Volunteers Needed for MoDOT's 'No MOre Trash! Bash' Saturday

Join the Missouri Department of Transportation, community leaders and other volunteers to help pick up litter on Missouri roads.

Help make the St. Louis area a little cleaner this weekend. Join the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), community leaders and other volunteers for the department's annual "No MOre Trash! Bash" on April 6. MoDOT will supply participants with trash bags, safety vests, litter pickers and gloves and will guide volunteers along the routes while picking up litter. The goal of the event is to spread awareness of Missouri's litter problem and work toward a litter-free state. If you're interested in participating, you can meet at one of the following trash bash locations at 9 a.m. on Saturday: The event kicks off a month-long initiative, sponsored by the Missouri Departments of Transportation and Conservation to clean up Missouri, …

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St. Louis Area Special Olympics Needs Volunteers This Month

Special Olympics Missouri Special Olympics needs volunteers for its basketball tournament Jan. 26. Can you help?

Volunteer Tax Preparers Needed in St. Charles, St. Louis and Jefferson Counties

Volunteers help prepare basic tax returns for low income and people with disabilities from February through April.

Volunteers from St. Louis and surrounding counties are sought to provide free tax counseling and basic income tax return preparation through the Gateway EITC Community Coalition and AARP. Volunteers must have basic computer skills to complete the e-learning course. Volunteers will provide individual tax returns for low to moderate income and disabled taxpayers for as few as four hours a week from February to April.  To volunteer in St. Louis City or County, contact John Arenberg at 314-329-7973 or at aarptax@gmail.com.  To volunteer in St. St. Charles, Jefferson or Franklin Counties, contact Russ Signorino at 314-539-4062 or at russ_signorino@yahoo.com. 

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Help 500 Area Families with St. Louis Crisis Nursery's Holiday Hearts Program

As part of the program children in need create a wish list and people can sponsor children for Christmas.

St. Louis Crisis Nursery has been in the Greater St. Louis Area 26 years. The organization, is an independent, not-for-profit agency funded by donations and committed to preventing child abuse and neglect by providing short-term, emergency shelter for children, birth through age 12, whose families are faced with emergencies or who are in crisis. Is looking for community members to help out a child this year via it's Holiday Hearts program. As of Dec. 6, only 35 families out of 500 still need to be adopted for the holidays, according to the Crisis Nursery twitter feed. As part of the program children in need create a wish list and people can sponsor children for Christmas. "Our goal is to not have any children wake up on Christmas and think…

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Volunteers Needed to Sort Donations

Round up of volunteer opportunities in December.

GED Classroom Volunteers Needed GED classroom volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic reading, writing, and math. Classes are held at St. Charles Community College as well as seven off-campus locations. One is sure to be close to your home. Volunteers must have a high school diploma and be at least 18 years old, positive, friendly, and patient. Training is provided and no previous experience is necessary. To learn more or to volunteer, contact Jeanette Boria at jboria@stchas.edu or call 636-922-8504. Holiday fun at Crisis Nursery St. Charles 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2012 Volunteers will interact and play games with children residing in the nursery and help the agency make holiday decorations. Sign up here.  Sort holiday…

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Help A Patch Editor Raise Money for the St. Louis Crisis Nursery

Affton-Shrewsbury Patch editor Lindsay Toler will be working as a "celebrity waiter" at Canyon Cafe for the annual fundraiser.

When I volunteer at the St. Louis Crisis Nursery, I'm always surprised by how much the children seem to need me. Here I am, a total stranger, but they still push past each other for the chance to be held, rocked, sung to, cuddled until they fall asleep. Volunteering for the Nursery is easy, in a way. It's like babysitting, but the social workers do the actual hard work (like disciplining, making dinner, etc.) All I have to do is play, hug and smile at little ones who seem desperate for positive attention. I'm telling you this because you have a fun opprotunity to help me help the Nursery this month!  I'll be working as a "celebrity waitress" for the Nursery's Celebrity Waitresses' & Waiters' Night, an annual fundraiser. Don't worry, I won'…

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