Volunteers are needed to help 7 days a week, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a variety of positions including: Exhibition Explainer, Horticulture Assistant, Animal Diet Asistant, Special Event Assistant, Summer Camp Program Assistant. Minimum age: 16

Volunteers are needed to spend time with elderly residents in an at-home setting, visiting, writing letters, or reading. Volunteers may also help out with planned group activities.

Breakthrough’s innovative Students Teaching Students model partners middle-school students with college and high school students who serve as teachers, role models and mentors, providing real-life examples that it’s ‘cool to be smart’. Teaching with Breakthrough is a volunteer experience, but living expenses stipends are provided, along with housing and AmeriCorps Education Awards at select locations. Contact us for more information.

Tutors/Playmates: Many volunteers are needed to help with sixty children aged 6-12 after school at Lois Martin Community Center in Dixie Manor, a local housing project. Duties include planning special events, helping with homework, and playing outside.  The program is child-oriented, designed to encourage and motivate the kids to live a successful life.

Leader and Sidewalker. Students are needed to aid handicapped youngsters with riding instruction. Training is provided to ensure safe and enjoyable experiences for both the rider and the volunteers.  (Prior horse experience is not necessary.)  Volunteers will be asked to commit to a specific riding class. Students to groom and feed the horses, clean the stalls, etc, are also needed. If you love horses, this is a great volunteer opportunity!