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, ext. 121. 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.

Family Friends

 • Mentor families whose children have special needs including physical disability, chronic    illnesses, those who have been homeless or are refugees. Insurance and training is    available for volunteers.
   
More info on volunteering with Family Friends, please call Edna Eickman at 524-2786 or email edna.eickman@knoxcac.org.

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 Nancy Walker at 524-2786 or email  nancy.walker@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 Darla Gamble at 524-2786 or email jennifer.oakes@knoxcac.org or darla.gamble@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 bwilkie@knxcac.org.

Project LIVE
(Living Independently Through Volunteer Efforts)

       • Take an elderly person to medical appointments, to the grocery store or on other          errands.
       • Install safety devices in homes of frail and elderly persons.
       • Help frail elderly persons with packing and unpacking their belongings when they          relocate.
       • Pick up and deliver medicine to homebound elderly.
       • 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 Nancy Walker at 524-2786 or email  nancy.walker@knoxcac.org.

Ross Learning Center

       • Tutor on a regular basis to work one-on-one with adult students.
       • Contact business for donations of or discounts for student incentive awards.
       • Shop for incentives and students books.
       • Host a monthly awards ceremony with refreshements and/or prizes
         
More info on volunteering with the Ross Learning Center, please call Lynn Moore at 544-5200 or email lynn.moore@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.

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