Mentor/Companion/Friend (one-on-one time spent with a person served
by the ARC)
- Visits (at times and places mutually agreed upon)
- Birthday Card, Christmas Card, and/or Gifts for special occasions
- Take on community outings/activities (i.e. movies, restaurants, etc.)
- Include the person in your family activities
- Tutor in areas such as reading, handling money, health care, etc.
- Open to other ways you can develop a friendship
Special Olympics
- Help coordinate and plan the ARC’s Special Olympics program
- Volunteer to help with sports training in a variety of sports (training is usually once a week during the season of any given sport)
- Coach (Training required by Special Olympics Georgia)
- Chaperone for weekend Special Olympic Games (Competition Games are held in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter)
Thrift Store
- Need men with trucks to pickup donated items
- Work at the Thrift Store location on Mondays, 9:30 – 2:30 (any hours of your convenience) to sort, price, and display donated items
- Need men or strong ladies to help move “heavy stuff,” like furniture, around on Mondays
- Work at the monthly sale (first Friday of every month) to help customers load items into their cars, help with checkout, or miscellaneous tasks as needed.
Camp Volunteer/Chaperone (Monday-Friday residential camp usually held in August)
- Cabin counselor to approximately 5 adults. Please download the volunteer information sheet (Microsoft Word format) for more information.
- Donate needed items (i.e. OTC medications and supplies, sodas, snacks)
- Donate or help locate items that can be used as game prizes (key chains, pens/pencils, tee-shirts, stuffed animals etc.)
- Register campers on the day we leave (name tags and check-off list)
- Registered Nurse needed to dispense medications at camp
Recreational Events (Decorate, Serve Food, Name Tags, Clean-up, etc.)
- Valentine Banquet and Dance
- Summer Fun Carnival (school-age special needs children)
- Fall Jamboree Dance (October)
- Christmas Banquet and Dance
Clerical Support at the ARC office
- Answer phones
- Filing
- Stuff envelopes
- Miscellaneous
If you don’t see anything that
appeals to you, give us a call.
We are sure we can find just the right volunteer job for you.
