The Texarkana Volunteer Center offers volunteer opportunities in the community and refers prospective volunteers to appropriate agencies and volunteer groups. Potential volunteers should contact Kathey Graves at 870-773-8811.



Texarkana Animal Shelter needs volunteers for webmaster, coordinator, adoption and fundraising events, dog bather/groomer, dog walker, cat attendants and photographer. Contact 870-773-6388 or TASvolunteer@yahoo.com for an application.



Texarkana’s Children’s Advocacy Center needs family greeters for children brought to the center and office help. Call 870-775-1252 or e-mail at casatxk.cableone.net.



Texarkana ISD’s Partners in Education Program needs volunteer tutors, mentors, library friends and classroom speakers. Call Jo Ann Rice at 794-3651.



Texarkana Nursing Center needs patient activity volunteers. Call Suzanne or Daphne at 903-792-3812.



Texarkana VA Outpatient Clinic needs volunteers to answer telephones from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Sandra Holmes at 870-216-2242.



Wadley Regional Medical Center Auxiliary needs volunteers ages 18 and up interested in helping in surgery waiting, gift shop, information desk, emergency room, surgery waiting, cancer treatment center, quilting group, fundraising group or special projects group. Call Jean Cornelius at 903-798-7074.



Ace of Clubs House needs tour guides and gift shop attendants. Call Melissa Nesbitt at 903-793-4831.



Alzheimer’s Alliance needs people knowledgeable of Alzheimer’s Disease to answer the HelpLine evenings and weekends, and volunteers for light clerical work, fundraisers and other events. Call 903-223-8021.



American Red Cross needs trainees for disaster response, first-aid, CPR and water safety instructors. Call 903-793-5602.



Arkansas Department of Community Correction needs volunteers age 21 and older in clerical, client services, education/literacy, mentor, tutor and spiritual/faith-based. Special training and internship opportunities are also available. Contact Mona Brumbelow at 501-683-0611 or Mona.Brumbelow@arkansas.gov.



Arkansas Department of Health Hospice Program needs people to work with patients and families dealing with terminal illness or provide grief support. Call April Sellers at 870-773-2108 ext 221.



Arkansas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center needs mail deliverers and craft helpers, readers, letters writers and piano players. Call Deanna Prejean at 870-772-4427.



Ark-Tex Area Agency on Aging needs Ombudsmen to adopt nursing homes. Activities are available for groups, schools or churches. Call Lisa Brady at 903-832-8636 or 800-372-4464.



Caddo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America needs youth workers for the Texarkana area. Contact Wes Benjamin at 903-793-2179 or e-mail at wbenjamin@caddobsa.org.



CASA, Court Appoint Special Advocates, needs volunteer advocates throughout northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas to monitor child abuse cases and report to the courts. Children are not placed in the home, but visited in their foster placement. CASA provides training to prepare advocates. Call 870-775-1252, e-mail at casatxk@cableone.net or go to 422 Hickory, Texarkana, Ark.



Church of Truth of Texarkana outreach program needs a volunteer to work with clothing in the thrift shop on Wednesdays. Call Susan T. Moore at 870-774-2819.



Consumer Credit Counseling Service needs receptionists to answer phones, greet clients and perform office duties. Training is provided. Contact Angie Cunningham at 903-792-1116 or go to www.cccsnct.org.



Cornerstone Retirement Community at 4100 Moores Lane needs volunteers. Call Anna Otwell at 903-832-5515.



Crown of Glory Ministry needs volunteers to help design a webpage and brochures and pamphlets. Call Hershel Richard at 903-276-7093.



Cypress Basin Hospice, 1805 N. Jefferson, covers a 40-mile radius of the Mount Pleasant area and needs volunteers for administration, bereavement and fund raising. Call Tonye McKinney at 903-577-1510 or e-mail at t.mckinney@cbhospice.org.



Discovery Place needs school tour assistants to work on an on-call basis. Call Melissa Nesbitt at 903-793-4831.



Domestic Violence Prevention Inc. needs caring and empathetic individuals to work the hotline and at the Battered Women’s Shelter, administrative office, Resale Shop and outreach offices. Call Summer Dugan at 903-794-4000.



The Escort Program needs drivers to transport older citizens to the doctor, dentist, grocery store and other necessary errands. Call Joy at 870-773-8811.