BROOKINGS – Sarah Lippert, Brookings volunteer connections coordinator for the Helpline Center, recently announced the following opportunities for area residents to become more involved in the community through volunteering.
Brookings Swim Club, S.D. Swimming State B Championship volunteer
The Brookings Swim Club is hosting the South Dakota Swimming State B Championships this year. It will be held July 19-21, and volunteers are needed.
The club needs help in the areas of concessions or timing.
Shift times are tentative (might change slightly depending on the number of competitors):
• July 19 – Friday evening from 4-8 p.m.
• July 20 – Saturday morning from 8 a.m.-noon
• July 20 – Saturday afternoon from noon-4 p.m.
• July 21 – Sunday morning from 7-11 a.m.
• July 21 – Sunday afternoon from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Brookings County Veterans Services, volunteer driver
Brookings County Disable American Veterans is looking for volunteers drivers to drive the DAV shuttle taking veterans to and from medical appointments to the VA Medical facility in Sioux Falls.
To become a volunteer driver, the individual must: (1) have a valid driver license, (2) complete a physical with the VA, and (3) pass a driver’s test.
Note that you do not have to be a veteran to volunteer.
Lutheran Social Services, Better Together volunteer in Brookings
Better Together, a program of Lutheran Social Services, is designed to improve quality of life activities for older adults.
In the program, trained volunteers will be matched with an older adult based on similar interests and schedule.
Volunteer and older adult matches will spend four hours per month together going on outings, talking, pursuing hobbies, and other relationship-building activities.
With nearly half of people aged 65 and older in South Dakota living alone, there is a need to use volunteers to help maintain or reestablish a connection to their community.
Helpline Center, Summer of DIY
Each week throughout the summer of 2019, Helpline Center will post a family-friendly do-it-yourself volunteer project for our Summer of DIY.
Helpline Center invites individuals and families to choose projects that interest them. Once completed, the projects can be delivered to the Helpline Center office at 619 Fifth Ave.
Helpline Center staff will deliver the projects to the appropriate nonprofits. If individuals or families would prefer to deliver the completed projects themselves, they can contact the Helpline Center by dialing 211 to get a list of agencies accepting the DIY projects.
To see directions for each week’s DIY project, visit theSummer of DIY webpage.
Don’t forget to share photos, tagging Helpline Center and using the hashtags #DIYVOLSD and #volunteerbrookings
For information on these volunteer opportunities and hundreds of others in the community, dial 211 or visit www.helplinecenter.org.
