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CAMP JOHN MARC Ryan Douglas Assistant Director 2824 Swiss Ave. Dallas, TX 75204 P: (214) 360-0056 F: (214) 368-2003 Description: Camp John Marc is a year round camp specially designed to serve campers who have a chronic illness or physical disability. It works to provide over 1,200 campers with a high quality week at camp. Camp John Marc is located in Meridian, Texas 85 miles SW of Dallas at the top of the beautiful Texas hill country. Volunteers Needed: May 26 - June 1: Kidney Disease June 2-8: Burn Survivors June 9-15: Spina Bifida* June 16-21: Muscular Dystrophy June 23-29: Heart Disease June 30 - July 6: Cancer July 7-13: Sickle Cell Anemia* July 14-20: Hemophilia July 21-27: Cancer July 28 - August 3: Juvenile Arthritis August 4-10: Severe Asthma *
Stop by the Volunteer office, Union 249, for a Volunteer Camp Counselor application packet or for more information.
DALE ROGERS TRAINING CENTER, INC. 946-4489 2501 N. Utah OKC, OK 73107 Description: A non-profit training and employment center for people with disabilities. Volunteers Needed: Help plant flowers, power washing, painting, general cleaning, paper shredding, other grounds and building tasks, and data entry.
HEAD START Norman Office 292-6440 Jonnina Benson 1333 W. Main Moore Office 912-9993 Angelicia Nizza 2026 N. Broadway Description: Serves disadvantaged and handicapped children age’s birth to five by providing education, medical and dental treatment, nutritional and social services. Volunteers Needed: Help teacher supervise children, assist children with reading, arts & crafts and other activities, food handler’s permit required.
J.D. MCCARTY CENTER 573-5338 Sarah Michner smichner@jdmc.org 2002 E. Robinson St. Norman, Ok 73071 Description: Provides physical, occupational, speech and language therapy to children with developmental disabilities. Volunteers Needed: We offer volunteer opportunities in the Kitchen, Warehouse, Maintenance, Groudskeeping, Nursing, Therapy, Administration, and Recreation departments. Individuals and groups are welcome. Please call or email for more information.
MEALS ON WHEELS 321-7272 Lynn Haynes 1173 E. Main Norman, OK 73071 Description: Offers nutritious, hot meals to the ill, elderly, and disabled, along with a friendly visit. Volunteers Needed: Deliver or be on call to deliver noontime meals, answer phones and perform other clerical work in the office. Help with special events.
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION (MDA) (918) 744-7021 Jane Miller (405) 722-8005 5601 NW 72nd, Ste 124 Oklahoma City, OK 73132 Description: MDA camp counselors needed. They need volunteers to be camp counselors for the MDA summer camp for youngsters with muscular dystrophy. This is a wonderful opportunity to give a week of your time - and make a difference of a lifetime. Donations are also welcome. Volunteers Needed: June 9-15 and/or June 23-29 in Guthrie, Oklahoma
OK-AIM TARC-Volunteers needed across the state! Description: TARC is a network of programs advocating for the rights of citizens with developmental disabilities. The agency works to ensure a high quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families through education, empowerment, support and advocacy. Volunteers Needed: Volunteers are needed in the OK-AIM (Oklahoma Advocates Involved in Monitoring) program to visit homes where people with developmental disabilities live to observe the quality of life inside the residence, then report those findings to the state. During a home visit, a team of two volunteer monitors will evaluate four distinct criteria: Regard for the Individual, Personal Growth, Staff, and Physical Setting. The observations made by volunteer monitors are turned in to OK-AIM staff, who in turn share the findings with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Developmental Disabilities Services Division’s (OKDHS/DDSD) quality assurance office. Provider agencies for the residence are notified by the DDSD’s quality assurance office of any areas needing improvement. Volunteers receive written responses after a visit, so they know when unsatisfactory items they may have reported are corrected, improved or changed. Volunteers receive mileage reimbursement.
OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR THE DISABLED 842-6636 Georgia Devening 8421 N. Walker OKC, OK 73114 Description: Provides social and recreational activities for people with disabilities. This includes bowling, dancing, crafts, shopping, and visiting. Volunteers Needed: Participate with the members. Help with yard work and light maintenance around the facility. Every Thursday is “Party Night” with 100-125 members, a great way to interact with the members. Help is needed in serving dinner, assisting members with their plates, etc. From 6:30 till 9:30pm. Day Care program is Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENCE 321-3203 Rick Lewis 121 N. Porter Ave. Norman, OK 73071 Description: A consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, nonresidential, private, non-profit agency designed and operated by individuals with disabilities to provide an array of independent living services. Volunteers Needed: Clerical assistance in organizing advocacy activities. Maintain current information on our website.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS 1-800-722-9004 Cathi Morris 366-5932 Curtis Boyer 6835 S. Canton Ave. Tulsa, OK 74136 Description: Provides training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for mentally disabled people throughout the year. Call for a schedule of events. Volunteers Needed: Help keep score; hand out award ribbons; referee; help participants prepare; and provide support to participants.
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF OKLAHOMA, INC. 701-2095 Michelle Jackson 1167 E. Main, Box 2 Norman, OK 73071 Description: Provides programs and services to advance the independence of people with cerebral palsy and other severe disabilities. Volunteers Needed: Be a gift wrapper at a mall between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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