Volunteer Opportunities:

AmeriCorps Volunteer Opportunities

• Year round opportunities abound! You can make a difference in Knox County Schools, neighborhoods, with seniors and in the local environment.  Over 14,000 CAC AmeriCorps volunteers have provided 9,000 lbs. of food for the hungry; improved home safety for hundreds of seniors and cleaned 355 tons of litter from area creeks.  There is a way to serve the community through AmeriCorps using your unique gifts!

For individualized volunteer opportunities, please call the CAC AmeriCorps office at
546-3500. For current volunteer opportunities, go to www.idealist.org. Search for “CAC AmeriCorps”

AMOS, Affordable Medicine Options for Seniors

• Talk to elderly people about the costs of their medicines. Training is
  provided about consumer issues related to prescription drugs.
• Use databases on the Internet to match a consumer's needs to discounts,
  free medicines, and insurance.
• Help consumers complete application forms and pick up their medicines.
• Clerical help.

Head Start

   • Volunteer your time to do landscaping and yardwork - trimming shrubs, picking up trash,      painting playground equipment, weeding, etc.
   • Volunteer to read to children, talk to children, play with children, and work on the computer      with children. (In order to protect the children in our care, there is a screening process for      all Head Start volunteers.)
    
For more information about volunteering with Head Start, call 522-2193  or email kkchs@comcast.net.

Knox PAWS

• Volunteers are needed to to take program participants to meet and pick out pets at the Young-Williams Animal Center as well as taking these pets of homebound seniors to a vet. 

More info on volunteering with Project LIVE, please call Misty Goodwin at 524-2786 or email misty.goodwin@knoxcac.org.


Mobile Meals

     • Deliver Mobile Meals to local seniors in all areas of Knoxville and Knox County (Monday        through Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.). You can volunteer every day, one day a week,        one day a month, or any amount of time you can spare. We have routes that are        designed to accommodate lunch hour schedules.
     • Help pack and count food Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and from        1:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m. at the Mobile Meals Kitchen. We also have opportunities for groups        to do special projects at the kitchen
     • Help answer telephones and do clerical work at the Senior Nutrition offices, Monday         through Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. We also have opportunities for special projects.
        
For more info on volunteering with Mobile Meals, please call Jennifer Oakes or Paige Buchholz at 524-2786 or email jennifer.oakes@knoxcac.org or paige.buchholz@knoxcac.org.

O’Connor Senior Center

       • Clerical help.
       • Use your talents and experience to instruct class or lead activities.
       • Work with Health Services program to provide health screenings (Blood pressure, etc.)
        
 More info, please call Bettie Wilkie at 523-1135 or email bettie.wilkie@oconnorcenter.org

Project LIVE
(Living Independently Through Volunteer Efforts)

       • Install safety devices in homes of frail and elderly persons.
       • Help frail elderly persons with packing and unpacking their belongings when they          relocate.
       • Volunteers to perform minor home repairs such as repairing a dripping faucet, replacing          a broken window, or installing a grab bar in the bathroom.
        
 More info on volunteering with Project LIVE, please call Misty Goodwin at 524-2786 or email  misty.goodwin@knoxcac.org.

RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)

       • RSVP offers many volunteer opportunities for seniors. After a brief telephone          conversation or personal interview, the RSVP staff will match you with a volunteer          opportunity that uniquely fits your interests.
         
Get started volunteering right away! Contact Becky Hare at 524-2786 or email becky.hare@knoxcac.org.

Volunteer Assisted Transportation

• Provide safe, accessible transportation services in agency-owned vehicles to seniors and persons with disabilities who require assistance to travel safely.
• Stay with Riders and provide assistance at appointments, grocery shopping and other errands.
• Ensure Riders make it safely to their destinations.
  
  Training provided. (All Training costs covered by the program.)
• First Aid & CPR Certification
• Prius Hybrid & Entervan Orientation
• Passenger Assistance Training
• AAA Driver Improvement Program (As a Volunteer Driver you'll receive an AAA membership discount!)
  
  For more information on volunteering with Volunteer Assisted Transportation, please call 524-2786 or e-mail vat@knoxcac.org
  

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