Western Avenue’s Food Pantry is open Tuesday-Thursday from 1-3 p.m. Welcoming clients, distributing food, and record-keeping are among the volunteer opportunities. Interested in working at the WACC food pantry? Contact our volunteer coordinator, Christy Komnick, at 309-829-4807 ext. 311 or by e-mail at ckomnick@westernavenuecc.org.
Western Avenue Community Center LINC Youth Fall/Winter Basketball League: Basketball leagues for grades 2nd – high school are held at the Lawrence Irving Neighborhood Center (LINC) on Monday – Thursday evenings. If you enjoy a fast-paced and exciting environment, our LINC basketball program needs you! Volunteer opportunities include tutoring, mentoring, and coaching. Interested? Contact the WACC volunteer coordinator, Christy Read more about Western Avenue is Looking for Basketball Volunteers![…]
Want to assist with a great new running program for kids? Assist Lexi Swope, IWU student and member of the track team, with lesson plans, activities, and fun events. This group meets on Monday nights over at the Boys & Girls Club. Find out how you can be more involved with this great initiative! Email arc@iwu.edu.
Bent Elementary School serves bilingual Spanish-English speaking students, and is looking for a way to better connect with the Spanish speaking parents. We are looking for volunteers that are bilingual that want to help with this process. It could be a great learning experience for an IWU student involving verbal translation at PTO meetings or Read more about Spanish-Speaking Volunteer Needed at Bent Elementary![…]
Help the YWCA McLean County with their mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all! The YWCA McLean County is looking to highlight the diversity of students in their Young Wonders Early Learning and Youth Development program with a mural depicting the flag of the countries students come from Read more about Mural Project at the YWCA[…]
Fifth graders from Pepper Ridge Elementary School will be visiting Illinois Wesleyan University on Wednesday Oct. 23rd, and we need IWU students to help make their experience the best it can be! The theme of the day is Opening Doors – the Future is Yours. The schedule is as follows: First Generation College Student Panel 9:25 Read more about Volunteers for Pepper Ridge Visit to IWU![…]
Join the Green Top Grocery Outreach Committee for a 90 minute meeting to learn what a co-op grocery store is and the impact it can have on our community. The first 45 minutes of this meeting will include basic info about co-ops (brief history, community impact and differences in co-op grocery stores vs. conventional stores). Read more about Green Top Grocery Volunteer Orientation![…]
Help the Book Bike at the Thanksgiving Farmers’ Market! Don’t know about the Book Bike yet? Check this out: http://www.westbloomington.org/wordpress/education/book-bike/. The market will be held on Nov 11 from 10am – 1pm. If you are still in town, we would love extra hands to give out books to people at this very busy event. It’s held downtown,and it Read more about Book Bike Volunteer Needed![…]
INTERESTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE? WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE? CONSIDERING VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CITIZENSHIP TEAM AT THE IMMIGRATION PROJECT! The Immigration Project is a not-for-profit legal immigration services agency which re-located in October 2008 from East St. Louis and Western Avenue Community Center to new offices in Bloomington Illinois. We offer Read more about Volunteer Needed at the Immigration Project![…]
YWCA Stepping Stones Sexual Assault Program is offering 40-hour volunteer training for those who wish to provide crisis intervention to sexual assault survivors. Fall Training Schedule Every Monday & Wednesday: October 21 – November 13, 6 pm – 9 pm Saturdays: October 26 & November 16, 9 am – 5 pm All trainings will be held at Read more about YWCA Stepping Stones Volunteers Needed![…]