Volunteer Opportunities

The Animal Center is a volunteer-staffed charity that is seeking volunteers to provide foster homes for kittens; handy people to build feral cat shelters; and crafty people to make cat beds and cat toys. Contact Monica Roberto at 270-0228.

Canine Advocates of Newtown is in need of volunteers over the age of 21 to walk dogs at the Newtown Dog Pound. Volunteers are also needed to put up fliers, assist with publicity, and to help with fundraising projects. Contact Virginia Jess at 426-5327.

FISH of Newtown, Inc is badly in need of volunteer drivers to transport Newtown residents to medical appointments. With the construction boom of 55+ apartments and condominiums, the influx of residents has the handful of FISH volunteers being overwhelmed. The commitment for a FISH driver is only one half-day, two times a month. Ideal volunteer experience for newly retired workers. Contact Colleen Honan at 426-0714, Fred Stakel at 426-2336, or Ellen Parrella at 426-6470.

Golden Opportunities needs people who would commit at least two hours per month to visit isolated and/or lonely individuals, primarily residents of eldercare facilities. Crafters, entertainers, musicians, singers, speakers, and travelogue presenters are also welcome to volunteer. Interested parties should contact program administrator Nancy Taylor at 426-3301 for additional information and to receive an application form.

Newtown Friends of Booth Library have an ongoing need for volunteers to help sort books and prepare for the annual book sale. Call Mari Maki at 426-3889.

Newtown Labor Day Parade committee is seeking at least a dozen adults to act as street directors during the September 1 parade. Street directors are assigned to organize divisions in the parade early in the morning and to follow the divisions throughout the parade route. For more information call Kym Stendahl at 241-3448.

Newtown Meals on Wheels seeks volunteer drivers to pick up and deliver noontime meals to housebound residents in the area. Call Colleen Honan at 426-0714.

Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps is seeking volunteers. While emergency medical certification is required to ride the ambulances, noncertified volunteers can assist in various positions. Medic truck drivers are needed and do not need to be certified. Applications can be filled out at the ambulance garage on Main Street.

An experienced grant writer to volunteer his or her expertise is also sought by the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Call the garage at 270-4380.

Newtown Youth & Family Services assigns youth to help out with a variety of projects around town. To volunteer visit Newtown Youth & Family Services at 17 Church Hill Road or call NYFS at 270-4335.

Pootatuck Watershed Association, Inc and Trout Unlimited have a number of ongoing projects for which volunteers are needed. To volunteer for any of these projects, call James Belden at 426-6538.

RSVP of Northern Fairfield County (Retired Seniors Volunteer Program) welcomes volunteers aged 55 and over. RSVP reinvests the knowledge, skills, and talents of senior citizens back into the community through various volunteer opportunities. Contact Maureen Farrell or Debbie Mikelic at 792-8200.

 

To have your organization’s volunteer needs listed, call Nancy Crevier at The Newtown Bee, 426-3141 or e-mail her at Nancy@TheBee.com.