You can help! There are many volunteer opportunities at Center For Siouxland.  Please call 2-1-1 for information on how you can make a difference in Siouxland. 

Community Assistance

Community Assistance Provider - You will help individuals and families access appropriate solutions to better their lives.  Activities may include:  meeting with clients, assessing needs, making community referrals, and organizing food pantry items.  Requires database computer training.  Basic knowledge in social work and area assistance programs helpful, but not required.  A backgroud check is conducted on all Emergency Services Assistant volunteers.

Please Brenda Noll or call her at 712-252-1861 ext 31 for further information about Community Assistance Volunteer Opportunities.

Conservatorship

Do you love to SHOP?!  Become a Personal Shopper!  If you love to shop and help people at the same time, then this opportunity is for you. Volunteers are needed to shop for clients and accompany clients to their appointments.  A background check is required for volunteers.

Please Jonette Spurlock or call her at 712-252-1861 ext 12 for further information about Conservatorship Volunteer Opportunities.

RSVP

Center For Siouxland’s Food Pantry - RSVP volunteers will serve Center For Siouxland’s food pantry, providing up to 5 hours of service per week.  Food pantry volunteers serve in one or more of the following capacities: interviewing and registering clients; purchasing food from the Food Bank; picking up food from churches and businesses, who have conducted food drives on behalf of Center For Siouxland; and sorting, packing, and distributing food packages.  Food packages are given to individuals and families in need, who meet agency guidelines.

Gospel Mission - This is a newly formed partnership in which RSVP volunteers will become mentors to Sioux City Gospel Mission residents.  The goal is to provide residents with an opportunity to build a trusting relationship (friendship) with volunteers in hopes that it might help rebuild the resident’s self-worth and value.  Need 10 volunteers.

Iowa Radio Reading Information Services - RSVP volunteers will read local news events, feature stories, and magazine articles to approximately 227 residents who are blind or print handicapped.  The goal for this project is to assist these people to lead as normal a life as possible.  Need 2-3 volunteers.

Meals on Wheels - Spend an hour a day delivering nutritious meals to homebound clients.  RSVP volunteers must be at least 55 years of age.

SAIF-Seniors Against Investment Fraud - The Seniors Against Investment Fruad (SAIF) Program is a statewide outreach campaign created by the Iowa Insurance Division.  The primary purrpose of SAIF is to alert and educate Iowans about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes and how to avoid being victimized by scam artists.  RSVP is the key outreach partner for the SAIF program.  Need 2-3 volunteers.

Seniors in Schools - Work with children in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades to help improve their reading and math skills.  Volunteers must be at least 55 years of age. 

SHARE - 1 in 11 people in Iowa are classified as ‘food insecure’ by the USDA, meaning that they lack money to adequately feed themselves or their families.  With the assistance from the Self-Help And Resource Exchange (SHARE) program, residents have the opportunity to purchase healthy and nutritious food at a substantially lower rate than at the grocery store.  The SHARE program is two fold.  The participant is able to buy food at a reduced price and in return volunteers 2 hours a month in their community.

RSVP volunteers serve one day a month for 2-3 hours to sell, collect, assemble and deliver the SHARE units each month.  Seasoned RSVP volunteers orient new volunteers each month before they start sorting the units.

Siouxland District Health Volunteer - Assist patients by answering questions and directing them to the proper location at the immunization clinic. Opportunities will be available to travel with Siouxland District Health staff to present health-related topics.

Tax Aide - Join the more than 32,000 volunteers nationwide in the AARP Tax-Aide program. Volunteering with the AARP Tax-Aide program promises to be one of the most engaging and challenging activities you will ever undertake. In a recent survey, 96 percent of AARP Tax-Aide volunteers were satisfied with their experience. Many stay with the program year after year - many for more than 15 years. Free tax preparation and assistance services are provided to millions of low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those ages 60 and older. Electronic filing and online counseling are also offered by the program. Volunteers must be 55 years of age and will be provided free tax training.

Please Johna Platt or call her at 712-252-1861 ext 21 for further information about RSVP Volunteer Opportunities.

Senior Companion Program

Senior Companions help home-bound elderly live in their own homes independently and with dignity.  Companions offer contact with the outside world, making life less lonely.  Without this help, many elderly would require expensive, less personal institutional care.  Anyone 60 years or older, in reasonably good health who can work at least 15 hours a week is invited to become a Senior Companion.

Please Barry McArdle or call him at 712-252-1861 ext 23 for further information about Senior Companion Program Volunteer Opportunities.

If you have any questions about volunteering or would like more information .