Volunteer & Community Service
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Big Brother/ Big Sister 889-9136 Meal Time Buddies |
Offers after school programs for children |
12+ volunteers needed for after school programs, North Side |
Boys and Girls Club of Springfield 1410 N. Fremont Joel Woodward , Scholarship/Outreach 862-9249 ext. 104 |
Offers supervised programs and services to boys and girls. |
Volunteers Internships Ongoing opportunities available Mon-Fri 3pm-9pm. |
Center for Addictions 1423 N. Jefferson 417-269-3107 Tressa Moyle, MSW - Case Manager |
Internships: Behavioral Sciences |
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2142 W. Chesterfield Blvd. Linda Holmes, Marketing Director |
Duties would include working with an optometrist, optician, or business manager. |
Job Shadowing and Internships
Requested Majors:
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Common Ground Supervised Access Program 1111 N. Robberson Dawn Imler 829-6140 |
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1465 E. Primrose Suite A Vicki Brown Coordinator |
Provides teams of professionals and trained volunteers to guide and support the family and patient in a terminal illness. |
Volunteers
Requires students to complete a training session prior to volunteering. |
Community Partnership of the Ozarks 330 N. Jefferson Amy Evans |
Facilitating and promoting problem-solving and building resources for Springfield |
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330 South Patterson David Silver |
Provides resources to meet community, physical and spiritual needs. |
Volunteers
Anytime for most anything, Call for details. |
Developmental Center of the Ozarks Technology and Learning Center 1545-B East Pythian Carmel Seal - Program Coordinator |
The Technology and Learning Center program offers a variety of learning labs on site and in the community, for adults with developmental disabilities. The labs change to meet the needs of individuals. |
Job Shadowing, Mentoring, or Internships
Requested Majors
Students need to schedule an appointment with Carmel Seal to discuss the desired experience and receive approval for participation. |
Developmental Center of the Ozarks Early Child Care and Education Program1545-A East Pythian Janette Proffitt - Program Coordinator Marci Bowling or Sherri Hayle (practicums) 417 - 829- 0898 |
The Early Child Care and Education program offers daycare and therapy services for children (with and/or without disabilities) ages 6 weeks to 6 years old. Enable infants, children and adults to reach and maintain their maximum level of functioning and to ensure the greatest quality of life possible |
Job Shadowing, Mentoring, or Internships
Requested Majors
Students need to schedule an appointment with Janette Proffitt to discuss the desired |
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627 N. Glenstone Kate Baldi |
Recruits foster familiesin church settings. Council of Churches of the Ozarks |
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1535 N. Campbell 866-6110 x. 125 |
General Council Credit Union is a member-owned, full service financial cooperative serving employees and family members of the General Council of the Assemblies of God and it subsidiaries, including more than 2,000 missionaries representing the Assemblies of God throughout the world. |
Job Shadowing and Internships Only
Requested Majors:
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Greene County Juvenile Systems 843 Boonville Susan Cox |
Mentors | |
Green County Family Court - Juvenile Division 1111 N. Robberson Susan Cox |
County government that works with youth. |
Volunteers
Mentors needed for kids at local schools on a weekly basis for at least a semester. |
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Dr. Laynah Rogers |
Non-profit ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness. |
Volunteers Need people to do warehouse, dock, & secretarial work. Need a campus sponsor to coordinate aluminum can drive to hopefully win a grant to build a Habitat house. |
James River Assembly Community Services 6100 North 19 th Street Ozark, MO 65721 John Tortorice |
A local church providing a variety of resources to the community. | Shadowing, Mentoring, and Internships
Ministry opportunities fair-Sept. 11th In between services, explains what they will be doing for the community; volunteers also needed for the church. |
The Kitchen 414 E Commercial Rorie Orgeron 837-1500 |
Provides a supportive network of programs to meet the needs of the homeless and disadvantaged. |
Volunteers Tasks include accounting, computer programming, office work, thrift shop, serving meals, food pantry… one time, daily, weekly, monthly basis, needed for a variety of placements. |
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233 E. Norton Tim Trafford |
Christian retirement community |
Volunteers
Assist with group activities and forming relationships with retired missionaries, pastors and other elderly people. Accepting all majors |
Missouri Mentoring Polly Sanders |
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Missouri State University-English Language Institute Terry Socha |
Mentor an international student, once a week. |
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615 N. Glenstone Burt Brown |
Food bank of the Ozarks. Distributes about 4 million pounds of donated food each year. |
Volunteers
Need assistants for a variety of tasks to ultimately impact hunger in Springfield and surrounding area. |
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410 South Ave Kathyrn Sobey |
Provides free tutoring and learning services to those unable to read, write or use the computer at necessary levels. | |
Office of the Public Administrator-Greene County 843 Boonville Amanda Wilson |
County government office that serves those with limited mental functioning and manages estates of the deceased. |
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447 South Ave Patti Penny- President |
Penmac furnishes regular and temporary staffing solutions for manufacturing, clerical, transportation, professional, medical, and hospitality entities. As a privately held company, Penmac maintains the flexibility to develop programs and services to meet the needs of each Penmac client and associate. |
Internships Requested Majors: Business |
Pregnancy Care Center 1923 S. National Suite C Maria Bundrick |
Job shadowing, Mentoring and Internships
Requested majors:
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Salvation Army Community Center 1707 W. Chestnut Expressway Cindi Hill - Case Manager |
Provides after-school services to low-income children along with other services including disaster relief. |
Volunteers
Need tutors, mentors and volunteers for after school programs. |
Southwest Center for Independent Living (SCIL) 2864 S. Nettleton Marion Trimble |
Provides services, advocacy, and resources for people with a disability in Southwest MO |
Volunteers Work with individuals with a physical challenge. |
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 1687 Kyle Rogetta |
Job shadowing, Mentoring, and Internships
Requested majors:
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320 N Jefferson Nancy Fazzino |
Addresses urgent issues in the community through concerned partners. |