Volunteer Calendar

This list of volunteer activities is compiled by the Star-Bulletin staff. If your group or organization would like to be included, please send information to Community Calendar, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802 or fax the material to 523-8509, or send e-mail to citydesk@starbulletin.com.

Neighborhood Justice Center: Help people solve their disputes. Mediators work on a voluntary basis. Training March 19 through 30. Call 521-6767 for application packet.
St. Francis Medical Center: Orientation 8:30 a.m. March 30. Call 547-6245.
Also, sister Francine Gries will teach a four-part Hospice training course beginning 8 a.m. April 20. The Hospice provides specialized, compassionate health care for patients and families facing a terminal illness. Call 595-7566.
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden: Be a garden tour guide or greet visitors at the front desk. Training begins 9:30 a.m. April 6. Call 233-7323.
Department of Health: Provide companionship to developmentally disabled adults confined to health care facilities. Training provided. Call Gail at 733-8345.
Hale Kako'o Respite Center: Share some time with elders who have early and mid-stage dementia. Orientation and training provided. Call Pam at 595-0556.
Wahiawa General Hospital: Share your talent - gardening, sewing, crafts, cooking or music - with seniors in the Long Term Care Program. Call Janet Sebala at 621-4359.
Aloha Health Care Center: Call 247-2220.
Aloha Preservation Association: Japanese speakers can help preserve the aloha spirit in Waikiki. Call 923-1058.
Alzheimer's Association: Help with projects, office tasks, respite care, public speaking or support groups. Training provided. Call 591-2771. Caregiver experience preferred for coordinator and HELPLINE volunteers.
American Cancer Society: Answer phones and help in the Honolulu office for two to three hours, one to two days a week. Call 522-0333.
"Toppers" help fit cancer patients at home for free wigs.
Breast cancer survivors can help others "Reach to Recovery." Training provided.
American Civil Liberties Union: Record complaints four hours a week. Call 545-1722.
American Heart Association: Call 538-7021.
American Institute for Foreign Study: Coordinate student-exchange program. Call 800-322-4678.
American Lung Association: Work in health programs or with children in a self-help summer program. Call 537-5966.
Angels on Wheels: Drive patients to and from treatment centers. Call the American Cancer Society at 522-0333.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters: Big Brothers needed. Call 521-3811.
Bishop Museum: Lead school tours and conduct programs in Hawaiian Hall one morning a week. No experience necessary; training provided. Call 848-4180.
Blood Bank of Hawaii: Call donors. Call 848-4725.
Boy Scouts: Teach scouting skills in Leeward Oahu. Call 595-6366.
Castle Medical Center: Call 263-5337.
Central Oahu Community Mental Health Center: Provide clerical help such as typing, filing and photocopying. Computer experience a plus. Call Margaret Sagaysay at 456-4224.
Child & Family Service: Retired social workers, nurses and other health professionals needed for occasional home assessment visits with seniors. Call 521-2377 or 538-3400.
Help with health support groups for older adults in Honolulu, Aiea, Kailua, Kaneohe, Waianae, Waialua and Waipahu, two mornings a week. Call Abby Brown at 538-3400.
Clean Air Team: Lead the free three-mile hike from Honolulu Zoo to the Diamond Head summit, 9 a.m. Saturdays. Call 948-3299.
Comfort, Security and Independence: Help seniors and disabled manage their money through legal and financial matters, or help with visits, phone calls, grocery shopping and office tasks. Call 538-0353.
Contemporary Museum: Help a few hours a week or month at front desk, museum shop, collections, office, children's art program or public relations. Call 526-1322.
Department of Corrections: Duties with or without inmate contact. Call 587-2557.
Department of Health: Accompany clients on community outings and help them practice survival skills. Applicants must be 16 and older. Call 733-8345. Volunteers also needed for other activities.
Department of Human Services: Care for abused and neglected children. Call Foster Home Certification Unit at 832-5105.
Easter Seal Society: Help people with developmental disabilities through the Adult Continuing Education program. Call 596-8678.
Epilepsy Foundation: Fund-raising and clerical work. Call 951-7705.
Find homes: The Coalition for Housing Homeless People with Mental Illness seeks to provide safe and supportive housing. Call 845-4565.
Foster Botanical Garden: Help in reception, herb garden, pruning or other duties for a few hours each week. Training provided. Call 522-7063.
Friends of 'Iolani Palace: Tour aides and other help needed. Call 522-0831 or 522-0832.
Gay and Lesbian Community Center: Help with phones, fund-raising, speakers' bureau, other duties. Call 951-7000.
Gerontology program: Seniors can help frail or isolated elders keep their independence. The Child & Family Service sponsors weekly group programs of exercise, education and social interaction in Aiea, Kaneohe, Waialua, Waianae, Waipahu and Honolulu. Call 538-3400.
GIFTSX2: Clerks wanted for four-hour shifts at not-for-profit Aloha Tower Marketplace store (pronounced "Gifts Times Two") benefiting HIV/AIDS services. Call 524-4186.
Girl Scouts: Work with scout troops. Call 595-8400.
Global Children's Organization: Collect and ship supplies, or work in office, program or fund-raising. Organization seeks American families for orphans in other nations, delivers donations and brings in children who need surgery. Call 545-2823.
Halawa Xeriscape Garden: Guides needed. Call 527-6126.
Hanauma Bay: Lead tours to educate visitors about the fragile coral reef and coastal environment. Call 956-2870 or 956-9661.
Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education: Advocate arts in the schools or help in speakers' bureau or office. Call 545-5872.
Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry: Office and community work. Call 524-6619.
Hawaii Children's Museum: Call 592-5437.
Hawai'i Community Foundation: Call 537-6333.
Hawaii Foodbank: Call 836-3600.
Hawaii Habitat for Humanity: Housing projects, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Call 988-9339.
Hawaii Heritage Center: Learn the history of Hawaii and Chinatown and lead walking tours of Chinatown once a month. Call 521-2749 or visit the center at 1128 Smith St., second floor.
Hawaii Jaycees: Looking for people ages 21 to 39 interested in volunteering, improving professional and personal skills and attending social and sports programs. Call 537-6686.
Hawaii Literacy Inc.: Call 537-6706.
Hawaii Lupus Foundation: Office work, fund-raising, helping patients and families. Call 538-1522.
Hawai'i Maritime Center: Help at admissions counter or in gift shop. Ask for Karla at 526-0906.
Hawaii Mothers' Milk Inc.: Clerical and other nonpatient help needed. Call Gloria at 947-6920.
Hawai'i Nature Center: Help with hands-on, outdoor education programs for elementary students. Center provides naturalist, teaching and first aid training. Call 955-0100.
Hawaii Osteoporosis Foundation: Help nonprofit research organization with mailers, phone calls and fund-raising. Training provided; those with medical backgrounds can help with projects. Call 592-2643.
Hawaii State Alliance for the Mentally Ill: Office work, fund-raising, teaching. Call 737-2778.
Hawaii Theatre Center: Training provided for ushers and ticket-takers. Call 528-5535.
Hawaiian Humane Society: Provide foster care for baby animals; help elderly, disabled or ill people care for pets; or reunite lost pets with owners. Training provided. Foster "parents" and Lost & Found workers may call 946-2187 ext. 216; pet care assistants, ext. 217.
Hawaiian Railway Society: Railroad track workers and fine wood refinishers needed. Call 681-5461.
Heeia State Park: Greet visitors. Call 247-3156.
Historic Hawai'i Foundation: Help with special events, archives, community relations and other jobs. Foundation seeks to restore and preserve sites and buildings that reflect Hawaii's culture. Training provided. Call Keri Sison at 523-2900.
Honolulu Academy of Arts: Assist in a variety of events. Call 532-8737. Or help in Garden Cafe, Academy Theatre, shop and library.
Honolulu Botanical Gardens: Help in the daily operation of Foster, Liliuokalani, Ho'omaluhia, Koko Crater and Wahiawa gardens. Or prepare an inventory of art in the archives, three to four hours a week. Call Hilly at 522-7063.
Honolulu Nutrition Program: Deliver meals to homebound seniors. Call 531-0555 ext. 23.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth: Ushers needed. Call 839-9885.
Honolulu Zoo: Be a tour guide in the African Savanna. Training provided. Call 971-7188.
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden: Lead interpretive walks or greet visitors. Training runs six Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. Call 233-7323. Share plant information and work on floral arrangements, displays, photographs and special events.
Hospice Hawaii: Help terminally ill people and their families with companionship, homemaking services, errands and patient care. Call 924-9255.
The Collectible Shop needs storage space for donations (until the shop's 1996 opening) and help with sorting and repairs. Also needed are store clerks, clothing racks, display cases, shelving and hangers. Call Michelle Francisco at 924-9255.
HUGS: Provide Help, Understanding & Group Support to families with children who have life-threatening illnesses. Call 521-4847. Special events and office help needed also.
Iolani Palace: Conduct tours. Call 522-0830.
Institute for Human Services: Share what you know and help others fulfill their potential at the Education Center 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Fridays. Teaching experience not needed. Call Katie Doyle at 537-4944. Or help in social work department, kitchen, office and at front desk.
International Hospitality Center: Call 521-3554.
Japan-America Society of Hawaii: Help in office. Call 524-4450.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii: Help in office, gallery or gift shop or with special projects, oral history interviews or other research. Call 945-7633.
Joint Action in Community Service: Advisors needed for program supporting youth returning from Job Corps training. Call 1-800-521-5227.
Judiciary: Volunteers in Public Service to the courts include court clerk aides, guides, messengers, bailiffs, others. Writers, photographers, researchers and job coaches also needed. Call 539-4880.
Judiciary Foster Parenting Program: Foster homes needed for Family Court teenagers; stipend provided. Call 539-5910.
Judiciary History Center: Guides for center needed. Call 539-4999.
Junior Achievement of Hawaii: Help students learn economics. Volunteers work with students (training and materials supplied), special events and fund-raising. Call 941-3060.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center: Adults and youths needed for patient or nonpatient tasks. Call 834-9168. Gift shop seeks cashiers, stock room clerks, display and PR persons, at least four hours a week. Call 834-9108.
Kalihi-Palama Immigrant Service Center: Help immigrant youth learn English. Call 845-3918.
Kuakini Medical Center: Help in acute or geriatric patient care or with clerical, nonpatient-related duties. Weekday and weekend shifts. Call 547-9184.
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Help produce Radio Reading Service 7 to 9 a.m. one day a week, Monday through Friday. Training provided. Call Bob Krehl at 732-7767.
Life Foundation and Pacificare: Help someone with HIV/AIDS. Call 971-2437 or 971-3600.
Literacy Program: Help others learn to read. Training at Leeward Community College to work at Pearl City and Waianae campuses and in the community. Call 455-0307 or 455-0477.
Lyon Arboretum: Native Forest Restoration Project workdays 8:30 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month. Call 988-7378. Training for guides 9:30 a.m. the first three Thursdays of the month; arboretum workdays the first Saturday each month; or help in Ethnobotanical Garden.
MADD: Help Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Call 533-3515. Survivors of drunk driving crashes may call 538-6233 to join the Victim Impact Panel program.
Makiki Library: Call 522-7076.
March of Dimes: Help in "Babies and You" prenatal education program. Call 536-1045.
Memorial Society of Hawaii: Help with office duties for an organization that helps families plan for a loved one's death and funeral services. Call 946-6822.
Mid-Pacific Road Runners: Work as course marshals and at aid station and finish line. Call Joan Davis at 955-0902.
Mission Houses Museum: Guide walking tours. Call 531-0481.
Moanalua Gardens Foundation: Lead informative weekend hikes on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Call 839-5334.
Moiliili Community Center: Work with seniors or children or in thrift shop. Call 955-1555.
Multiple Sclerosis Society: Call 531-4127; on the Big Island, 935-7616; or for the national office, 1-800-FIGHT MS.
Muscular Dystrophy Association: Call 486-2697.
Neighborhood Justice Center: Learn the skill of conflict resolution as a volunteer mediator, helping people resolve their disputes without going to court. Mediators are needed from all walks of life. Call 521-6767.
Oahu Care Facility: Care for nursing-home residents. Call 942-2363.
Office of Consumer Protection: Learn the law and assist the public in landlord-tenant questions and problems. Call 586-2630.
Organ Donor Center of Hawaii: Public relations. Call 599-7630.
PACE Hawaii: Work with frail elderly. Call 845-2951.
PACE Institute International: Nonprofit group seeks representatives to serve as liaisons for local schools, host families and students. Call 800-548-7223.
Pacific Aerospace Museum: Conduct tours. Call 839-0777.
Pacific Home and Community Care: Care for HIV patients. Call 971-3600.
Palolo Chinese Home: Attend to elderly residents. Call 737-2555.
Peace Corps: Volunteer opportunities overseas. Call 800-424-8580.
Pearl Harbor Family Service Center: Help service personnel and their families. Call 474-2220.
People Attentive to Children: Clerical work. Call 842-3874.
PREVENT Child Abuse Hawaii: Help with office projects, two hours a month. Call 951-0200.
Protection and Advocacy Agency: Organization advocating rights of people with developmental or mental disabilities needs librarian. Call 949-2922.
Queen's Medical Center gift shop: Cashiers needed who are willing to stock, deliver packages within the hospital, create gift baskets and help with other duties. All proceeds go to departments and programs within the center. Call 547-4239 or 547-4612.
Quest for Partners: Help with clerical work and other duties for affordable housing program. Call 941-2234 or 941-2231.
Recycling Association: Call 599-1976.
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific: Help in day treatment program or gift shop. Call 531-3511.
Respite Connection: Reassure caregivers working with elderly. Call 847-3295.
RESULTS: International lobby Responsibility for Ending Starvation Using Legislation, Trim-tabbing and Support seeks to end hunger, eliminate infectious disease and promote self-sufficiency. Call 921-9955.
River of Life Mission: Organization provides meals, food boxes, clothing and medical care to homeless and needy. Help with office and telephone tasks, food service, pickups and more. Call 524-7656.
Ronald McDonald House: Work with families of critically ill children. Call 942-8183.
St. Francis Medical Center: Care for terminally ill patients in hospice program, work in gift shop and other services. Call 595-7566 or 547-6245.
Save Outdoor Sculpture: Call 523-4674 on Oahu; 935-5021 on the Big Island; 572-6560 on Maui; and 822-3373 on Kauai.
Senior volunteers: Help frail or isolated elders keep their independence. The Child & Family Service sponsors weekly group programs of exercise, education and social interaction in Aiea, Kailua, Kaneohe, Waialua, Waianae, Waipahu and Honolulu. Call 538-3400.
Shelters for Abused Spouses and Children: Child & Family Service's 24-hour emergency shelter needs volunteers 18 and older who can give at least four to eight hours a week for six months. Duties range from preparing meals and distributing donations to answering hot line calls and organizing children's activities. Call Dora at 543-8471.
Shriners Hospital: Help with activities to improve socialization among patients. Volunteers 16 and older are asked to work one shift a week. To apply, call 951-3606.
Straub Hospital: Help in wards and gift shop. Call 522-3299.
Symphony Thrift Shop: Call 593-0597.
Therapeutic Horsemanship: Work with horses and handicapped children at Olomana Ranch in Waimanalo. Places for everyone. Call 262-0220 or 262-1900.
Top Gun Hydrofest: Help plan the hydroplane races in Pearl Harbor. Call 471-0818.
USO: Assist military personnel and families in transit by serving at International Airport and Hickam USO facilities. Call 836-3351.
Variety Club and Very Special Arts Hawaii: Individuals and groups needed for fund-raising. Call 955-5106 or 735-4325.
Very Special Arts Hawaii: Help with art programs. Call 735-4325.
Voluntary Action Center: Learn about volunteer positions in the community. Call 536-7234.
Wahiawa General Hospital: Variety of duties, including hair styling. Call 621-4380.
Waikiki Aquarium: Help in Natural Selection gift shop. Weekend positions available. Call 923-9741.
Waikiki Friendly Neighbors Program: Visit isolated seniors. Call 926-8032.
Waikiki Health Center: Answer phones for STD/AIDS hotline. Call 922-1313.
Waikiki Lifelong Learning Center: Tutor employees from hotels and small businesses in workplace literacy, preparation for a high-school diploma and English. Call 924-7505.
Waipahu YMCA: Work with youth. Call 671-6495.
Winners at Work: Help organize fun events. Not-for-profit service brings together employers and job seekers with physical challenges. Call Carol at 532-2100.
YWCA of Oahu: Call 538-7061.
Zero Population Growth: Help with environmental education and projects. Call 735-1740.

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