Historical December 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
During the winter months, when outdoor activities are somewhat limited and indoor diversions center around the television, taking some time to volunteer the skills one has can be very rewarding. Charter Hospital (formerly St. Luke’s East), 5535 Delmar, is looking for interested men and women to fill various positions in the Hospital’s volunteer program. Positions are available in the areas of patient transportation, courier, information services and more. Interviews may be scheduled by calling the volunteer office at 361-1212, Ext. 3572, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CONTACT-St. Louis has been helping deaf people make telephone calls to hearing people since 1974. New volunteers are needed for the organization’s Telecommunications Service for the Deaf.
A deaf person can communicate via teletype equipment with people who have the same kind of equipment, but most of the hearing world does not have the equipment. CONTACT volunteers serve as intermediaries, reading to the hearing person what a deaf person is typing into CONTACT, and typing back to the deaf person what a hearing person is saying in reply. More than 31,000 calls were made through CONTACT-St. Louis for deaf people in 1983, and the total for 1984 may be even higher. Being able to type is a plus, but the twofinger method is acceptable!
After training, CONTACT volunteers in the project are asked to serve 8 hours a month at convenient times. Call 725-5719 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for more information. TAXES—an unwelcome word as April 15 begins to appear before us. VITA, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is a fifteen year old service designed to offer free tax help to people who cannot afford professional assistance. Volunteers assist taxpayers with simple tax returns, particularly the low income, elderly, non-English speaking, and handicapped. Assistance is given in the community at libraries, schools, and community centers. Volunteers may take part in various VITA activities—directly preparing returns, teaching taxpayers to prepare their own returns, managing a VITA site or arranging publicity. Volunteers generally include college students, law students, members of professional business and accounting organizations, and members of retirement, religious, military, and community action groups. Training is provided free by the Internal Revenue Service at a time and place convenient to the volunteers. Generally, the sessions are planned for December and January.
The time will be announced; the place will be the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council.
If anyone is interested in volunteering, contact Ann FitzGibbons at the Council, 862-5122, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
So fight the winter blues, and volunteer for these or other causes you care about.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1984.
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