Boys & Girls Clubs seek volunteers
Are you thinking about giving back this holiday season? How about donating your time reading with youth or creating an artwork? Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota has a variety of volunteer opportunities available.
If you like working with teens, preschool kids, or elementary-aged youth, they have a spot for you! Apply today! Visit www.bgcmn.org/volunteer and help build great futures.
Catholic Charities needs help with senior dining, meals on wheels
Catholic Charities offers senior dining and Meals on Wheels services at more than 40 locations across the Diocese of St. Cloud.
Volunteers are needed to: deliver Meals on Wheels, prepare food in kitchens, set up dining sites for meals, serve meals, clean up after meals and various tasks.
Not all opportunities are available at all locations. Visit their website or call 320-229-4584 to learn more about volunteering.
Change a child’s life in Central Minnesota
Big Brothers Big Sisters has been serving Central Minnesota since 1969 and is an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Its mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth, and their vision is to help all youth achieve their full potential.
Mentors in the Community-Based Program provide friendship, support and hope to young people with whom they are matched. This is a one-on-one volunteer opportunity to provide friendship and guidance to a child in Central Minnesota.
The volunteer Bigs meet with their Little two to three times a month for at least 12 months. Matches can go to the movies, go fishing, do arts and crafts, read together – whatever they enjoy doing.
BBBS staff also plan two to three activities per month that matches can attend on top of their outings in the community. Contact 320-253-1616 or tasha@bigdefenders.org to learn more!
Donate blood
The American Red Cross needs eligible and healthy blood donors today! Patients are counting on lifesaving blood. If you’re healthy, please schedule an appointment to give in the days ahead. You are strongly urged to make an appointment to provide lifesaving blood products to patients. Visit www.redcrossblood.org to make your appointment today.
Suicide prevention offers text messaging helpline
The National Alliance on Mental Illness recently launched a nationwide SMS/text message support option. Young people experiencing a crisis prefer texting. 62640 connects to the NAMI Helpline and is available to all. Text “HELPLINE” TO 62640 for mental health support between 9 a.m.–9 p.m. CST Monday-Friday. This free, peer-support service provides information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health condition, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers and the public.
