Adult Education
Adult Literacy Council Tutor: Any adult, 18 years or older with a high school diploma or GED can volunteer to help an adult student. Volunteer tutors are matched with an adult student based on interest of the tutor and their schedule. Only requires 1-2 hours each week of volunteer time. For more information, contact: Velma Jo Williams @ (931) 542-5046, adultliteracycouncil@gmail.com -or- www.clarksvilleinfo.net/adultliteracycouncil

Animal Care
 

Community Improvement
Montgomery County Habitat ReStore: Volunteers needed for the Store. CASHIERS/ OFFICE STAFF-Greet customers, answers phone calls and ring-up Customer merchandise. PRODUCT PREPARATION-Check and/ or clean incoming donations. Transfer Products from the receiving area to the ReStore or Warehouse as needed. DRIVERS-Drive the Habitat truck in the Clarksville area to pick up donated building materials and appliances. DONATION PICK UP- Assist the driver by helping to pick up donated materials and appliances. For more information, contact: Joe Davidson @ (931) 645-4242 -or- clarksvillerestore@hotmail.com

Developmentally Disabled

Elderly
 

Environment
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Anyone interested in conserving natural resources can volunteer to work part-time or full-time, evenings or weekends, and outdoors. The Earth Team is the volunteer component of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the U.S. Government's lead agency for volunteer conservation of natural resources on private lands. For more information, contact: Chandra T. Berry @ (931) 368-0252 Ext. 5 -or- chandra.berry@tn.usda.gov

Food Warehouses

Hunger and Homelessness

Tutoring/Childcare/Youth Programs
Youth Village Mentoring Program: Be a mentor! The L.I.F.T. Mentor Program was initiated by Governor Bredesen in January 2007 to find adult mentors for our society's most vulnerable youth-children in foster care. Youth Villages is looking for adults and students to become a mentor and make a difference in the lives of a foster child. You must be 21 years old, commit to spending 4-6 hours per month one-on-one with a mentee, pass a mandatory screening, and attend an initial training session. For more information, contact: David LaPell @ (615) 259-7281, david.lapell@youthvillages.org -or- pick up an application in the Student Life and Leadership office.

Operation Excel: YMCA after school program for low income at risk youth in the New Providence area. Offers youth from 1-8th grade assistance in math, reading and language arts. Looking for students that can help with both academics instruction and extracurricular activities. Next session begins in September. Application, background check, and volunteer orientation required. For more information, contact: Gary Ellis @ (931) 302-3295, gellisjr1525@aol.com -or- www.operationexcel.com

Child Learning Center on Campus: Seeking student volunteers to play and read with the children from 8:30-11 a.m. and/or 1-5 p.m. on Sept.9th, Sept. 25th, Oct. 7th, Oct. 16th, Nov.5th, and Nov. 20th. Also, seeking volunteers to help with cleanup on Sept. 27th and Nov. 1st. For more information, contact: Connie Sanders @ 221-6234 -or- sandersc@apsu.edu

G.H.O.S.T. Chaperones: Needing student volunteers to help chaperone children during G.H.O.S.T. on October 26th. For more information, contact: Steven Biter, SGA Vice President, at 221-7262 or sgavp@apsu.edu.