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.



AARP Tax-Aide needs volunteer greeters, facilitators, counselors and coordinators for technology, administration and communication. Call Mary Ann Daniels at 903-791-6343.



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 volunteers to visit nursing home residents. Benefits Counseling volunteers are also needed to ensure the receipt of benefits for the elderly. Call Lisa Brady at 903-832-8636 about nursing home opportunities or Vicki Kesraj at 903-832-8636 about benefits counseling.



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 and serve food to the homeless and working poor on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 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.



Darnell Brown Community Development Center needs volunteer painters, wall paper hangers, carpenters, and carpet layers for restoration and renovation of the From Bondate to Freedom Recovery Chem-Free House. Call Darlena Brown at 903-244-0036 or darlenab54@windstream.net.



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.



Dunbar Elementary School needs volunteers to tutor for individuals or small groups, read to students or classes, assist students in the lunchroom and library, make copies for teachers, make bulletin boards or games. Call Arvis Deloney at 903-794-8112.