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Agency: Borderbelt AIDS Resources Team (BART)
Purpose of Organization: HIV/AIDS Case Management
Address: P.O. Box 945, Lumberton, NC 28359
Phone: 910-739-6167
Web Address:
Contact: Vincent Clark
E-mail: border_belt@yahoo.com
Services Needed: Volunteers for fundraising and community education.

Agency: Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
Purpose of Organization: To mobilize effective collaborative community response to child abuse.
Address: P.O. Box 488, Fayetteville, NC 28302-0488
Phone: 910-486-9700
Web Address: childadvocacycenter.com
Contact: Jackie Davis
E-mail: childadvocacy@earthlink.net
Services Needed: Clerical; fundraising; monitoring children; marketing. Contact the Child Advocacy Center to request a volunteer application.

Agency: Contact of Fayetteville, Inc.
Purpose of Organization: To provide a telephone help center staffed by volunteers who respond confidentially and without judgement to human need 24 hours a day.
Address: 509 Person Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: 910-485-4134
Web Address: www.contactoffayetteville.org
Contact: Danette Barowsky
E-mail: danettebarowsky@nc.rr.com
Services Needed: Board of Directors, telephone workers, committee members (fundraising, publicity, volunteer), trainers to train the telephone workers, support workers (back up professionals).

Agency: The Fayetteville Dogwood Festival
Purpose of Organization: Plans and implements annual Spring festival the 4th weekend in April and other fundraising events throughout the year.
Address: 301 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: 910-323-1934
Web Address: www.fayettevilledogwoodfestival.com
Contact: Sharon Caughey, Executive Director
E-mail: dogwoodfestival@aol.com
Services Needed: Volunteers are needed during the festival and the October fundraiser as well as during the rest of the year to help with administrative duties.

Agency: The Haven- Friends For Life
Purpose of Organization: Animal Rescue & Shelter
Address: 400 Fulford McMillan Road, Raeford, North Carolina
Phone: 919-499-0700
Web Address:
Contact: Virginia Rahn or Pat Newton
E-mail: varay2@alltel.net or patnewton@alltel.net
Services Needed: Volunteers are needed for fundraising, fostering animals, grant writing, working in the adoption center, carpentry, painting, repairs, landscaping and gardening.

Agency: HIS Image Mission & Outreach
Purpose of Organization: Reaching out to the community to meet the needs of children and adults.
Address: 3634 Fayetteville Road, Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone: 910-618-7586
Web Address:
Contact: Lashunde Coleman or Mary Davis
E-Mail: hisimage@yahoo.com
Services Needed: Volunteers to read to nursing home residents. Volunteers to assist with feeding programs. Need volunteers for food, toy and clothing drives.

Agency: Home Health Services of Cumberland County
Purpose of Organization: To ensure the provision of quality volunteer service in compliance with state and federal regulation.
Address: 235 N McPherson Church Road, Suite 210, Fayetteville, NC 28303
Phone: 910-860-7178
Web Address: homecareplus.com
Contact: Mary Ann Harris
E-mail: EMcLambhhscc@aol.com
Services Needed: Patient care volunteer, fundraiser volunteers and special event volunteers.

Agency: Horizon Point Child Advocacy Center
Purpose of Organization: Horizon Point coordinates, supports and participates in a multidisciplinary response to child abuse victims and their famililies in a child-friendly environment that promotes healing for the child and family.
Address: 400 Liberty Hill Rd., Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone: 910-738-8060 ext. 324
Web Address: www.horizonpoint.org
Contact: Kendra Manning
E-mail: kmanninghorizonpoint@yahoo.com
Services Needed: Volunteers needed for administration (support services, business office), fundraising, sitting with children while they await services, assisting victim advocates, etc

Agency: Robeson County Church & Community Center
Purpose of Organization: The RCCC works to reach out to meet their neighbor's needs. The RCCC seeks to involve people across cultural, racial, class, and denominational barriers in partnerships with each other to address social needs and to move towards a solution.
Address: 210 E. 15th St., Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone: 910-738-5204
Web Address: www.ncumc.org/robesoncounty
Contact: Jamie Teague
E-mail: rccccliteracy@carolina.net
Services Needed: Volunteer tutors, retail volunteers at home store, volunteers to help with housing repairs, help distribute food, donations, etc.

Agency: Robeson County Memory Walk
Purpose of Organization: The Memory Walk raises funds for educational services for people with Alzheimer's Disease, their families and caregivers, local support groups, and research.
Address: 1150 Pine Run Dr., Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone: 910-671-5703
Web Address:
Contact: Mary Scott
E-mail: scott03@srmc.org
Services Needed: Volunteers and teams needed to raise funds and help set up on the day of the walk.

Agency: Rockingham District Native American Cooperative Ministry of the United Methodist Church (RDNACM)
Purpose of Organization: To help the Native American United Methodist Churches (14) in Robeson, Sampson, Cumberland, and Orange Counties. Church growth, leadership development, mission coordination, outreach.
Address: P.O. Box 1059, Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910-522-0670
Web Address:
Contact: Rev. Sylvia Collins or Gary Locklear or Louisa Locklear
E-mail: rdnacm@bellsouth.net
Services Needed: Computer skills, Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Publisher, Access), Building databases, webpages, grant writing and formatting, newsletter publication, communicating with local church leadership. Pianist on Sundays. Assist children and youth workers. Help with Mission Projects.

Agency: Southeastern Family Violence Center
Purpose of Organization: To shelter, advocate, and empower victims of domestic violence to educate and break the cycle of violence.
Address: P.O. box 642, Lumberton, NC 28359
Phone: 910-739-8622
Web Address:
Contact: Becky Thompson, Volunteer Coordinator
E-mail: rsthomps@mindspring.com
Services Needed: Hotline volunteer, court advocate volunteer, shelter relief volunteer, childcare volunteer, office/clerical, fundraising volunteer, candlelight vigil, handout information.

Agency: Special Olympics of Robeson County
Purpose of Organization: Sports program for mentally handicapped children and adults.
Address: P.O. Box 707, Rowland, NC 28383
Phone: 910-671-8990
Web Address:
Contact: Betty Bridgers, Coordinator
E-mail:
Services Needed: Assist with fundraising; help publish a quarterly newsletter; help recruit volunteers for local basketball tournament at UNCP; other areas as needed if intern/volunteer has a flexible schedule.

 

 

 

Updated: Friday, January 7, 2011

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