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Clerical

Clerical/Office Assistant

Site Location: Heartspring
Site Mission: To help children with special needs grow and learn on a path to a more independent life, in partnership with parents, professionals and the community.
Job Duties: Help with clerical duties in various departments that include filing, data entry, collating and sorting, photocopying, research, mailing and other activities as needed.
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Receptionist

Site Location: Catholic Charities
Site Mission: To demonstrate the Gospel values of love and justice through service, education advocacy and collaboration.
Job Duties: Help emergency services by greeting clients and screening them for food eligibility, answering phones, taking messages and giving referrals
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Information Desk Receptionist/Escort

Site Location: Robert J Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Site Mission: To improve the health and well being of the veterans we are honored to serve.
Job Duties: Act as a receptionist by greeting callers, providing information and assisting veterans/visitors. On-call receptionist also needed.
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Office Assistant

Site Location: American Red Cross-Central Plains Blood Region
Site Mission: To provide relief to victims of disasters and to help prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
Job Duties: Help in the office with various daily duties and/or special projects
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Clerical Worker

Site Location: American Cancer Society
Site Mission: To eliminate cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.
Job Duties: Help answering phones, stuffing and addressing envelopes
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Clerical

Site Location: Girl Scouts of the Golden Plains
Site Mission: To inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens.
Job Duties: Answer phones or help with general office activities such as folding, collating, filing, packing and stapling for mailings.
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Health & Safety Office Assistant

Site Location: American Red Cross Midway Kansas Chapter
Site Mission: To provide relief to victims of disasters and to help prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
Job Duties: Assist with clerical duties and special projects
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Data Entry

Site Location: Urban League
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Job Duties: Data entry
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Community Service

Committee Member

Site Location: Girl Scout of the Golden Plains
Site Mission: To inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens.
Job Duties: Serve on a committee in partnership with staff to plan and implement events for individually registered girls; assist with the newsletter to solo Girl Scouts; assist with the distribution of product sales or phoning girls when needed
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Family Room McHelper

Site Location: The Ronald McDonald House
Site Mission: To provide temporary, affordable, safe lodging and emotional support for out-of-town families of children whose medical needs cause them to come to Wichita hospitals and temporary respite care for local families in the family room located in the hospital.
Job Duties: Staff the Wesley Medical Center Family Room by assisting the families, answering the phones, registering families, checking supplies, visiting patients, delivering brochures and upholding policies.
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Adoption Follow-Up Volunteer

Site Location: Kansas Humane Society
Site Mission: To set the standard in care and adoption services for pets, while educating the community in ethical and responsible treatment for companion animals.
Job Duties: Call recent adopters and ask a set of questions to ascertain their level of satisfaction with the adoption and keep a written record of responses.
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Website Photographer

Site Location: Kansas Humane Society
Site Mission: To set the standard in care and adoption services for pets, while educating the community in ethical and responsible treatment for companion animals.
Job Duties: With a partner, take pictures of the animals on the adoption floor. Complete form for photo processing onto the website. Stamp cards to indicate animal is on website.
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Adoption Volunteer

Site Location: Kansas Humane Society
Site Mission: To set the standard in care and adoption services for pets, while educating the community in ethical and responsible treatment for companion animals.
Job Duties: Duties include, but are not limited to, greeting customers, helping stock areas, tagging and collaring animals, answering phones, entering data on customer applications, etc.
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Animal Admissions Volunteer

Site Location: Kansas Humane Society
Site Mission: To set the standard in care and adoption services for pets, while educating the community in ethical and responsible treatment for companion animals.
Job Duties: Greet customers, perform computer data entry, help complete paperwork and help customers look in the shelter for their lost pets.
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KSSE Volunteer

Site Location: Central Plains Area Agency on Aging
Site Mission: To be the recognized leader in a collaborative effort towards assisting diverse populations of older adults and persons with physical disabilities to maintain their choice of lifestyle through education, advocacy, and services.
Job Duties: Provide financial management assistance to clients 60 and older in Harvey, Sedgwick, and Butler Counties.
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Committee Member

Site Location: American Cancer Society
Site Mission: To eliminate cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.
Job Duties: Assist with planning and implementing fundraising and educational events.
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Driver

Site Location: Robert J Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Site Mission: To improve the health and well being of the veterans we are honored to serve.
Job Duties: Driver will pick up Wichita veterans and bring them to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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Respite Care Volunteer

Site Location: Inter-Faith Ministries
Site Mission: To call of all faiths together to build inter-religious understanding, promote, justice, relive misery, and reconcile the estranged
Job Duties: Provide respite care to a family with homebound members for 2-3 hours.
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Humane Education Volunteer

Site Location: Kansas Humane Society
Site Mission: To set the standard in care and adoption services for pets, while educating the community in ethical and responsible treatment for companion animals.
Job Duties: Provide shelter tours, school presentations and work public fair booth.
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Gift and Flower Shop

Site Location: Via Christi-St Francis
Site Mission: To provide quality health care to all, particularly the poor and under served in the way of Christ. Volunteers support the mission and goals by provided both direct and indirect services to meet to non-medical needs of patients.
Job Duties: Greet customers, operate cash register, light housekeeping, answer phone and restock merchandise. Possibility of learning flower design for those interested.
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Construction Volunteer

Site Location: Wichita Habitat for Humanity, Inc
Site Mission: To improve lives by building homes and facilitating successful home ownership with people in need of adequate housing.
Job Duties: Work with the site coach and work team to assist in building houses year round.
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No experience necessary, however, licensed persons always needed.
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Chore Relief Volunteer

Site Location: The Ronald McDonald House
Site Mission: To provide temporary, affordable, safe lodging and emotional support for out-of-town families of children whose medical needs cause them to come to Wichita hospitals and temporary respite care for local families in the family room located in the hospital.
Job Duties: Volunteer will complete light housekeeping chores for families.
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Canine Enrichment & Training Program

Site Location: Kansas Humane Society
Site Mission: To set the standard in care and adoption services for pets, while educating the community in ethical and responsible treatment for companion animals.
Job Duties: Volunteers are critical in finding home for shelter animals. Duties include teaching the animals basic training commands, proper manners, walking on a leash without pulling, socializing, bathing, and brushing.
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Must have previous experience training dogs and must be willing to commit one hour for one day each week.
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Escort

Site Location: Robert J Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Site Mission: To improve the health and well being of the veterans we are honored to serve.
Job Duties: Escort ambulant, wheelchair or litter patient to and from clinic and other medical centers in the areas. Transport various items throughout the center.
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Information Desk Greeter

Site Location: Via Christi-St Francis
Site Mission: To provide quality health care to all, particularly the poor and under served in the way of Christ. Volunteers support the mission and goals by provided both direct and indirect services to meet to non-medical needs of patients.
Job Duties: Provide directional assistance, greet patients, family members and visitors as they enter the medical center and accompany customers to various areas as needed. Great opportunity to get to know the hospital.
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Yard Work

Site Location: Inter-Faith Ministries
Site Mission: To call of all faiths together to build inter-religious understanding, promote, justice, relive misery, and reconcile the estranged
Job Duties: Volunteers needed to do lawn work including pulling weeds and trash pick up around the buildings.
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Media/Public Relations Volunteer

Site Location: Wichita Habitat for Humanity, Inc
Site Mission: To improve lives by building homes and facilitating successful home ownership with people in need of adequate housing.
Job Duties: Create quarterly newsletter, occasional flyers and brochures.
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Baker

Site Location: The Ronald McDonald House
Site Mission: To provide temporary, affordable, safe lodging and emotional support for out-of-town families of children whose medical needs cause them to come to Wichita hospitals and temporary respite care for local families in the family room located in the hospital.
Job Duties: Provide baked cookies, cookie dough, other baked items and desserts to the houses. Provide ready to eat casseroles, frozen breakfast items, sandwich fixings or meals for 10 people.
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Mobile Craft Cart

Site Location: Robert J Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Site Mission: To improve the health and well being of the veterans we are honored to serve.
Job Duties: Push mobile craft cart to hospital floors and distribute cards and kits to inpatients and assist in completing thank you cards for crafts.
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Restore Helper

Site Location: Wichita Habitat for Humanity, Inc
Site Mission: To improve lives by building homes and facilitating successful home ownership with people in need of adequate housing.
Job Duties: Sort donations, clean and shelve merchandise, provide customer assistance and help with donation pick up.
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General Volunteer

Site Location: Wichita Habitat for Humanity, Inc
Site Mission: To improve lives by building homes and facilitating successful home ownership with people in need of adequate housing.
Job Duties: Assist with general office duties such as computers, phones and special events.
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Cultural Heritage

Special Events Volunteer

Site Location: Kansas Aviation Museum
Site Mission: To preserve the birth and living heritage of Kansas aviation by educating the world on the past, present, and future of flight and promoting the spirit of flight in the Air Capitol of the World.
Job Duties: Volunteer will help with various positions for special events.
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