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Volunteer opportunities abound in Clarke County
Blandy Farm (State Arboretum) in Boyce, needs volunteers in a variety of capacities this summer. Event volunteers are needed to staff information tables and assist with set-up and take-down for the summer concert series which runs June through August.
Also needed are shop keepers to staff the gift shop for 4-6 hour shifts. Requirements of this volunteer job included basic math skills and a willingness to meet and assist the public.
Tour docents are needed for the Saturday Leaves tours held the first Saturday of each month, March through November from 10-11 a.m. and to guide special group tours as scheduled. Training is provided for this volunteer position, but you must be outgoing and comfortable speaking to groups. Gardener volunteers are needed to help maintain the Arboretum’s perennial gardens, the herb garden and the Native Plant Trail. Gardening experience is helpful but not required for this volunteer position.
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Project Linus, a new RSVP Volunteer Station affiliate, provides blankets for children seriously ill or traumatized. “Blanketeer” volunteers are needed to work in your own at home crocheting or sewing small blanket squares. These squares are then put together in blanket size by additional volunteers in a group setting. If you want to help provide warmth, a sense of security and comfort to ill or traumatized children, and if you have some interest in sewing or crocheting squares, then this might be the perfect volunteer opportunity for you.
Clarke County Library needs volunteers to help with book shelving in the mornings. Qualifications for this volunteer position include an ability to alphabetize and attention to detail. You must be able to stretch and bend to reach books on high and low shelves and also be able to go up and down stairs carrying books.
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Golden Living Center-Rose Hill needs volunteers to provide programs and activities. Do you have a craft to share? Can you play a musical instrument or perform with a group? Can you be a friendly visitor for a resident? If you have time to share, please consider sharing it with us.
A program of the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging, RSVP matches the skills, interests, and time persons age 55 and older have available to meet community needs throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley. RSVP is funded by a grant from the Corporation for National Service and the local support of the Agency on Aging.
Call the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging’s Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at 800-883-4122, Ext. 303, for more information about these and other volunteer opportunities in and around Clarke County.
--Hannah Hager
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