VOLUNTEER
Thank
you for your interest in volunteering with United Peace
Relief. Listed below are the volunteer opportunities and
organizations we have developed a relationship with. Please
use the links to check out the organizations and find the
opportunity that will match your interests and/or skills.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or if you
need assistance in connecting with any of these
organizations. We will help guide you through the process.
Some organizations require registration and advance notice.
Once you have made your travel plans, have confirmed dates
and registered with the organization of your choice if
necessary, please advise United Peace Relief of your plans
including your name, scheduled dates and contact
information (e-mail, cell and home phones). After you
have completed your volunteer experience, we would love to
hear from you with a description of your experience and
feedback with your ideas and suggestions. We would also
encourage all volunteers to post to our Facebook page.
Additional volunteer opportunities for other areas
including Tennessee and Missouri can be found on our
Facebook page.
Volunteer Placement Opportunities
Gulf Coast
1.
Books For Kids, New Orleans, LA and Gulf
Coast of MS. This is an excellent way to volunteer with the
Gulf Coast recovery from your home town. Since the fall of
2006, Books to Kids has provided quality children’s picture
books and chapter books for young readers to children and
families affected by Hurricane Katrina. They have
distributed more than 60,000 books to school libraries,
community centers and individual homes. Their objective is
to get books into the homes of children whose books were
either lost due to flooding and destruction, or who may not
have had books before Hurricane Katrina. They collect books
from thrift stores, yard sales, and library book sales.
They have received donations from many sources including
Scholastic Publishing and Emergency Communities Relief
Center in New Orleans. A major donor has been Harrison
County Public Library in Mississippi. The books are
carefully selected and sorted for quality with some cleaned
or repaired. Donation of books can be sent to Books To
Kids, c/o Dr. Kevin Curley, 2800 Gauze Blvd., East,
Slidell, LA 70416. Contact info@unitedpeacerelief.org
for more
information.
Haiti
3.
Burners Without Borders. They are sending much needed
emergency food and medical supplies to areas in Haiti that
need it most. CLICK
HERE to fill out a simple Volunteer
Questionnaire Form so that we can track the skills and
availability of potential volunteers. We are partnering
with several organizations who will eventually need
thousands of volunteers. BWB will be matching up their
needs with the amazing people from our community and
beyond.
4.
American Rainbow Rapid Response. ARRR is a network of people
who recognize the obligation of service to our brothers and
sisters that are faced with catastrophe in their
communities. With years of experience providing food and
clean drinking water for thousands of people at cooperative
festivals, they are uniquely prepared to share our skills,
time, and assets with those in serious need. While their
main focus is on physical needs such as clean water and
food, they also try to provide for the emotional and
spiritual care of a community. They encourage their
volunteers to lend an ear along with a hand, they encourage
cooperation with the appropriate agencies for psychological
assistance, and they reach out to local religious
communities to foster cooperation in meeting the needs of
survivors of natural disasters. For more information go
to http://www.americanrainbowrapidresponse.org/
P. O. Box 591
Ukiah, CA 95482
info@unitedpeacerelief.org