Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for Katy-area residents who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
A HOSPITAL IN KATY offers a variety of volunteer opportunities from which to choose. Assignments can include greeting patients and visitors at the information desk, serving as liaison between staff and patients, filing, answering the phone, or working in the gift shop. Weekly four-hour shifts for most assignments are available mornings and afternoons, Mondays through Fridays. Gift shop shifts can also be scheduled for evenings or weekends.
A LITTLE AFTERNOON MUSIC stimulates and delights senior citizens at an Alzheimer’s special care center in Katy. If you’re skilled at the piano, guitar, or organ, your weekly visits are sure to brighten spirits when you play the old songs these folks love so well and maybe lead them in informal sing-alongs. Currently, the ideal times for this upbeat assignment would be 3 p.m., 4 p.m., or 6 p.m. on any day of the week.
CARE AND CONSOLATION are provided to terminally ill persons and their families through a hospice program serving Katy and surrounding areas. As a volunteer with the program’s multi-disciplinary support team, you can be a friend and resource to a patient during the final stages of illness and counsel with family members after the patient’s death. Comprehensive training is provided.
CREATE MEMORIES lasting a lifetime by becoming a mentor to a boy or girl, between the ages of 6 and 15, from a single-parent home. Getting together twice a month at mutually convenient times, the two of you can enjoy recreational activities or simply discuss his or her problems and aspirations. The sponsoring agency will provide you with training and ongoing support. This assignment requires a driver’s license and background check.
For more information on the following volunteer opportunities, please call Volunteer Fort Bend at 281-340-1919, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Additional opportunities can be found at www.VolunteerFortBend.org.
