Volunteers (both adults and teens) are needed to help people who are frail or temporarily disabled with transportation to medical appointments, in-home chores, grocery shopping, errands, respite bare, companionship and food prep.  Call Karen or Kaycie at 8424441
    
Flowers Needed  “Flowers from the Heart,” a project of Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, needs donations of freshly cut flowers, spring through summer.  With your donations, IVC volunteers will assemble and wrap bouquets, adorn each with a personal card and deliver them to homebound and nursing home residents.  Please bring  your flowers any weekday, Mondays through Thursdays, by 12 noon to the Eagle Harbor Congregational Church on Winslow Way at Madison Ave.  Buckets are provided on the front steps.  Your donation will brighten the day of someone who might otherwise never receive such a beautiful bouquet.  For more info, call IVC at 842-4441

Donations  There are many ways to donate to support IVC’s efforts to help persons of all ages and persuasions maintain dignity and quality of life.  These include donations in memory of a loved one or for special occasions, birthdays or anniversaries;  planned giving that creates a link between us and those who come after us, passing down the values we believe in; and other individual donations.  For more information, visit IVC’s website, www.ivcbainbridge.org.  

** Volunteer to help people served by Helpline House by:

• working a few hours per week for the Clothing Connection or the Food Bank;

• helping with special projects or occasional jobs – like filling holiday baskets; outfitting backpacks for school, making birthdays special for kids, or helping  unload food from major food drives.

• staffing the Helpline desk to meet and help new and interesting people in person and on the phone.

For more information about these and other opportunities to help, visit www.helplinehouse.org. and click on “volunteers opportunities,” or email volunteer@heplinehouse.org, or telephone a Helpline House Volunteer
Coordinator at 842-7621

Donations
** Helpline House always needs

• Food for the Food Bank
• Season-appropriate clothing and small household items for the Clothing Connection;
• Winter holiday gifts
• Back to school supplies and backpacks.

Donated items can be brought between 9 a.m. and 5.p.m. Monday through Friday, to e at 282 Knechtel Way between Erickson and Madison Ave. Items should not be dropped off outside these hours.

** Helpline House appreciates financial gifts to support its many social services.  Donors can give through checks mailed to Helpline House, 282 Knechtel Way. Bainbridge Island WA 98110; by telephoning Helpline’s business office at 206-842-7624 to donate by credit card, and in other ways.  For more information visit www.helplinehouse.org and click on “Contributions.”

Bainbridge Island Teen Center
Share time with teens as a chaperone for activities or trips, demonstrate a craft of skill, or participate in the supervision of daily activities. Contact Teen Center Director Shannon Buxton at 842-2306 ext. 25 or shannon@biparks.org

   
Bainbridge Youth Services
Jobs for Teens:  BYS needs community members, both homeowners and businesses, willing to hire a teen on a long or short term basis.  Contact jobs@bainbridgeyouthservices.org, or BYS’ Jobs Coordinator, 842-9675.
Other needs:  

• volunteers and sponsors to provide support for the Fourth of July Fun Run, which raises funds to support BYS’ counseling and other services to youth
• donations of office supplies such as paper and postage stamps.

For more information visit BYS’ website, www.bainbridgeyouthservices.org or contact BYS Director Lori Midthun, 842-9675 or lori@bainbridgeyouthservices.org

Boys and Girls Club