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THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE MADISON TIMES WEEKLY NEWSPAPER |
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Compiled by A. David Dahmer |
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Briarpatch Youth Services are looking for host home volunteers who must have a spare room with a door, a bed, and some storage space, and bathrooms with locks. Volunteers do not need to own their home. For more information, call Rachel O'Leary, 251-6211.
Forty-six Latino employees at Copps Food Centers in Madison were suspended without pay and then laid-off recently. Centro Hispano of Dane County is accepting donations to help these families through this crisis while the legal process continues. Checks can be made out to Centro Hispano with the words "Copps Employees Emergency Fund" on the memo line, and mailed to Copps Employees Emergency Fund, c/o Centro Hispano, 835 W. Badger Rd., Madison, WI 53713.
The Madison Coalitions of Older Adults seeks volunteers to give a hand with simple home chores and receive vivids stories about the neighborhoods around them in return. For more information, contact Kryn Hoyer-Winfield, 243-5252.
The Girl Scouts of Black Hawk Council need volunteers for the following: • Multicultural volunteers are needed to lead troops for diverse girls in afterschool programs at schools and neighborhood centers. • Help is needed to implement a Lego Robotics program on the computer. For more information or to volunteer call Griselle Sanchez, 276-8500 ext. 3032 or e-mail griselles@girlscoutsofblackhawk.org.
Lake Edge United Church of Christ, 4200 Buckeye Rd, is accepting items from now until July 9 for its huge parking lot sale. Items such as furniture, toys, housewares, children’s clothing and coats, and antiques are all useful. All of the proceeds from the July 17 sale will be used to help Madison area nonprofit social organizations rather than the congregation itself. Large donations may be picked up by church members. For more information, call 222-8668. [VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES]
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