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| Name of Organization: | Retired Employees Are Dedicated Individuals (READI) |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Volunteer to assist non-profit organizations with fund raising and civic projects. There about 200 READI member volunteers. |
| What activiities are you involved with? | Activities range from assisting at the Ironman, bundling diapers at Babies and Beyond, Brat Fest, golf tournaments, packaging food at the Second harvest Food Bank |
| How often do you volunteer? | Volunteers contribute time whenever they have an opportunity. You can sign up for ongoing events or one time activities. |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | 10 years |
| Are there any special skills needed? | Just a willingness to help out! |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Continual volunteer needs for ongoing activities or one time events. |
| Who to contact for more information? | READI, at the Dane County United Way |
| Volunteer Name: | Jeff Barkley: Jeff Barkley |
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| Name of Organization: | Rock River Coalition |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | To educate and bring together people of diverse interests to protect and improve the economic, environmental, cultural, and recreational resources of the Rock River Basin in Wisconsin |
| What activiities are you involved with? | I serve on the organization's Board of Directors. The Coalition's main focus is citizen stream monitoring. |
| How often do you volunteer? | 10 hours per month |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | 3 years |
| Are there any special skills needed? | Only enthusiasm to improve the health of our waters. |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Stream monitors are always needed. The Board is seeking additional members. |
| Who to contact for more information? | Citizen Stream Monitoring Coordinator:
Becca Dymzarov becca@rockrivercoalition.org For Membership: Eric Compas compase@uww.edu |
| Volunteer Name: | Bob Hansis Bob Hansis |
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| Name of Organization: | Madison School Community Recreation (MSCR) |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | The Madison public school board has a youth and adult recreation component called MSCR which operates the soccer and softball programs and owns 3 pontoon boats. The pontoon boats provide an opportunity for everyone to get out on the Madison chain of lakes. We have boarding ramps that accommodate motorized wheelchairs. |
| What activiities are you involved with? | I am a pontoon boat captain and take people on a 1.5 or 3 hour trip. Each trip also has a first mate which is a good job to start with if you don't feel ready to drive. |
| How often do you volunteer? | I drive every Tuesday from June through September for two drop in trips. These 1.5 hour trips leave at 5:30 and 7:15 and are open to anyone for a $6 fee. There are many types of trips and the boats go out morning, afternoon and evening everyday weather permitting. The boat dock is on the Yahara River just downstream from the locks. |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | I have been driving for 18 years on various shifts but my current shift is Tuesday evenings. It is a challenging job and you will meet lots of interesting people. |
| Are there any special skills needed? | It takes some skill to navigate the 15 passenger pontoon boats on the Yahara River and through the locks. You will have an opportunity for plenty of training from experienced captains. The basic boating safety course from DNR is part of the training. |
| Are volunteers needed now? | MSCR is currently recruiting new drivers for the 2017 boating season. |
| Who to contact for more information? | Chad Thom office: 608-204-3020 email: cthom@madison.k12.wi.us website: www.mscr.org |
| Volunteer Name: | Jerry Rodenberg email: Jerry Rodenberg |
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| Name of Organization: | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Parks |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Provide the best outdoors experience in Wisconsin! |
| What activiities are you involved with? | Wisconsin State Park System wisarcvolunteer opportunities.
If you like to spend time in the outdoors, interacting with other park visitors, and you care about protecting our natural resources - then Wisconsin State Parks needs you! |
| How often do you volunteer? | See the current listing for 2016 season openings for the following positions at: WDNR Parks wisarcvolunteer * Campground host * Naturalist * Nature Center Host * Special Projects wisarcvolunteer * Adopt-a-Trail |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | We have wisarcvolunteering opportunities all year long. |
| Are there any special skills needed? | Staff will train wisarcvolunteers. |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Yes. |
| Who to contact for more information? | Janet Hutchens Friends & wisarcvolunteer Coordinator Wisconsin State Park System Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster St., Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921 Phone: (608) 261-8453 email: Janet.Hutchens@wisconsin.gov |
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| Name of Organization: | Meals On Wheels - Home Health United |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Meals On Wheels has been serving Dane County’s neighbors in need for more than 40 years helping seniors to stay safe and independent in their own homes by delivering hot, nutritious, noontime meals. |
| What activiities are you involved with? | Meals are delivered 365 days a year. |
| How often do you volunteer? | 1 day a week, 4 hours |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | 2 years |
| Are there any special skills needed? | Drivers license |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Yes. |
| Who to contact for more information? | Breanna Imse, wisarcvolunteer Service Coordinator office: 608-276-7598 email: bimse@hhuvns.orgbimse@hhuvns.org website: www.homehealthunited.org/meals-on-wheels |
| Volunteer Name: | Paul Didier email: Paul Didier |
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| Name of Organization: | Friends of Pope Farm Conservancy (in Middleton) |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Restoration and educational interpretation at a 105 acre Town of Middleton conservancy with 5 restored prairie and 1 oak savanna. |
| What activiities are you involved with? | I am on the Board of Directors. Co-Chair the Prairie Restoration Committee, and serve as Grant Officer and government liaison. Many opportunities to meet people, share what I know about natural environments, conduct tours, and work with school groups. Nature photography, writing articles, and restoring prairies occupy the summer. |
| How often do you volunteer? | Usually 4 hours per week. More in the summer when I can work in the prairies. |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | Two years |
| Are there any special skills needed? | A willingness to meet good people, share what you know, and have a good time doing it! |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Yes! |
| Who to contact for more information? | website: www.popefarmconservancy.org |
| Volunteer Name: | Dennis Schenborn email: Dennis Schenborn |
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| Name of Organization: | Olbrich Botanical Gardens |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Display gardens open to the public free of charge |
| What activiities are you involved with? | I work as a wisarcvolunteer gardener in Olbrich's Perennial Garden. This involves planting, weeding, mulching, watering, dividing, removing plants, and pretty much whatever our Horticulturist needs done. |
| How often do you volunteer? | Once weekly for 3 hours from April through October. You can wisarcvolunteer in the Bolz Conservatory which is a comfy 76 degrees (Fahrenheit, of course :-) this time of year. |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | Since 2004 |
| Are there any special skills needed? | Some work requires special skills, but training would certainly be provided. |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Olbrich usually can use more wisarcvolunteers. They have a wide variety of wisarcvolunteer positions |
| Who to contact for more information? | Marty Petillo, wisarcvolunteer Coordinator office: 608-246-5807 email: mpetillo@cityofmadison.com website: www.olbrich.org |
| Volunteer Name: | Bob Roden email: Bob Roden |
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| Name of Organization: | Dogs On Call - a local organization Pet Partners - national organization that sets p |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Training, testing, and public outreach for handlers and their therapy animal. DOC matches therapy animal teams with southern Wisconsin assisted living facilities, schools, libraries, college dorms and hospitals to provide social visits. We give presentations for children's programs on dog bite prevention. |
| What activiities are you involved with? | With my registered therapy dog, we visit UW dorms during finals week, are involved in many of the dog bite prevention presentations, and visit with residents at Wynwood Assisted Living in Madison. Some of the handlers have further training so that their dogs are Reading Assistance Dogs, and some qualify to visit in psychiatric units at hospitals. |
| How often do you volunteer? | 1-2 times/month |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | About 16 years |
| Are there any special skills needed? | Handler must take a one day course, and the animal has to undergo an evaluation every 2 years. Some facilities (Meriter Hospital for example) may have their own orientation for wisarcvolunteers. There is a one time fee for taking the course and a registration fee every 2 years. |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Yes. |
| Who to contact for more information? | If you don't have Internet access, contact Barb for a phone number and schedule of upcoming classes. website: www.dogsoncall.org |
| Volunteer Name: | Barbara Wolf email: Barbara Wolf |
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| Name of Organization: | AGRACE Hospice. Locations in Fitchburg, Janesville and Baraboo |
| What is the purpose of your organization: | Providing palliative care during end of life. |
| What activiities are you involved with? | There are wisarcvolunteer positions including just about all areas of the operation: visiting with patients, gardening, delivering mail inside the building, receptionist, kitchen, office work, data entry, etc, etc. If you have an interest, they will find something you are interested in doing. I wisarcvolunteer in the kitchen doing prep work for the chefs. |
| How often do you volunteer? | 4 hours, once a week. Some people wisarcvolunteer 3-4 days a week. Whatever fits your schedule and AGRACE. |
| How long have you volunteered at this organization? | One and a half years. |
| Are there any special skills needed? | No. They will train you in the ways of AGRACE for the particular wisarcvolunteer interest you have. |
| Are volunteers needed now? | Yes. They need folks in just about every area of their operation! |
| Who to contact for more information? | Mandy Ford, wisarcvolunteer Coordinator. office: 608-327-7163 email: wisarcvolunteer@agrace.org phone: (608) 327 7298 website: www.agrace.org |
| Volunteer Name: | Rick Wojciak email: Rick Wojciak |
