Volunteer at OPTIONS

OPTIONS volunteers range in age, starting as young as 12 and going up.  No matter what their age, all of our volunteers have a special talent they lend.  If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please call 985-345-6269, ext. 111.

Types of Volunteers at OPTIONS

Board Volunteers

OPTIONS volunteer Board of Directors is made up of motivated business professionals and family members who have an interest in the overall operation of OPTIONS.  The board is made up of several teams responsible for such things as awareness, development, policies, finances, legislative issues, maintenance and fundraising.

Business/Professional Volunteers

Business/professional volunteers are those people who lend their resources and/or expertise in a particular field to benefit OPTIONS in some way.  Examples have included a professor who partners with OPTIONS for a class project or an insurance agent who gives information for use in publications or other purposes. 

Family Volunteers

Family volunteers are those people who are related to the people we serve and volunteer their time and services to OPTIONS. Examples of things they do include fund raising, coordinating social activities, calling other family members to inform them of upcoming events, speaking to legislators and other business leaders about OPTIONS, welcoming new family volunteers to the OPTIONS family, and keeping a scrapbook of events.

Community Volunteers

Community volunteers are those people who live in the community and spend time volunteering with the people we support on a one-on-one basis, with a few people, and/or with large groups of people.  Some of the things they do include teaching creation of wood works, helping with work objectives and goals, spending leisure time, dining out, shopping, picnicking, etc., and sometimes helping with office work.

Student Volunteers

Student volunteers are those students who spend time volunteering at OPTIONS under a Service Learning program.  This gives students the opportunity to learn more about people with disabilities and earn school credits needed to graduate.  Student volunteers usually spend a semester or two volunteering for one hour, four days weekly.  They assist the people we support with work objectives, such as shredding paper, crushing paper, making logo buttons, packaging flatware, learning simple computer skills, and assembling items for work orders.  

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