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St. Cloud Times - 6/28/2017

June 28--Residential Vietnam Era Veteran Recognition

The St. Cloud VA Health Care System is in need of volunteers to assist our residential veterans to events around the campus. They are looking for 15 volunteers to push wheelchair-bound veterans from their home unit to Building 116 and back again, as part of a Vietnam Era Veteran Recognition ceremony. The volunteers will enjoy this event while providing companionship. Volunteers must be able to walk a fair distance and be able to push a wheelchair. Five volunteers also are needed to serve refreshments to attendees of the Vietnam Era Veteran Recognition Ceremony. Volunteers are needed for the following times and dates: 9:15-11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 29; 1:15-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29; 1:15-3:30 p.m. Friday, June 30. Volunteers should report to Building 116. Contact Voluntary Service office at 255-6365 or vhastcvavsstaff@va.gov to RSVP for each event.

Outdoor Concerts on the Patio

The St. Cloud VA Health Care System is looking for 15 volunteers to push wheelchair bound veterans from their home unit to the patio by building 50 and back again to an outdoor concert at the facility. The volunteers will enjoy this event while providing companionship. Volunteers must be able to walk a fair distance and be able to push a wheelchair. Volunteers are needed: 1:15-3:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, and Friday, July 21. Volunteers should report to the Sunroom, located between buildings 50 and 51. Contact Voluntary Service office at 255-6365 or vhastcvavsstaff@va.gov to RSVP for each event.

Support Families in Crisis

St. Cloud Area Crisis Nursery seeks to strengthen and nurture families, in cooperation with community organizations and individuals, through a family focused service to protect children from possible harm and provide support and validation for parents. They are looking for volunteers who will have the opportunity to counsel and support families from a crisis line via a cell phone from their home. Volunteers will be responsible for answering the crisis line from 5 p.m.-8 a.m. Monday through Friday and over weekends. Volunteers can determine their availability and can help as many hours as their schedule allows. Volunteers will attend two-hour orientation training and come together every other month for two-hour training with the coordinator. Trainings are fun and casual. Everyone is able to volunteer, but they require volunteers to be friendly, personable, professional and able to work under stressful situations. Volunteering with St. Cloud Area Crisis Nursery is very self-rewarding, and making a difference really matters. Contact Conni Orth, Lutheran Social Service -St. Cloud Area Crisis Nursery, at 654-1090.

Minnesota Reading and Math Corps

Minnesota Reading and Math tutors are needed in schools throughout the St. Cloud area. These positions begin in August and continue through the end of June. Literacy tutors support Pre-K or K-3 students developing literacy skills, while math tutors help fourth-through eighth-graders increase their math skills. Literacy and math tutors earn a $574.09 (full-time) bi-weekly living allowance and up to $5,815 education award that can be used to repay federal student loans or further one's education (members 55 and older can transfer to a child or grandchild). Tutors also may be eligible for health insurance, along with other benefits listed on the websites linked below. Tutors are fully trained to deliver research-based interventions to students with the goal of developing their literacy and math skills and helping them catch up to grade level. A year of service with these programs is a great professional experience, while providing service in your community. If you are interested in learning more, please visit www.minnesotareadingcorps.org or www.minnesotamathcorps.org for general information. If you have specific questions about either program, please contact Abby at abby.fragodt@servetogrow.org or 247-5516.

For more information, contact Mary Krippner, United Way Volunteer Engagement Coordinator at 223-7991 or Mkrippner@unitedwayhelps.org.

SUBMITTED BY HEARTLAND HOSPICE

Heartland Hospice volunteer training

Heartland Hospice is looking for caring and dedicated people with an interest in serving terminally ill patients and their families in St. Cloud and the outlying communities. Volunteers provide services such as friendly visiting, errand running and clerical services. Volunteer classes are available to fit each person's schedule.

Please call Keshia Kettler-Herrmann at Heartland Hospice at 333-6395 for further information.

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