Volunteer Fair as part of the Local Service Weekend

VOLUNTEER FAIR SPONSORED BY OLEAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WEST SENECA AMERICORPS and BonaResponds

• Who: Organizations that utilize volunteers and community members who are interested in volunteering
• What: A Volunteer Fair, where people can find out about the volunteer opportunities available to them (similar to a job fair )
• When: April 19^th, 2008 from Noon to 2:00 PM
• Where: Olean Middle School, 401 Wayne Street,Olean, NY 14760
• Why: To benefit the community as well as the people who want to make a difference in the community

Tables will be provided for the organizations that are in attendance.

There will be free hot dogs and refreshments.

A brochure listing the organizations in attendance and a brief description of the activities for which they use volunteers will be provided to the community members. (To have your organization listed in the brochure, please send a brief paragraph describing what your volunteers do. Please send this description as a word attachment to apezzimenti@olean.wnyric.org.)

The organizations that have confirmed attendance at the fair are: ACCORD Corp., American Red Cross, BonaResponds, Cattaraugus Community Action, Center for Family Unity, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Department of Aging (Meals on Wheels), Head Start, Home Care and Hospice, Olean Association for Blind and Visually Handicapped, Interfaith Caregivers Inc., Literacy Volunteers, OCDC (Olean Child Day Care Center), Olean Food Pantry, Olean Public Library, Olean Senior Center, ReHabilitation Center, Salvation Army, SPCA, The Pines, The Waters, Theatre Workshop, United Way of Cattaraugus County, YMCA, Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau, Olean Chamber of Commerce.