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Educator Resources

Are you an educator interested in having a workshop for your students? Here is a look at some of our most common workshops and presentations! If you see a workshop you would like or you have an idea for a workshop, please contact the Youth Employment Specialist!

Volunteer Opportunities

American Red Cross

Bureau of Land Management

Catholic Outreach of Mesa County

Catholic Outreach is looking for volunteers to help with three main programs:

At Grand Valley Catholic Outreach:
Receptionists, interviewers, clothes sorters, data entry, story readers, food sorters, administrative assistant, cleaning and maintenance. Call the Volunteer Coordinator at (970) 241-3658.
At the Soup Kitchen:
Cooks, food prepares, dish washers, food sorters, servers, food pickups, recycling, cleaning and maintenance. Call the Soup Kitchen Director at (970) 243-0091.
At the Day Center:
Receptionist, laundry, shower and storage supervisors, mail and message deliverer, cleaning and maintenance. Call the Day Center Director at (970) 263-9445.

Go to http://www.catholicoutreach.org/how-you-can-help/volunteer-opportunities/, for more information.

City of Grand Junction

Community Hospital

Food Bank of the Rockies

Food Bank of the Rockies is looking for volunteers to help pull and build orders in the warehouse; inspect, clean, sort, and repack perishable and non-perishable grocery items for distribution; assist partner agencies with loading; or making snacks from fresh produce in the Dehydrator Room. For more information contact [email protected], or 970-464-1138.

Complete volunteer profile and learn more by going to: https://www.foodbankrockies.org/western-slope-volunteer/

Girl Scouts of Colorado

Grand Junction Police Department

Grand Junction Police Department is looking for volunteers to help with two different programs.

Public Safety Volunteers help by performing clerical work, computer entry, statistical analysis, providing tours, extra patrol, investigation assistance, community presentations, neighborhood speed controls, graffiti, and vacation checks. For more information, contact Jeannie Lewis at 970-549-5130.
Victim's Advocates are available to provide support, information, and resources for victims during ongoing investigation. Serve 4, 12 hour on-call shifts a month. For more information, please contact Mary Harmeling at 970-549-5290.

For more information, visit GJPD's website at http://www.gjcity.org/residents/public-safety/police-department/police-service-volunteers/.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers to assist in four main areas:

For ReStore: Call 970.263.0858, ext. 102. Assist customers; process merchandise and donations; assist with receiving inventory; stock shelves; test electronics; set displays; assist in the office, bookstore or with our delivery truck team.
For Group Builds: Call 970.255.9850, ext. 202. Participate in building Habitat homes! No matter your experience, learn and build with our construction team either on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For Individuals, that would like to participate in a build, please call 970.263.0858, ext. 102
For Events: Call 970.255.9850, ext 205. Assist with events through out the year, from promotions to day of the event.
For Committees: Please call 970.255.9850, ext 202 to learn how your time, ideas and talent can help us with your mission.

Visit https://habitatmesa.org/volunteer-with-us/ for more information.

Hilltop

Hilltops mission is leading through action to make a difference for people of all ages, and they have unique opportunities for volunteers to work with children, youth, families, adults, and seniors. Opportunities include:

Administrative Support
Special Events
Outreach Support
Client Companion
Childcare
Mentoring
Janitorial and Building Maintenance Support

Transportation Support
Landscaping
Intern/Practicum
Cooking Instruction and Support
Group Facilitation
Crisis Line

Professional Services
Training Instructor
Tutoring
Many other opportunities available – or use your unique skills to create a new service

Go to https://www.htop.org/volunteer/ to learn more.

HopeWest

Mesa County Libraries

Mesa County Libraries depend on volunteers throughout the Central Library and the other seven library branches.

Volunteer Opportunities are based on volunteers’ skills and on department or branch needs, which most frequently include shelving, adult literacy tutors, special events, and help in the Discovery Garden. Contact the volunteer coordinator at [email protected] for specific information.

Mesa County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff Matt Lewis and the Mesa County Sheriff's Office are actively recruiting for people interested in volunteering to help their community and the Sheriff's Office.

Volunteer with one of these specialized volunteer programs:

The Sheriff’s Office is also looking for administrative volunteers. Work includes:

Filing of fingerprint cards
Checking documents for accuracy
Scanning documents into system database
Assisting with special projects such as updating databases, gathering data, updating website information, and re-organizing areas.

Go to https://sheriff.mesacounty.us/volunteer-programs/ for more info.

Roice-Hurst Humane Society

Salvation Army

St. Mary's Hospital

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