Volunteer opportunities Published April 30, 2009 FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Below is a list of volunteer opportunities at Fairchild and within the local community. Volunteer opportunities: Stamp Out Hunger Volunteer for the Letter Carriers Food Drive May 9. Second Harvest needs more than 100 volunteers to help load donated bags of groceries into trucks at 10 postal stations in the Spokane area. Also needed are driver and runner teams to pick up donated bags of groceries from neighborhood porches and return them to the designated postal collection site. To volunteer online go to www.2-harvest.org and click on Volunteer Your Time. You may also contact Julie Nesbitt at 252-6242 or email jnesbitt@2-harvest.org. Coaches and officials needed Fairchild Youth Sports is now recruiting volunteer coaches and officials. Prior experience is not necessary. For more information on this great opportunity, contact the Youth Sports office at 247-9622 or the Youth Center at 247-5601. Michael Anderson Elementary School Volunteers are needed to come to the school during lunchtime on a regular basis for a 20- to 30- minute block of time. Each volunteer would take four to five students with them to have lunch at a table in the art room. Each group of students would interact with the volunteer, playing board games, which the school provides. The object is to get students to interact in a positive way in a social setting with other students and with adults. The school counselor would also be in the room with her own group of students. Taking turns, listening to others, being a good sport and working together is the goal. For more information contact Cheryl Stitt at 565-3604, e-mail cstitt@mlsd.org or Barbara Ewing at 509 565 3613, e-mail bewing@mlsd.org. Friend to Friend of Spokane Friend to Friend of Spokane is seeking recruits from the community who can make a commitment to regularly visit residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities, particularly those without visiting friends or family. For more information, call 483-1600. Hope House for homeless women Volunteers are desperately needed at Hope House, an emergency shelter for homeless women. Evening and daytime hours are available. Contact Michelle at 455-2886 for more information. Fairchild Family Oasis The Family Oasis is looking for energized, committed and enthusiastic volunteers to teach child/family activity classes. If you enjoy working with children and would be interested in volunteering, call Stacy Compton at 247-2005. Spokane Arts Commission The Spokane Arts Commission is looking for fall interns and volunteers to help with the Exhibiting Committee (choosing and installing exhibitions for the Chase Gallery), arts awards, marketing and writing for www.spokanearts.org and other tasks. If you are interested in volunteering or interning, please e-mail kmobley@spokanecity.org. Muscular Dystrophy Association Muscular Dystrophy Association is seeking volunteer counselors to assist and befriend youngsters with muscular dystrophy and related diseases at week long MDA summer camps across the country. Applicants must be 16 years of age. To obtain volunteer application or learn about other ways to support MDA's summer camp program call the MDA office at (800) 572-1717 or email at www.mda.org/clinics/camp. Big Brothers, Big Sisters Michael Anderson Elementary School is looking for Big Brothers, Big Sisters, men and women who are free to spend one hour per week during lunch with a child at the school. They would have lunch together and be with them at recess. Consistency is critical for children, as they become very attached to their big brother or sister. The school understands that there are times when a volunteer may be gone out of town or other setbacks and will work around this. Applications are available at the school. Volunteers will be screened by Big Brothers, Big Sisters and an interview will be scheduled. For more information, call Cheryl Stitt at 565-3604.