Bring Joy to a Homebound Senior! Do you enjoy playing cards? Looking for a lunch date? Volunteers needed for friendly home visits, transportation to medical appointments, respite care, errands and more.
Assist in the clothing closet (sort donations, help clients find items).
Work with individuals with developmental disabilities OR assist with painting and gardening.
Provide dinner and companionship to our 12 families in the Youville family shelter.
School supplies, hygiene products, diapers, baby items, Christmas gifts, and more.
READ Ottawa has nine volunteer Board Members that steer the organization to ensure optimal operations and quality programming. All Board Members are required to serve on at least one of our committees, participate in tutoring or tutor training sessions, participate in community events, make contributions, and attend monthly board meetings in the evening.
READ Ottawa is always seeking members from the community to join our three committees. Committees tend to meet bi-monthly for up to two hours in the evening or on an as needed basis. All committee members are expected to attend every committee meeting. Our committees are: Outreach & Marketing Fundraising & Events Program & Operations
KITCHEN Prepare the meal. Package the meals for delivery. Clean and Sanitize. Must be age 13 and older to work in the kitchen. DINING ROOM Set the tables for the home-delivered meal distribution, assist with assembling the cold food trays, distribute meals to the volunteers outside. Clean and sanitize. CLEANUP Clean and Sanitize. Wash, dry…
READ Ottawa has a group of talented Volunteer Support Staff that assist with crucial operations, programming, and other consulting services sporadically throughout the year.
Our Slumber Buddies program allows volunteers to take approved dogs for a 1-3 night stay at their home. This allows us to gain valuable information on the dogs behavior that will help us place them with adopters! Volunteers will hang with their pup, take them for walks, take lots of photos, and report back on…