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Whatcom Volunteer Center 411 York Street Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 734-3055 Joy Keenan, Executive Director joyk@whatcomvolunteer.org www.whatcomvolunteer.org |
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Whatcom Volunteer Center has served as the "Heart and Hands" of the community for 30 years by channeling the goodwill and talent of volunteers of all ages into nearly 350 nonprofits, schools, government and healthcare organizations to meet community needs.
The Volunteer Center recruits and refers new volunteers to partner agencies and manages a database of nearly 3,000 volunteers' skills and interests. Volunteers include plumbers, teachers, students, refinery workers, bankers, bus drivers, lawyers, doctors and computer experts who range in age from 6 to 96. Agency requests for volunteers are marketed in local media, added to a list of current opportunities distributed widely in the community, and calls are made to people in the database whose skills and interests match the position to see if they can meet the need. For agencies needing to stretch limited resources, Whatcom Volunteer Center provides one-stop access to a wide pool of volunteer talent without increasing their expenses. Annually the Center helps to generate over 125,000 hours donated to make this a better community for all of us. That translates into over $2 million worth of donated human resources! In addition to being a clearinghouse linking agencies and volunteers of all ages, the Volunteer Center operates one direct service program. The Volunteer Chore Program annually helps 200 elderly and disabled people remain in their neighborhoods and independent in their homes by providing cleaning, yard work, minor repairs, errands and transportation. The Volunteer Chore Program's cost of about $450 per client helps keep them independent and happy in their own homes and is literally 100 times cheaper than the yearly cost of $45,000 in a long-term care facility. It's not only the right thing to do - it's extremely cost effective. Investment in Whatcom Volunteer Center assures that caring people can connect easily with a wide range of community needs. |
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