Directory - Volunteer Opportunities

Organization: Berks Unity Solution
Address: 42 Arlington Street Reading, PA 19611
Phone #: 484-769-2440
Contact person: Lisa Kneer
E-mail: fourwindsflying@msn.com
URL: berksunitysolution.org
Mission statement: Strives to bring our community together through this web-site and various community activities.

American Cancer Society
Phone #: 610-921-2329
E-mail: stephanie.mcdonald@cancer.org
URL: www.cancer.org

American Red Cross of Berks County
URL: berks.redcross.org

Berks County Prison Society
URL: www.berksprisonsociety.org/engvolun.htm

Berks County Senior Citizens Council
URL: www.berksseniors.org/membership.htm#How

Berks Parks and Recreation Department
URL: www.co.berks.pa.us/parks/cwp/view.asp?a=1246&q=448731&parksNav=%7C
Heritage Center: tour guide, ticket/information, county store/snack bar, herb garden assistant, cataloging/research
Special Events: festivals, face painting, children’s craft workshops, Santa, master of ceremonies, preparing arts and crafts
Playground: County park party, track meet, senior art judge, playground officials

Easter Seals of Eastern Pennsylvania
URL: esep.easter-seals.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PAEA_homepage

Humane Society of Berks County
URL: www.berkshumane.org/petnet/petnet.html

Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
URL: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/noldeforest.asp

Opportunity House (formerly the Reading-Berks Emergency Shelter)
URL: www.opphouse.org

Police Athletic League of Greater Reading
URL: www.readingpal.org

Reading Beautification Inc./Office of Neighborhood Development
610-655-6277

Reading-Berks Habitat for Humanity
URL: www2.habitat.org/cgi-bin/k.fm$Find?field=site&operator=equals&value=rbhfh

The Reading Public Library
URL: www.reading.lib.pa.us/volunteer

The Reading Public Museum
URL: www.readingpublicmuseum.org/membership/volunteer/index.html

Special Olympics
URL: www.sopbc.org/Page%201%20Stuff/60waystovolunteer.htm

The United Way of Berks County
Address: 501 Washington Street, P.O. Box 302, Reading, PA 19603
Phone #: 610-371-4550
URL: www.uwberks.org/volunteercenter

YMCA of Reading and Berks County
URL: www.ymca-berkscounty.org/Programs/volunteer_ops.htm

Additional Volunteer Listings:

Organization: 1-800-Volunteer.org
URL: www.1-800-Volunteer.org
Mission statement: 1-800-Volunteer.org is an Internet and telephone-based service to promote and facilitate volunteering, operated by Hands-On Network. Its sole purpose is to build capacity in community-based volunteering throughout the entire volunteering cycle: recruiting, referrals, record of service, recognition & awards, and reporting results. 1-800-Volunteer.org is committed to providing the highest quality and most affordable volunteer facilitation service available.

List of Contact information for Volunteer agencies in Berks County:
URL: www.alvernia.edu/berks/alphabetical.htm

Organization: Volunteer Match Online
URL: www.volunteermatch.org

Community Service Higher Education Council of Berks County Virtual Volunteer Fair
URL: www.alvernia.edu/berks/volunteer.htm