week
at
St Francis Urgent
Care,
3000 S Elm. You will be the Information person at the
front door directing patients and their families in
the building.
Weekly/Regular Commitment
(May 13)
Get to know some new friends who would love to see a smiling
face!
Broken
Arrow Senior Center
at 1800 S Main has a nutrition program that
 delivers
meals from this site to homebound seniors. If you live
in B.A., please consider assisting this program by
volunteering to deliver meals. You may assist one day
per week or more and they do pay $15 to their drivers
each day they deliver meals. They also need volunteers
to help pack the food or serve it at the BA Seniors
Nutrition site.
(May 13)
Bingo Callers wanted at
Cancer Treatment Center of America at Hwy
169 and 81st. There are usually from 12 to
20 people in the dining room
 playing
Bingo. They have the shift open on
Wed
or
Fri
evenings from 6:45–8:30pm. Help the patients and their
families have fun for a couple of hours to take their
mind off their treatment.
(May 13)
Green thumbs are needed at
The Center at 8th &
Utica.
If you are a semi expert in horticulture,
 then
please consider sharing your knowledge of plants and
related topics in a relaxed, friendly lab setting.
They would love to offer this class any
M-W-or F
between
3-4pm. Volunteers may use the fitness center which is
a wonderful benefit.
(May 13)
Circle Cinema
is a historic movie theatre that originated in
Tulsa in 1928. They help create
 community consciousness through film! If you would like
to be a Theatre Assistant for special showings, call
today. You will take tickets, greet patrons, hand out
materials, etc. as needed, so schedule varies.
Location is 12 S. Lewis.
(May 13)
Circle
Cinema Foundation office is seeking an office volunteer to come in a 2 or
3 hours a week,
preferably on the same day each week, to help with
general office duties such as organizing, preparing
small mailings, filing, maybe answering the phone,
etc. The office location is 8 S Lewis. Free soft
drinks and popcorn available to volunteers.
Weekly Commitment
(May 13)
The
Family Safety Center is seeking volunteers to assist in reception and advocacy ½
 day
a week
Mon-Fri. Training and support are provided. If you’re interested in
family safety issues, your time will make a real
difference here. Centrally located at 3010 S Harvard.
(May 13)
Grace Hospice
has volunteer openings in Sapulpa, Sand Springs,
Owasso, B.A., Coweta or
 Claremore.
You could volunteer to visit a patient or teach a
craft project or help a caregiver with simple
yard-work or errands. Patient visitation requires
training that is provided.
(May 13)
For those who may have grandchildren far
 away,
then come out to
Oklahoma Life Skills-Special Kids, and rock precious babies or read to toddlers. Location is
4921
S
Yorktown. They have morning and afternoon schedules
available.
(May 13)
Do you love
The Philbrook Museum
of Art and would you like to spend a few hours a week helping to
keep them organized? The Curatorial
 Department
would love to have assistance in their friendly,
interesting area to organize and label files. You will
work with the Assistant Registrar most of the time.
This position requires a background check.
(May 13)
If you like digging in the dirt, consider this flexible
Gardening Opportunity at
RSVP! The flower
 beds
in front of our building need light maintenance every
other week or so. We would love for you to spend some
volunteer time helping us keep them beautiful and weed
free! Call or email Gary Ann
Special Events
Mar 25)
If you would like to attend this upcoming
 Computer
class (see list below), tell Gary Ann asap to add you to
the class list!
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Not for Beginners Word
– Ann Weeks;
June 9-13
– 4 days Mon-Thur, 10-noon
(Apr 8)
Resonance of
Tulsa is a support agency for women and sponsors a summer day
camp for girls, “You Grow Girl!” This summer from Mon,
June 23, to
 Thurs
June 26, RSVP crochet volunteers are wanted for one hour a day
to teach the girls to crochet. We’ll also take this
opportunity to give the girls safety whistles and talk
with them about dating safety.
WANTED
(Mar 31)
Computer Teacher
to teach Intro to
 Computers
– July 2008
only, Tue & Thur,
1–3pm, at Rudisell
Library, 1520
N Hartford. Classes will be held in their Computer Lab
and the 6-8th grade students will be eager to
learn computers!
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(Apr 8)
Tulsa
County Conservation District
collects
 bugs
from 19 creeks in Tulsa County. Sign up to take
Blue Thumb Training
on
Sep 13 & 14.
Ongoing Opportunities
 (Jan 15)
Greet visitors to
our city. Become an
RSVP
Airport Ambassador!
Shifts available; call or email Gary Ann for details!
(Apr 21)
Impact the safety of Tulsa’s residents. The
Crime Commission
needs you to present the
Alert Neighbors program to local
neighborhoods.
 This
is a very flexible opportunity so you may set your own
schedule. All materials and training provided for you to
present to groups of citizens in neighborhoods.
(Apr 21)
Animal Aid Thrift Store is a wonderland of neat things, so you can explore
while you assist
 customers!
And you help animals by serving in this store.
Volunteers are needed anytime
Sat between
9am and
3pm. Come out and serve and
help Animal Aid save man’s best friend!
3307 E. 15th,
east of Harvard on 15th St.
(Apr 28)
Smiling, friendly faces are what the doctored orders for the
gift shop at
Bailey Medical Center
in
 Owasso.
If you could serve 10am to 2pm any weekday, you
are needed immediately. Or if you prefer desk
service, check out the Front Info Desk or the
Surgery Desk. A great place to volunteer is
waiting for you!
(Apr 28)
Bixby
Community Outreach Center
helps residents who need temporary assistance with
food
 or
clothing or utilities. They have volunteer openings
in the following areas: reception desk, interviewer,
or special event volunteer. If you would like to
visit or know more about this agency, email Gary
Ann.
(Apr 21)
Tulsa County Family
Safety Court Watch
Since
1999
Court Watch
volunteers serve as extra eyes and ears for the
judicial system and law enforcement and the Tulsa
County community. Volunteers observe cases being
heard in the courts relating to family safety and
then provide feedback to
 participants
and the community about the process. The program
objective is safety for victims and their children,
accountability for abusers, and increased public
safety for all.
Court Watch
volunteers also perform case research, data entry,
and case tracking duties, some of which can be done
as virtual volunteers from home. A flexible
volunteer schedule is offered along with learning
and training, mentor and staff support, and monthly
coffee meetings for review and camaraderie.
Courthouse parking is paid.
(Apr 21)
Habitat
for Humanity volunteer openings f rom
helping in the office to working, to being a cashier
in the
RESTORE, to serving at a construction site. Orientation required and
is only 1 hour.
(Apr 15)
Do you like working around beautiful plants in a greenhouse,
selling to the public? Volunteer
 your
time and plant expertise at
A New Leaf. Volunteer
Mon morning or afternoon or
Tue–Sat mornings. Location is
2306
S First Pl, B.A.. All training provided.
JAZZ up your
weekends!
(Apr 15)
The
Red River Jazz Café is now heard twice each weekend. If you miss the
Sat noon show, you can catch it on
Sun morning at eleven. Both are heard each weekend on
AM-1570 KZLI
Tulsa. We are still playing the greatest small combo
jazz from
 the
1940s to the 1960s and beyond. Playing jazz artists
like Art Tatum, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Peggy
Lee, Julie London, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Astrud
Gilberto, Billy Taylor Trio, Nat Cole and his trio,
and many, many more jazz artists. Plus we still have
friendly and polite conversation to make your weekend
fun and entertaining. Join us next weekend and many
weekends to come.
Chuck
Ayers
chuckayers@sbcglobal.net
Visit his web site
http://www.chuckayers.com
(Apr 21)
Junior
Achievement of Eastern Oklahoma
has curriculum kits from this year that need to be
updated. This means old materials will be removed
 to
create new kits. If you could help with this a couple
of hours or so every two weeks, they would love to
have your help! If you want to work around lunch time,
they will buy your lunch! Location is 3947 S 103 E Ave
(41st & Hwy 169).
(Apr 21)
Martin
East Library at 26th & Garnett would love any volunteers that
like to shelve books, or
 would
like checking in items from other locations, any
weekday
9-11am.
Training provided. Or, if you would like to monitor
the computer lab,
M-F,
3-5pm. You do not need to know computers to monitor,
just help keep the room quiet and orderly.
(Apr 15)
Rocking babies and reading to toddlers can be fun! If you have
grandchildren who live far away,
 here is a way to volunteer and spend quality time with infants
and toddlers who love attention.
Special
Kids
(Oklahoma Life Skills)
would love the help of patient loving volunteers on
Mon between
9am–4pm,
Tue mornings, or
any weekday from 2–4pm. Location is 4921
S
Yorktown, Ste 103.
(Apr 28)
St.
Francis Hospital-South is a terrific hospital setting that is getting busier
everyday. If you
 would
like to help direct people from the Info Desk or from
the Emergency Room Desk, then sign up today. You will
receive training and orientation.
(Apr 28)
Owasso residents consider volunteer service at the
St.
John’s Medical Center
Gift Shop
 or
hand out smiles and information at the Guest Services
Desk. You can be the friendly face that family members
need to see while visiting the hospital.
RSVP: 5756 E.
31 St., Tulsa, OK 74135
918-280-8656
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