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Welcome to Hi-Hope Service Center! We are ecstatic that you’ve decided to lend us a helping hand.
Hi-Hope has been serving this community since 1960. We are dedicated to offering a variety of volunteer
opportunities. We are also open to your new ideas and interests.
HOW CAN YOU BEGIN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Let's begin by learning a bit about Hi-Hope. Below you will find a link for our online orientation which
includes a Welcome/Thank You section, Hi-Hope's Mission, Hi-Hope's History, and Hi-Hope's Commitment.
Once you have had the opportunity to learn about us, we know that you will be more excited about being a
Hi-Hope volunteer. This is the place to gain meaningful relationships, learn new and exciting skills, share your
talent(s), and most of all make someone else smile!
WHY VOLUNTEER?
- Satisfy yourself by helping others
- Explore a new career area
- Learn new skills
- Build your self-confidence
- Meet new people
- Share your natural gifts and talents
- Empower others
- Gain useful work experience
- Enhance your physical and mental health
- Be a winner!
WHAT YOU MIGHT DO...
- Assist with our fundraising activities
- Visit with our residents
- Adopt a group home (celebrate the birthdays of our residents, etc.)
- Adopt a group home by doing yard work, mowing the lawn, etc.
- Assist with a housewarming party when new residents move in
- Chaperone day trips
- Assist our clients in the day program
- Teach sewing, computers, gardening, crafts (almost any hobby)
- Practice Bocce with our clients to get a team ready for a special Olympics event
- Visit with our clients at lunchtime
- Assist our clients at lunch and on trips
- Plan a party or dance
- Teach art, dance or drama classes
- Assist with the respite program on the third Saturday of each month
(hours that volunteers are needed are from noon - 4:00 p.m.) Sign up for
two or more hours to help with children and adults with developmental
disabilities.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
- Book-Keeping
- Event Planning
- Data Entry
- Field Trips
- Newsletter Set-Up
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Nursing
- Videographer
- Pre-Employment
- Art
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Writing Press Releases
- Activity Planner
- Recreational Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Scheduler
- Photographer
- Woodworker
For more information, please call Cheryl Pettaway-Colvin at 770-963-8694 ext. 41.
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