Union County Victim Services

Sociology Majors! Volunteer to be part of the Victim Assistance Program located in the Union County District Attorney’s office. Provide information to victims regarding case status, perform exit questionnaires, help organize the Victim Impact Panel and many other exciting tasks! Long Term Volunteers Welcome!

Requirements/Skills Necessary?ABILITY TO KEEP INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL, good listening skills, and ability to be non-judgmental.

Stephanie Miller
Union County Victim Services
smiller@union-county.org
541.963.1007 extension 4

Campus Compact Americorps Position

Telephone Number: 962-3592
Address: One Unversity Blvd., La Grande
Supervisor Name: John McKinnon
Email: jmckinno@eou.edu
Position description: The Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) seeks an Americorps member dedicated to public programming, outreach, and research in the humanities. Through the Cornerstone Program Eastern Oregon University, the Americaorps Campus Compact staff specialist will undertake activities designed to connect OCH’s work to Eastern Oregon University and the surrounding communities. Key objectives of the position include helping OCH to coordinate program and outreach efforts in the region, and assisting community organizations to take advantage of OCH programs and resources. A complete position description can be found at http://www3.eou.edu/corner/Forms/Americorps.html.

Union County Commission on Children and Families

Telephone Number: 963-1034
Address: 1108 K Avenue, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Vicky Brogoitti, Tressa Seydel
Email: vicky@union-county.org
Position description: Volunteer as a board member, meet monthly. Volunteer for a research project, topics: early childhood development, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, childhood obesity, rural healthcare, homelessness, poverty, etc., Also, volunteers needed to raise local donations and assist with acquiring grants.
Requirements/Skills Necessary? Volunteer your technical expertise and/or website development.

Native American Adolescent Mentoring Program

Telephone Number: 962-3741
Address: Inlow Hall, EOU, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Melissa Joseph
Email: mjoseph@eou.edu
Position description: Mentoring at risk native American youth.
Requirements/Skills Necessary? Mentor training (provided).

Union County Museum Society

Telephone Number: 562-5873 (541)
Address: POB 190, Union, Or, 97883
Supervisor Name: Val Stockoff
Email: vjstockho@eou.edu
Position description: Fall term - leather items, cleaned/preserved; relocation of log cabin from Catherine Creek to Museum, signage/labeling - several stages could be worked on. Spring term - Little White Church (depending on grant approval) needs tiling on walls removed and sheet rock installed, carpeting removed, moving items stored in building, data entry - using museum specific software to catelog artifacts, storage shuffling and organization, signage/labeling, education outreach - ideas and implementation of demonstrations for 2006 visitor season.
Requirements/Skills Necessary? Willingness to work. We usually FEED VOLUNTEERS WELL on work days :) !

OREGON RURAL ACTION

Oregon Rural Action (www.oraction.org) is a nonprofit committed to a healthy, democratic, and just society with membership chapters in Union, Wallowa, Malheur, and Baker counties. Organizers have initiated an effort to bring together businesses, residents, and community leaders to strengthen community self-reliance through the promotion of local entrepreneurship and the purchase of local products. A research assistant is needed to support the development of this broad-based effort.

Telephone Number: 975-2411
Address: POB 1231, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Jane Sabin-Davis, Colin Mathewson
Email: colin@oraction.org
Position description: Job title: Research Assistant

Primary responsibilities:

1. Research
   Collect background data on the local economy, which will be essential in the development of educational materials and in assessing the success of the effort.
   Administer a local resident survey to gather insight on buying habits and knowledge of locally produced goods.
2. Strategy development
   Collaborate with Oregon Rural Action organizers and community leaders to develop effective outreach strategies, using collected background research, to accomplish project goals.
3. Administrative support
   Contribute to the content of Oregon Rural Action’s website and newsletter.Assist with report writing and provide general administrative support to staff.

Requirements/Skills Necessary? Availability for part time work. Will pay volunteers who have work study.

MT. EMILY Safe Center (for children)

Telephone Number: 963-0602
Address: 2107 Third Street, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Sandra Leavitt
Email: sleavitt@uci.net
Position description: Writing a newslatter, yard care, mailing list, creating and presenting presentations to public in child abuse, putting together parent packets.

Grande Ronde Retirement Residence

Telephone Number: 963-4700

Address: 1809 Gekeler Ln., La Grande
Supervisor Name: Chris Gray, Jessie Maxon
Position description: Social Sciences, History Majors!!! We are looking at doing a living hisotry documentation with our residents. Also, any volunteers to visit with the residents would be great.
Requirements/Skills Necessary? People skills, patience, love of elderly!!

Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board

Telephone Number: 663-8683
Address: POB 934, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Maxine Hines
Email: maxsprite@hotmail.com
Position description: An interest in environmental issues at Hanford, Tri-cities, geology, chemistry, physics, water quality, grass lands, political, historical. Hoping to find students for long term 1-3 years. Interested to go to meetings, look at research with a fresh open-mind, review decision making at Hanford. Possible tie-ins to fish, grassland, budget, desire to explore. Requirements/Skills Necessary? Concern, interest, desire to explore job possibilities. I will help with transportation to meetings, get info., network & liaison.

CHD - Center for Human Development

Telephone Number: 962-8800
Address: 1100 K Avenue, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Kyle Daly
Email: kdaley@chdinc.org
Position description: Volunteers to work with mental health clients with a wide range of needs. Examples include: "lunch buddies," leading art/exercise classes, tutoring or simply sharing a conversation, bowling, etc. Virtually anything under the sun. We match volunteer interst with client needs. Possibility of volunteering for public health as well.
Special need: 2 men (preferred) to help with Elgin Elementary School, 1/hr/day/week to walk with clients.
Requirements/Skills Necessary? Any

Friendly Visitors Program

Telephone Number: 963-4039
Address: 1119 Washington Ave, La Grande
Supervisor Name: Danae Yurgel

Email: shoto@eoni.com

Position description:

Approximately 1 hour/week, volunteer decides best times (mornings, afternoons, evenings), and best days to bring library materials to seniors who have difficulty getting to their local library.

Requirements/Skills Necessary?

Pass criminal history check, 1 hour orientation, 1/2 hour training.

La Grande Salvation Army

Needs volunteers to help with holiday food boxes (now through December).

Please call Wanda Guida-Overton at 963-4829.