Community Service Opportunities: Roles and Requirements

Volunteer Opportunities Available

1. Tenerife Recycling and Resource Management Volunteer Program

• How you help: Answer questions about recycling, educate the public, and create informative materials.
• Schedule: Flexible; events mainly in late summer.
• Personal qualities: Confident speaker, adaptable, at least 18 years old, multilingual.

2. Blue House Community Center

• How you help: Organize upcycling workshops, brainstorm creative ideas, and teach others to reuse materials.
• Schedule: Afternoon sessions on Sundays and Tuesdays.
• Personal qualities: Enthusiastic, creative, willing to share skills.

3. Alice

• How you help: Read to individuals with visual impairments.
• Schedule: One afternoon per week.
• Personal qualities: Caring, compassionate, dependable.

4. NiceHelp

• How you help: Assist in charity shops, support individuals with disabilities, help at events, and provide office support.
• Schedule: Choose your own hours weekly.
• Personal qualities: Trustworthy, proactive, interested in inclusion and fairness.

5. Support.com

• How you help: Work in charity shops, organize fundraising events, and advocate for the homeless.
• Schedule: Meetings every Monday; flexible participation.
• Personal qualities: Patient, respectful, adaptable, humble.

6. Act Right Now

• How you help: Engage in street outreach, provide emergency services, and support homeless individuals.
• Schedule: Flexible; inform in advance.
• Personal qualities: Strong communicator, problem-solver, positive attitude.

7. Volunteers Needed

• How you help: Visit seniors, assist with shopping and pet care, and offer companionship.
• Schedule: Two hours per week.
• Personal qualities: Responsible, must have a valid driver's license, at least 18 years old.

8. Sadkins Senior Center Program

• How you help: Lead arts and crafts, fitness classes, and educational seminars.
• Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; dominoes club from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Personal qualities: Patient, good communicator, comfortable speaking to groups, enjoys teamwork.

9. Rights of Equality

• How you help: Support women facing gender-based violence through various roles.
• Schedule: Flexible; training required.
• Personal qualities: Motivated, strategic thinker, good communicator.

10. The Women's Safe House

• How you help: Care for children, assist in the kitchen, manage the front desk, and raise community awareness.
• Schedule: Training sessions on Saturday mornings; flexible volunteering hours.
• Personal qualities: Trustworthy, organized, responsible, good time management.