Jim Hudson Lexus - Volunteer Augusta: Ongoing Needs

Camp Gravatt
Volunteers Needed
Gravatt Camp and Conference Center is a sanctuary for the ministry of Christian formation and hospitality. Gravatt provides a Christian environment for spiritual renewal, learning, and growth. We offer an outdoor Christian youth camp and by hosting conferences, meetings, training, and retreats. We serve churches and other not-for-profit organizations and groups whose purposes include human-development, character-development, education, or training.

Gravatt relies on volunteers to maintain and improve the property as well as our programs. The following are opportunities for service we have right now that could benefit from a weekend or weekday volunteer. For bigger projects, sometimes we can provide lodging and meals for volunteers. Some of these opportunities can be done from your own home and delivered or picked up when you are done.

Building Projects—Small kitchen size tables built or donated. Construction of an outdoor labyrinth. Exterior and interior painting in various locations. Tile replacement in cottages.

Grounds—Planting flowers in established beds. Trash pick-up. Trail maintenance. General grounds maintenance. Someone to assist with building bee houses. Help in starting and maintating an herb and vegetable garden. Someone willling to take recycling for dropoff.

Housekeeping—Curtains made from selected patterns/cloths for cottage and lodge rooms. Assistance in deep cleaning in certain areas.

Chapel—Altar guild coordinator and members are needed.

Kitchen—Volunteer cooks and kitchen assistants throughout the year. Also volunteers willing to spend a full camp session working in the kitchen (summer).

Public Relations—Ambassadors (people who are willing to share Gravatt with others in their congregations, community groups, businesses). Volunteers to represent Gravatt at various promotional events (camp fairs, etc.). Overnight hosts for on-site groups. Individuals willing to host “camp parties” in their homes or churches—host supplies the guests and Gravatt staff gives camp presentation.

Office - Answer telephones. Assist with large mailings. Filing.

Web Design—Gravatt needs a new online look. Volunteer needed to create templates and possibly train staff in new web page software.

Interested volunteers should contact Lauri Yeargin, 803-648-1817, bishopgravatt@wildblue.net

Columbia County Library
Volunteer Opportunities available at the Columbia County Main Library. Location 720 N. Belair Rd. Evans, GA 30809. Contact Jessica Thompson at 706-863-1946 or via email: jthompson@columbiacountyga.gov . Volunteers are needed to fold brochures, make copies, help with various work room tasks, shelve books, and straightening and organizing out of order books.

Columbia Middle School
Mentors for Students
Commitment is 30 minutes per week to talk to the student, listen, advise, ask what’s on their mind. For more information call Andy 863-6148.

The CSRA Humane Society
The continued efforts of our volunteers and financial supporters have moved us from a small group of foster homes to the premiere limited admission, no-kill shelter in our community.There's always room for more volunteers who like to do data entry, assemble newsletters, wash and groom pets, cut the grass, paint murals, pick up donated supplies and just have fun making a difference in the lives of these terrific adoptable pets.

To volunteer, come to the Pet Center any Saturday between 10am - 4pm. Volunteers must be 18 years old or always accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Feathered Friends Forever Rescue
We operate the largest tropical parrot rescue in the nation here in appling, Ga. we have just purchased 8 new acres of land in Harlem Ga. and are in need of volunteers to help build the new location. this will be the most pristeen location in the nation open to the public 5 days a week. Visit http://featheredfriendsforever.org/

First Saturday Crew
The First Saturday Crew needs volunteers to help clean up Augusta’s public green spaces and waterways. Responsible for the return of Aquaduct Park to public use, the group is now hard at work on building a whitewater park on the Augusta Canal. Join with this grassroots effort to make Augusta a better place for ourselves and our children. Call Scott Hudson at 706-836-9305 or e-mail scott@wgac.com. Look for him on Facebook, too!

Girl Scouts, Central Savannah River Council
We need volunteers to serve as:

Graystone Ranch Wildlife Education Center

Graystone Ranch Wildlife Education Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to children, "our tomorrows" and environmental/wildlife conservation. We are a state and federally licensed rehabilitation center, sanctuary and preserve. Graystone Ranch is an ALL VOLUNTEER work force and we need YOUR help! We are a group of like-minded individuals who wish to improve our children's lives and our environment through animal education and awareness. You can be a part of our team! Please contact us if you enjoy children, nature and animals (from Aardvarks to Zebras - we do it all!). Please visit our website at www.graystoneranch.com

Golden Harvest Food Bank
Volunteer Needs
Product Rescue – Flexible, ongoing opportunities
This is the area where we sort and repackage donations, as well as put Homebound boxes and bags for the Backpack Program together. The Product Rescue warehouse – Faith Food Factory – is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 8:00-4:30 and Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00-8:00. Individuals and groups of all sizes are welcome during these times. We ask that volunteers stay at least 2 hours on the weekdays they do come.

Groups of 10-25 people can schedule a shift in Product Rescue on Saturdays. The morning shift is from 8:30-12:00 and the afternoon shift is from 1:00-4:00. It is recommended that you call 2-3 weeks ahead of time to schedule a Saturday.

The age limit for volunteers in Product Rescue is 13 without adult supervision, and 8 with adult supervision. This area is great for team building too!

Master’s Table Soup Kitchen – must be at least 15 to volunteer
The Master's Table is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year to serve lunch. Volunteer teams are needed to sponsor days and individuals are needed as fill-ins. Volunteers prepare and serve food for an average of 280 meals a day. The hours are 8:00am – 1:30pm. You may either help for a full shift or come from 8:00-11:00 or 11:00-1:30. (Lunch is served from 11:00-12:30.)

Kids Café – must be at least 16 to volunteer
Kids Café sites provide free prepared food as well as homework assistance to hungry children. Volunteers are needed to help with homework assistance, arts & crafts projects, mentoring, and other activities. Kids Café volunteers will need to work out a schedule with the coordinator. Help is also needed in monitoring these sites – training will be provided by Golden Harvest. We have several sites throughout our service area.

Agency Shopping Area – must be at least 18 to volunteer
At our main warehouse, we have a “shopping area” where our partner agencies come to stock up their food pantries, soup kitchens, and other feeding programs. We need people to help stock, organize, and help at the front desk various days of the week. The shopping area is open 8:00-3:30, Monday through Friday. This is a good opportunity to meet the people who are on the front lines serving the hungry in our area!
Special Events/Fundraisers
Volunteers needed to help plan and expedite periodic events throughout the year. Responsibilities and time commitments will vary according to the event.

For additional details about any of the above listed events, please call 706-736-1199

Habitat for Humanity
Habitat Coffee Fundraising Program
The Augusta CSRA Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity is enrolled in the Habitat Coffee Fundraising program. Visit www.habitatcoffee.com to learn about it. If your school, office, church or club would like to sell coffee for a habitat program, contact 481-8681.

Volunteers
Re-Store Volunteers needed to help sell used house hold goods and building material. Store hours are 9am-5pm Wed, Thur and Fri and 9am to 1pm on Saturday. Volunteers are also needed for building houses-on site work takes place most every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday. Call 481-8681.

Heartland Hospice
Volunteers Needed
Do you have a couple of hours to spare during the week? A month? We at Heartland Hospice are seeking volunteers to help promote the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of our hospice patients and families. Training will be provided. Please contact Gary Tyson, Volunteer Coordinator 706-860-7374 or 877-860-7374.

Help Can't Wait
Volunteers Needed
Need 'Friendly Visitors' to visit one-on-one with residents in local Nursing Homes who have no family and no visitors.Commitment is one day a week at one location. Also we are starting a 'clothes closet' where we will take a small rack into a home and let residents 'shop' from it for nice clean used clothing. 706-729-8991

1. To make occasional trips to businesses with Hope Soap collection boxes, to pick up the contents and bring them to our central storage area.

2. To help in our Sort and Pack assembly events, when we put together our personal care kits.

3. To deliver boxes of assembled care kits to various agencies around Augusta. Call 733-8142

Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta
Volunteers
Volunteer Drivers needed to drive guests to appointments,work, etc. during the day. Children's Guardian Angels are needed at the Children's Day Shelter to help with kids activities. Office Angels are needed to help with administrative duties. Interested Volunteers can contact IHNA at 364-4462.

Jud C. Hickey Center for Alzheimer's Care
Volunteers
Volunteers needed to help with music therapy, play piano, conduct church services.
Potential volunteers contact call: 706.738.5039 or email: jchcenter@knology.net

Junior Achievement
Mentor Volunteer
With you as their volunteer, students will see how their schoolwork relates to the real world, and how what they learn in school leads to future successes. You'll be surprised at how easy and rewarding your volunteer experience is! Each of the sessions contains one or two interactive activities. The classroom teacher provides the support and discipline. Junior Achievement provides training, lesson plans and the engaging classroom materials-all you need is your enthusiasm!
The time commitment per class is 45-55 minutes, plus preclass preparation and a one to two hour training session in advance of the class. It is also recommended that you set up a meeting with the teacher prior to entering the classroom to discuss the dynamics of the class. Usually, the classroom visits are over a 5012 week time period. You schedule your presentation days and times directly with your teacher-it's flexible. You can indicate a preference for Elementary, Middle or High School level.
Call Junior Achievement at 722-8345 for more information.

LifeLink of Georgia
Volunteers
LifeLink of Georgia is committed to educating the public about the need for organ donors. Pleasedonate your time to help save lives! Volunteers are needed to speak to community groups, pass out information at health fairs, and organize awareness-raising events. Potential volunteers include transplant recipients and their families, patients waiting for organ or tissue transplantation, donor families, or anyone interested in promoting organ and tissue donation. The Augusta Volunteer group meets on the third Tuesday of every month at the LifeLink offices, located at 2743 Perimeter Parkway, Building 100, Suite 120. For more information, contact Gloria Dossett at (706) 854-0333.ne or two

The Lydia Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization serving women that was begun by a group of Augusta businesswomen in 2003. The mission of The Lydia Project, Inc. is to provide tote bags to any woman undergoing cancer treatment. The tote bags are a symbolic and visual reminder of prayerful and spiritual support. Each tote is made by community volunteers who cut fabric, monogram, sew and distribute the totes to any woman facing cancer. After the totes are sewn they are filled with inspirational and practical items that have been donated by the Augusta community. Totes are distributed through our agency directly as well as through partnering hospitals, clinics, physician’s offices and churches. We have mailed totes as far away as Africa for those in need!

Areas of need: Office volunteers (Shifts vary, we are open from 9-3 M-F), Sewing tote bags (this can be done in your own home!), Creation of public relations materials, Staffing community events, Communicating with recipients and prayer team members Call for details: (706) 736-5467.

MACH Academy
MACH Academy, Inc. established in 1992, is a 501(c) 3 non-profit prevention and intervention organization that provides year round classes and camps in Computer Literacy, Tutoring and Academic Support, Social skills Development, Career Exploration, and Tennis/Fitness Instructtion. For more information contact 796-5046 or mparks37@comcast.net.

Executive Director: Betty Jones
Programs and services are provided at the May Park Community Center and Fleming Tennis Center in Augusta Georgia and at the Smith Hazel Community Center in Aiken South Carolina. All levels of tennis instruction and fitness activities are provided also.

VOLUNTEER
Volunteers are needed to assist with the after school and summer camp programs: