United Way’s Volunteer Connection

If you are interested in any of the opportunities listed below or additional community service projects, please visit www.VolunteerDayton.org or contact United Way’s Volunteer Connection at (937) 225-3039.

Partners for Community Living is seeking volunteers for the Friend by Choice Program. Partners for Community Living is a collaborative partnership between Resident Home Association (RHA) and Choices in Community Living (Choices). RHA and Choices provide quality residential services and supports to citizens with developmental disabilities. We assist people with disabilities to build safe, healthy and meaningful lives in the community. We are in need of volunteers for our Friend by Choice Program, which links a volunteer with a person in need of companionship. Often our residents do not have friends outside their residential setting and would enjoy time spent with a special person. With only two to three hours once a month a volunteer can change a life. Volunteers are needed who are committed to making positive changes for people with disabilities. Please go to our website at partnersohio.com or email pwinston@rhadayton.com with any comments or questions.

A Special Wish Foundation is seeking volunteers for the Glow Fore Wishes Golf Scramble Fundraiser. A Special Wish Foundation's Dayton Chapter will host its third annual Glow Fore Wishes glow-in-the-dark golf scramble on Friday night, Aug. 24. This annual fundraiser event helps grant the wishes of local Miami Valley children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, raffle ticket sales/contests, and to help direct teams on the greens. This event will take place at the Golf Club at Yankee Trace in Centerville.

United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton (URS) is seeking volunteers to attend local festivals in the Dayton area during the summer to promote the 9th Annual URS Rubber Duck Regatta and sell $5 Duck Adoptions. The Rubber Duck Regatta is the release and river race of up to 15,000 rubber ducks in the Great Miami River. All proceeds from this event "enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities" in our community. Specific festivals and duck adoption sales dates are listed below. Volunteers sign up for three- to four-hour shifts. For more information, visit www.ursdayton.org or call 233-1230, ext. 130. Volunteers are needed for the: Holiday at Home Craft Show: Sunday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Monday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and the Beavercreek Popcorn Festival on Saturday, Sept. 8, 9 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday, September 9, 10 a.m. -6 p.m.

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