Richland/Lexington Homeless Count

Every two years the community conducts a ‘count’ of people who are homeless living in emergency and transitional shelters and literally on the streets and other placed not meant for human habitation. Every two years, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires housing and service providers to complete a count of people who are homeless in their community. The count helps us understand the issues and experience of homelessness.

United Way conducts the homeless count in Richland and Lexington counties. The count is conducted by trained volunteers doing one-on-one surveys with homeless people. This year’s count will be conducted between Thursday, January 27^th- Sunday, January 30^th to obtain a snapshot of the people experiencing homeless in our community.

United Way will hold interest meetings for all who are interested in learning more about how to volunteer for the 2011 Homeless Count. The interest meetings will be held at United Way’s office at 1800 Main St.

The dates and times for the interest meetings are:
Wednesday, December 15^th from 10:00-11:30
Wednesday, December 15^th from 2:30-3:30
Wednesday, January 19^th from 10:00-11:30

Volunteers will be selected after an interview with United Way’s Financial Stability Director, Jennifer Moore. There will be a mandatory two hour training prior to the volunteers participating in the 2011 Homeless Count.

The trainings will be held:
Friday, January 7^th from 10:00-12:00
Wednesday, January 12^th from 1:00-3:00
Friday, January 21^st from 2:00-4:00

If you wish to register for the interest meeting, please contact me at bmolony@uway.org or (803) 758-6987.

Le Cafe Jazz Volunteers Needed!

What: Volunteer servers and bartenders needed at Le Café Jazz
Le Cafe Jazz is open every Friday & Saturday night from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Finlay Park by the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation. Enjoy crepes, gourmet sandwiches, cheeses and French desserts while listening to three different musical sets of subgenres of jazz. Volunteers are needed to help with serving and bartending.

As part of each evening until Dec 24th Le Jazz Cafe will be spearheading a toy/book drive for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.

If you are interested in volunteering, contact skpfoundaiton@yahoo.com or call Shirley Martin, Executive Director at (803) 400-1879.

12.03.10 | Swim Meet Volunteers Needed

What: Carolina Aquatics Swim Meet Timers Needed
Carolina Aquatics, a non-profit competitive swim team, needs volunteers to assist as timers for an upcomiong swim meet. Refreshments will be served to volunteers.

Where: Blatt PE Center at USC

When: December 3-5, 2010
Available volunteer times include:
Dec 3 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 6 – 10 p.m.
Dec 4 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and 6 – 10 p.m.
Dec 5 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 6 – 10 p.m.

For additional information or to sign up to volunteer, contact Brenda Green at greenba03@gmail.com or at 803-730-9822.