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Now that school is out for the summer, are you looking for something new and interesting to do?
Family First Pregnancy Care Center located at 1575 W. American Avenue in Oracle, a nonprofit, educational center that provides help for mothers, youth, children, and families, is looking for young people to volunteer in their Ten for Teens program. While working 1 to 3 hours a week, the teen volunteers do many things to help at the center. They gain valuable work experience in office skills while using computers, internet, and word processing programs to design and create flyers, brochures, and mailings; answering the phone, taking messages, and setting appointments. While working in the center’s store, they stock, organize, and help clients make purchases. They learn about childcare while working with clients and their children.
Volunteering is a wonderful way to gain valuable work experience, to give back to the local community, and to meet new people. Teens planning to apply for college admission and scholarships are also encouraged to have volunteer hours to show good character, initiative, and work experience. Several of our former Ten for Teens volunteers have gone on to earn scholarships and successfully completed college degrees.
As one of our former volunteers explained, “Volunteering is a great way to give back to the local community. I think I got more benefits sometimes than the clients. I got to meet people and make new friends; and it also helped me think more about others than just myself. It’s a good feeling knowing you are helping others. That feeling lasted much longer than many paychecks I have earned. Family First is a friendly, positive, and happy place to work.”
If you are interested in volunteering, visit the center at 1575 W. American Ave in Oracle on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays from 9:30 to 12:30 or from 1:30 to 4:30. Call 896-9545 for more information or to make an appointment to visit the center.
Gary Every is an award winning author who has won consecutive Arizona Newspaper Awards for best lifestyle feature for pieces “The Apache Naichee Ceremony” and “Losing Geronimo’s Language”. The best of the first decade of his newspaper columns for The Oracle newspaper were compiled by Ellie Mattausch into a book titled Shadow of the OhshaD. Mr. Every has also been a four time finalist for the Rhysling Award for years best science fiction poetry. Mr. Every is the author of ten books and his books such as Shadow of the Ohshad or the steampunk thriller The Saint and The Robot are available either through Amazon or www.garyevery.com.
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