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Wisconsin Rapids needs you!  Every day, hundreds of people in our city need help to care for their basic needs.  From food pantries and meal programs to child care, senior services and medical assistance…please give your time and care to make Wisconsin Rapids a better place to live.  GoRAPIDS.com wants to connect people like you with local organizations that need help.  Even a little time can mean so much to people in need.  Please do what you can to help our local charities and non-profit organizations succeed.  Become a Volunteer today!
 
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  • Volunteers Needed at the Aging and Disability Resource Center
    AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: The Senior Nutrition Program of the Aging & Disability Resource Center is in need of volunteers to help with set-up, serving, and clean-up at our Senior Dining Sites located in: Wisconsin Rapids, Nekoosa, Pittsville, and Marshfield. Help is needed on Mondays through Fridays from 10:15 until 1:15pm. There is no on site cooking, but help is needed with setting tables, making coffee, serving the food, and clean-up.
  • Volunteer to be a Big Brother/Big Sister
    BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS: At Big Brothers Big Sisters, "Our work is as elementary as putting a friend in a child's life, and as essential as putting hope in a child's future." As a Big Brother or Big Sister, you are able to put a little magic in to a child's life with something as simple as washing a car or flying a kite together. Volunteer to be a Big Brother/Big Sister and make a lasting impression on a child’s life!
  • BINGO Caller Needed at the Lowell Center
    LOWELL CENTER: BINGO Caller needed! Job responsibilities will include; helping with set-up and take down of bingo game equipment, verifying that all numbers are accounted for before starting, running the Bingo machine, calling out numbers and checking bingo cards. Must also interpret and explain bingo game rules. Come have fun while volunteering!
  • Literacy Council Volunteers Needed
    LITERACY COUNCIL: Volunteers are needed to help immigrants to our area to learn to speak and understand English better. Volunteers will meet with one to three adult English as a Second Language learners and will teach them basic English vocabulary, pronunciation, conversation skills, and reading and writing. Tutors are asked to meet with their learners twice a week for an hour each time. Materials are provided, but instruction is individualized to meet the needs of the learner.
  • ODC Volunteers Needed
    OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, INC: Volunteers are needed to assist employees in completing the job they have been assigned for the day. Jobs include collating/counting, product assembly, and mailings. Volunteers should be supportive and encouraging, while making use of their talents and abilities to help employees with their work.
  • Riverview Hospitals Home Delivered Meals
    RIVERVIEW HOSPITALS HOME DELIVERED MEALS: Volunteers are needed to deliver nutritious meals to area residents throughout the year. Brighten someone’s day with a warm meal and a friendly visit!
  • Volunteer Recognition Breakfast: April 13th, 2010
    THE VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION BREAKFAST IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 13th, 2010! : The nominations are in and we will be celebrating all volunteers at the breakfast. If you are interested in attending the breakfast or bringing volunteers to the breakfast from your organization please visit our website at www.uwiw.org or, call the Volunteer Center at 715-421-0390.
  • The Neighborhood Table
    The Neighborhood Table could use some volunteers in the kitchen. Sometimes our sponsors cannot come early enough to help prepare the food because their working hours conflict. We could use some helpers who love the kitchen from time to time. Please call Lisa Borre at 424-4687 or Todd Peterson at 323-7267. Volunteers may also be needed for other jobs on the meal day or occasionally to help with other duties.
  • Personal Essentials Pantry Needs Your Donations
    DONATED ITEMS NEEDED: The Personal Essentials pantry is always in need of those personal items that would keep a person or a house clean. Shampoo, Laundry soap, dish soap as well as toilet paper, paper toweling.
  • Community Care Day
    COMMUNITY CARE DAY: Community Care Day is a one-day free clinic that will be held on Saturday, March 20th, 2010. Client registration will be from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM and services will be offered from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Volunteers are needed for registration, to work as greeters, room hosts or as runners. Come be a part of this great community effort!