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GIVING BACK
PHOTO BY RACHAEL SANTILLAN
At your service
On Wednesday mornings, you’ll find Tonita Stephenson
volunteering at the Fayetteville Area Convention &
Visitors Bureau. Popular with staff and visitors alike,
Stephenson combines a soft Southern accent with a jovial
laugh and self-described “Clay Aiken haircut”
(pre-latest makeover). Stephenson retired in 2003 as
a Senate page supervisor for the General Assembly. Now
67, she is almost a 20-year survivor of breast cancer,
and the experience prompted her to give back as a volunteer
for Friends of the Cancer Center. She also is a Red
Hat Society member and, with her husband, Keith, delivers
Meals on Wheels through the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program — which is “how I also connected
to the Convention & Visitors Bureau,” she
says, enthusiastically. The Stephensons live in Eastover
and have three grown children and two grandchildren.
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Advantage Hospice and Home Care
(800) 362-2495 or (910) 223-3107, Cynthia James
Volunteers needed to help patients who are diagnosed with terminal
illnesses and receive care in their home, nursing homes or hospital.
Looking for committed, compassionate and caring adult and junior
volunteers to make a difference in the life of a family. Training
provided.
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
(910) 483-3003, Bonnie Hicks
Wide variety of duties available with flexible schedules.
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
(910) 609-6117, Nancy Roach
Volunteers are needed in many areas of Cape Fear Valley Medical
Center, Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital and their clinics. Duties
vary from rocking babies to transporting patients, office work to
assisting in the pharmacy. Opportunities are available for day,
evening and weekend shifts.
Community Home Care & Hospice
(910) 323-9816, Christina Overstreet
Hospice volunteers needed. Training provided. Very flexible schedules.
CONTACT of Fayetteville Inc.
(910) 483-8970, Leslie Gibson
Telephone crisis help with 24-hour Crisis Helpline. Training provided.
Cumberland Interfaith Hospitality Network
(910) 826-2454, Denise Giles
Skilled laborers needed to assist with housing repairs in East Fayetteville.
Disabled Veterans of America, Chapter 46
(910) 868-2251, Hank Carson or Jessie Johnson
Drivers needed to transport veterans from Fayetteville to Dunn.
The Fairy Godmothers
(910) 424-7118, Joan Wilson, JoanIWilson2@aol.com
If you sew, knit, crochet, quilt, embroider or smock, the Fairy
Godmothers are looking for you. New group is getting together at
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center to create tiny garments for premature
babies born at the hospital. All ages are welcome, and teens are
encouraged to join and contribute time as a communityservice project.
Call or e-mail for additional information.
Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity
(910) 483-0952
Volunteers needed to construct houses for needy families.
Fayetteville Urban Ministry
(910) 483-5944, Sonny Kelly
Positive role models needed as “Find-A-Friend” mentors
for youth.
The Hispanic/Latino Center
(910) 321-1492
Volunteers needed to work in the office or in collaboration with
special projects.
Liberty Hospice of Fayetteville
(910) 864-8411, Jane Jones
Share your gift of caring by becoming a hospice volunteer; training
provided.
Mid-Carolina Area Agency on Aging
(910) 323-4191, ext. 25, Andrea Wright
Volunteers needed to visit and advocate for residents of local nursing
homes and adult-care homes. Volunteers visit to ensure Resident’s
Bill of Rights are being followed. Training provided.
Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex
(910) 486-1330, Lisa Brown
Greet visitors, provide information and help in the gift shop. Docents
needed to conduct tours for the museum, arsenal walking tours, and
1897 Poe House. Assist with special events at the museum.
RSVP - Retired Senior Volunteer Program
(910) 433-1136, Judy Dawkins
Variety of volunteer opportunities available, including mentors
to school-age children, teachers’ assistants, Meals on Wheels
van drivers, assist at the city’s seniors centers, readers
for blind or vision-impaired citizens, teach someone to read, greeters
at museums and much more! Volunteers who drive their personal vehicles
are paid mileage reimbursement and provided excess liability insurance.
Seniors Call To Action Team
(910) 486-5580, Bob White
Visitor greeters, office helpers and grant writers needed. Volunteers
needed to provide transportation and companionship for shopping
trips.
Southeastern N.C. Radio Reading Service
(910) 486-7007, Betsy Stuart
Volunteers needed to read The Fayetteville Observer and other regional
newspapers over the radio to blind people.
The Temple Theatre in Sanford
(919) 774-4512, Bridget Lee-Calfas
Volunteers needed to distribute posters in Cumberland, Lee, Moore
and Harnett counties, and ushers needed for shows. Call the business
office to be added to the usher list.
Veterans Administration Medical Center
(910) 822-7929, Norma Byrd
Volunteers are needed to fulfill many roles, including greeting,
checking in and transporting patients, filing, and for the “Silver
Spoons” program (feeding patients), especially in the nursinghome
care unit.
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