Hundreds of helpers needed to help iFest run smoothly

Hundreds of helpers needed to help iFest run smoothly

The party's downtown when the Houston International Festival takes place the weekends of April 26 and May 3.

Hundreds of volunteers will be needed to insure this marvelous celebration's success.
They will be involved in everything from setting up display areas to staffing the many booths that make up the festival's infrastructure - and much more.
Volunteers will be entitled to free refreshments, commemorative t-shirts and admission to festival events.

Child care volunteers
Tots, tykes and toddlers will be your cheerful charges when you serve as a child care volunteer at a shelter in the Montrose area for domestic abuse victims.
Using games and videotapes, you'll involve a group of youngsters in recreational and self-esteem building activities while their moms are at work, training or counseling sessions.
This assignment is available weekdays and Saturdays, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Volunteer shifts typically last four hours.

Keep up with the cards
Oversee inventory of a cancer center's greeting card display at one of a large number of participating stores in greater Houston.
Monitoring the display on a weekly basis, you'll report to center staff when supplies need to be replenished.
This easy but important assignment will support funding of educational programs, college scholarships and other resources that enrich the lives of pediatric cancer patients.

More ways to help
Additional volunteer opportunities:
1 Provide musical entertainment for residents of an assisted living center in Pasadena.
1 Assist with intake functions for a Cy-Fair agency serving children with disabilities.
1 Be a GED tutor for a grassroots organization serving southwest Houston.
1 Assess child abuse cases for a Conroe agency that works with the courts.
1 Polish your clerical skills at a municipal office in Rosenberg.
1 Volunteer at a nonprofit agency's furniture thrift shop just southeast of downtown Houston.
1 Interview needy families and individuals for a social service agency in Katy.

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