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Berkeley Senior Services
Individuals, organizations or groups volunteer for seniors. Taking care of lawns, raking, trimming
trees, snow removal and shoveling, painting, light house cleaning, and other odd jobs around the house.
Contact: Beverly Gerlach at (304)262-9160.
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Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Take a little time - make a difference. Become a Big Brother or Big Sister volunteer.
Contact: (304)263-5522.
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Bluemont Concert Series
Help plan, support and present Bluemont's cultural programs. People of all ages, interests and talents are welcome.
Projects include: performer hospitality, committee leadership, concert site set up and clean up, welcoming guests,
fund-raising, promotions and poster distribution.
Contact: Lily Dunning at (703)777-6306.
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Canterbury Center
Volunteers, individual and groups, help make each day brighter at Canterbury Center of Shepherdstown.
Contact: Melissa Smallwood at (304)876-9422.
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CASA
Volunteers are Court Appointed Special Advocates who appear for abused children in court and help
them find safe and permanent homes.
Contact: (304)267-0100 ext 291 or 290.
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Eagle Wings
A faith based, nonprofit 501 (3), nondenominational agency dedicated to working with at-risk teenage girls by teaching
Biblical application in all aspects of life. Our Wind & Wing Alternative Day program provides a creative, peaceful
learning environment where girls at-risk of dropping out of school can achieve by getting back on track academically and
socially. Using gardening, horsemanship, and academics girls learn about life, themselves and God. We are in need of
volunteers to work during school hours with gardening and horses. If you love to garden or have experience with horses
and would like to share your talents with our girls, please call our office. Experience preferred but not mandatory, a
heart for this population is a must. Please call for more information or to set up an interview.
Contact: (304)264-2792.
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Guiding Eyes for the Blind
An ongoing need for individuals or families for future guide dog foster homes. Foster families receive 8 week old, specially
bred Labrador Retreivers. Local support is provided by an Area Coordinator who teaches puppy socialization/obedience classes
and who supervises the puppy raising experience. Puppy classes are held twice a month in Charles Town. Puppy raisers are
required to attend two classes per month. All necessary veternary expenses are provided. Potential guide dog puppies receive
love and attention for 14 to 15 months. Once the dog is mature, it travels to Guiding Eyes for a final evaluation and to begin
formal training to master guide dog skills. For more information visit or call:
www.gebshenandoah.org
(304)725-7191
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Hospice of the Panhandle
Plant a garden, bake cookies, deliver information to doctors, lead a support group, paint a room,
shop, make a scrap book, office help, play an instrument, clean a home, videotape messages, deliver
thank yous, cook a meal. In Berkeley & Jefferson County, training will be held at no cost or obligation.
Meeting: Wednesday & Friday mornings at 9:30-noon.
Location: Hospice Office in Martinsburg.
Contact: Pam Shanklin, Volunteer Coordinator, at (304)264-0406 or 1(800)345-6538.
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Hospice Teen Volumteer Program
What can a teen volunteer do? Help with special projects - Visit Hospice patients - Help patience complete
Life Reviews - Be a buddy to a child in grief. Volunteers who wish to work with patients or families must
complete fifteen additional hours of training. If you are a teen interested in volunteering for Hospice,
please call.
Contact: Pam Shanklin, Volunteer Coordinator, at (304)264-0406 or 1(800)345-6538.
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Jeffferson County Health Department
Emergency mass vaccination and medication dispensing clinics are needed in select locations throughout the county should a naturally
occuring outbreak or a bioterrorism event occur. A list of area medical professionals who would be willing to volunteer during a
large scale emergency is being perpared. Practicing, retired, or otherwise employed medical professionals, such as doctors, nurses,
EMT's, pharmacists, nurse assistants, dentists, veterinarians and others are encouraged to respond. In addition, public health personnel
and professionally trained medical volunteers are needed to perform key clininc support roles such as registration, data entry, language
translation, directing foot traffic, etc. If you are willing to volunteer in a public health crisis and your regular job would not require you
to be elsewhere during a natural or bioterrorism disaster, please fill out the questionaire on our web site or call:
www.jeffersoncohd.org
Contact: Health Department at (304)728-8417.
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Literacy Volunteers of the Eastern Panhandle
Tutors needed one or two hours a week to work one-on-one with adult basic literacy students and/or English as a second
language students. Tutor training is offered.
Meeting: Second Saturday of each month from 9am-4pm.
Location: Martinsburg library.
Contact: Literacy Office at (304)264-0298.
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Make-A-Wish
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern West Virginia is looking for volunteers interested in wishgranting, special
events, external fund-raising, special projects and communications. To voluntee, or if you know a child who might
qualify for a wish, call (304)292-5600 or (800)808-9474.
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Master Gardener
If you are a Master Gardener in Berkeley or Jefferson County and would like to become more involved in the program,
please call. We need volunteers for a variety of projects both on the county and state level. If you have some time
and like to help with a variety of activities, please call and let us know that you are willing to help out.
Location: Berkeley County Extension Office.
Contact: Mary Beth (304)264-1936.
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Meals On Wheels
Deliver a meal - can you find the time to volunteer a few hours each month to deliver a meal to your elderly,
convolescing and shut-in neighbors. Drivers are needed for a new route due to an increase in clients receiving
a hot lunch. Our program is growing and there is a need to shorten some of the routes so that clients will
receive their lunches in a timely fashion and opur volunteer drivers will not have such a heavy delivery schedule.
Please call for information. Help make a difference to our home bound neighbors by providing citizens the opportunity
to remain in their own homes. Meals On Wheels is a member of the Berkeley County United Way.
Contact: (304)263-6622.
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PASS of Berkeley County
Seeking volunteers willing to meet with a student for 30 minutes a week at school. PASS, "Providing Academic and Self-Esteem
Support," is a program sponsered by Berkeley County Schools in an effort to lower the dropout rate by involving the community
and parents with students of every grade level. A training course is offered to interest volunteers.
Meeting: Every Thursday at 9:30-11:30am.
Location: Eagle Elementary School.
Contact: call your school and ask for the PASS School Coordinator.
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The Volunteer Center
Residence seeking volunteer opportunities and information available for Berkeley, Jeffferson and Morgan counties.
Local volunteer of the month huighlight on their web site www.jcunitedway.org/volunteer . Upcoming training and
organizations wishing to submit their volunteer requirements .
Contact: Trina Bartlett (304)723-8972.
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To add your volunteer needs to the list.
Write to: Support, 455 Camelot Blvd, Falling Waters, WV.
Call and leave a message: (304)274-0534.
E-mail to: contact@wvdirect.com
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