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Community Volunteer Opportunities

volunteerOpportunities to volunteer in the Ashland and Medford communities, compiled by the Social Justice and Action Committee

Ashland Chamber of Commerce: 482-3486
Volunteers answer the phone and open mail, greet customers and provide coverage for booth in the Plaza

Ashland Community Hospital (ACH): Serena Merriman – Human Resources Dept: 201-4019
Volunteers provide music, deliver food from the Maple Street Café, and publish a newsletter.

Ashland Emergency Food Bank: Marge Zettler 210-5002
Volunteers assist clients to select the food they want off the shelves.

Ashland Library: 482-5715
Volunteers staff welcome desk, clean, sort, pull and pre-shelf books. Assist with story hour. Also use teen-age volunteers as young as 15.

Ashland Nature Center: Sherrill Deckelman 488-6606
Volunteers perform administrative tasks, garden and teach in outdoor education programs.

Ashland Police: 482-5211
Volunteers act as couriers for the district attorney and intra-city departments. Perform data entry. Provide foot, bike and house patrol as well as security for parades and special events.

Ashland Senior Center and Food and Friends: 488-5342
Volunteers assist with onsite lunch program, assemble and deliver meals to house-bound seniors

Child Support Center: 734-5437
Volunteers write supportive letters to children

Community Health Center: 773-3863 or 826-5853
Volunteers provides medical services for the uninsured and maintain medical charts. Volunteers receive 40 hours of training.

Dunn House: 799-4357 or 608-7005 ext 1001
Volunteers provide support and advocacy to victims of domestic violence and assist residents with cooking and cleaning. Volunteers receive 40 hours of training to teach life skills.

Headstart: 734-5150
Volunteers work with children ages 0 to 5. Read books, rock, teach, and play with children. Criminal history check required.

Hospice: 488-7328
Volunteers provide direct patient care, respite care, companionship, massage or pet therapy, bereavement counseling and perform administrative tasks.

Jackson County Fuel Committee: 488-2905
Volunteers cut, stack and deliver wood, and weatherize homes

Jackson County Mental Health 774-8201
Volunteers receive six weeks of training to provide seniors counseling, support and advocacy. Must be at least 55 years of age.

Jefferson Public Radio 552-6301, e-mail: whitcomb@sou.edu or teal@sou.edu.
Volunteers prepare mailings, answer phones during fund drive. Mind the program board.

Northwest Seasonal Workers: 773-6811
Volunteers provide legal and medical advocacy. Perform office work and membership canvassing in low-income neighborhoods. Distribute food and clothing. Design, and write the newsletter. Volunteers receive an orientation.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Complete application on website. Volunteers take tickets, usher, perform office work and staff the welcome center. E-mail address required

Peace House: 482-9625
Volunteers develop and conduct an “ Alternative to Military Recuitment” program. Maintain the physical plant and grounds. Serve meals at Uncle Food’s Diner.

Planned Parenthood: 482-8700
Volunteers staff information tables at community events

Rogue Community College (RCC): Volunteer Tutor Coordinator: 245-7701
Volunteers teach reading and English to non-native speakers. Tutors receive training.

Science Works: 482-6767
Volunteers build and interpret exhibits, provide support for school groups

Tudor Guild: 482-0940 (message phone)
Volunteers receive merchandise, do brass rubbings, cashier, provide patron assistance, sell in theaters and kiosk. Tutor Guild holds a tea twice a year for people wishing to volunteer.

Uncle Food’s Diner: 482-9625
Volunteers provide a free hot supper every Tuesday to the public at the Methodist church. Volunteers pick up food donations, prepare and serve food and clean up.

US Fish and Wildlife Service Forensic Laboratory: 482-4191
Volunteers perform GPS mapping, DNA analysis, carcass preparation. A science background required.

See also: Mail Tribune: Community: Volunteer Opportunities

Updated: 22-Mar-2009