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Alabama Kidney Foundation
Working with patients suffering from kidney disease
Contact: Shaun Flynn
Phone: 934-2111
American Cancer Society
Various volunteer opportunities
Contact: Ms. Hudson
Phone: 930-8879
Location: 1104 Ireland Way
American Lung Association
Various volunteer opportunities, including Camp WheezeAway
Contact: Winnie Head
Phone: 933-8821
Location: 3125 Independence Drive, Suite 325
Email: whead@alabamalung.org
Website: www.lungusa.org
American Red Cross
Direct service opportunities through the social services area.
(Downtown only – Direct service only – not blood drive.)
Contact: Margo Fallon
Phone: 458-8253
Location: 950 22nd Street North
Asthma Camp – Children’s Hospital
Reach Your Peak Asthma Camp (sponsored by Children’s Hospital) is for inner-city children ages 7 – 12 with asthma. The camp is centered on fun and education.
Contact: Melissa Bibb
Phone: 939-5486
BAY – Safe Places After-School Program
Help tutor students at four Birmingham Public Library locations, mentor children, assist with activities. Sponsored by the Crisis Center
Contact: Jennifer Dison
Phone: 323-7782 x 220
Website: www.crisiscenter.org
B.E.A.T. (Bethel-Ensley Action Task Force, Inc.)
Working on community and economic development in Ensley.
Contact: Henry Scruggs, Site Foreman
Phone: 780-4393
Pager: 888-6251
Email: BEATEnsley@aol.com
B.E.A.T. (Bethel-Ensley Action Task Force, Inc.)
Tutoring for ages 7 and up. Math, phonics, etc.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Yolanda Thread
Phone: 780-4352
Location: 1524 Avenue D, Ensley
Email: BEATEnsley@aol.com
Bessemer Rescue Mission (a.k.a. City of Hope)
Working with the homeless in the Bessemer area.
Contact: Leslie Freeman
Phone: 428-8449
Better Basics, Inc.
Literacy and enrichment programs for low income school children. Sites at numerous area elementary schools.
Contact: Lynn Callahan
Phone: 879-0004
Email: bbasics@bellsouth.net
Website: www.betterbasics.org
Birmingham Health Care for the Homeless – My Place
My Place Child Development Center works with homeless children.
Contact: Mattie Sanders
Phone: 323-5311
Beverly Health Care Center – Riverchase
Nursing Home facility. Working with the elderly.
Contact: Activities Director
Phone: 987-0901
Location: 2500 Riverhaven Drive
Beverly Health Care Center – Trussville
Nursing Home facility. Working with the elderly.
Contact: Activities Director
Phone: 655-3226
Location: 147 Chalkville Road N., Trussville
Birmingham Police Athletic Teams
A summer program working with young people from the downtown housing projects, playing sports, under the direction of the Birmingham Police Department.
Contact: Officer Phyllis Oden
Phone: 933-4144
Brother Ryan Rescue Mission
Serve meals and clean-up at homeless shelter.
Contact: Derrick Hunter
Phone: 322-0092
Location: 1616 2nd Avenue North
Camp Birmingham
Summer program with the Birmingham School System supervising sports, crafts, and other activities.
Contact: Otis Dismuke
Phone: 231-7299
Catholic Center of Concern
A Catholic-based organization that assists the needy in emergency situations.
Contact: Sr. Adelangela Paita, M.C.
Phone: 786-4388
Location: 712 4th Court West
Center for Urban Missions
After-school programs and summer camp for inner-city youth
Contact: Jean Whitlow, Director
Phone: 252-8286 x 315
Location: 2030 1st Avenue North
Website: www.newcitycenter.org
Children’s Fresh Air Farm – Bluff Park
Summer program for inner-city youth under the sponsorship of Independent Presbyterian Church. Volunteers assist with summer camp activities.
Contact: Alica Stanton or Tracy Kauhan
Phone: 822-0150
Location: 501 Park Avenue
Church of the Reconciler (Methodist)
After school opportunities tutoring children. Day program, summer only. Sunday breakfast for the homeless and common meal Sunday afternoon.
Contact: Rev. Lawton Higgs
Phone: 613-1858
Location: 112 North 14th Street
City of Hope (a.k.a. Bessemer Rescue Mission)
Working with the homeless in the Bessemer area.
Contact: Leslie Freeman
Phone: 428-8449
Crisis Center
Telephone counseling, rape response, suicide intervention. This is an excellent program that requires extensive training. A wonderful choice for someone considering a career in psychology or counseling.
Contact: Jennifer Dison
Phone: 323-7782 x 220
Website: www.crisiscenter.org
Community Kitchens
Several locations around the city where meals are prepared and served to the needy.
Andrëa Blackert, Director
Phone: 251-3569
Email: ablackert@thecommunitykitchens.org
Danberry at Inverness Retirement Community
Volunteers are requested to help with many different tasks and activities for the residents of this assisted living & independent living apartment environment.
Mary Neuwirth, Director of Resident Services
Phone: 443-9500
Email: mary@danberryatinverness.com
Estes Nursing Facility – Northway
Doing crafts and visiting with the elderly.
Contact: Ora Ellason
Phone: 328-5871
Exceptional Foundation
Year-round work with mentally and physically handicapped children ages 5 and up. Includes summer camp, after-school programs, and weekend programs.
Contact: Tricia Kirk or Ginny Slay
Phone: 870-0776
Location: 1616 Oxmoor Road, Homewood
Website: www.theexceptionalfoundation.org
Firehouse Shelter for Men
Overnight and day shelter for homeless men. Volunteers are asked to give fellowship to the men, help prepare and serve meals, etc.
Contact: Becky Hamilton
Phone: 252-9571
Location: 1501 3rd Avenue North
Website: www.oldfirehouseshelter.com
First Look
A wide variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the school year and during the summer.
Contact: Rhonda Nabors
Phone: 879-2527
Email: 1stlook@bellsouth.net
Website: www.firstlook.org
Galleria Woods Retirement Community
Assisted living and retirement community
Contact: Volunteer Services
Phone: 985-7537
Girls Incorporated
Working with girls from ages 6 – 13. Assisting with arts and crafts.
Contact: Rami Perry
Phone: 595-4475
Location 1: 1311 Clarendon Avenue, Bessemer
Location 2: 5130 8th Court South, Crestwood
Location 3: 3417 34th Terrace North, North Birmingham
Website: www.girlsinc.org
Grace House
Loving home for young girls. Need for tutors, help with parties and other activities.
Contact: Trina Banks
Phone: 786-4663
Location: 4923 Farrell Avenue, Fairfield
Email: grahouse@bellsouth.net
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Various duties working with homeless and low-income families.
Contact: Sarah Price
Phone: 326-6821
Location: 2304 12th Avenue North
Habitat For Humanity
Building houses for families that could not ordinarily afford one. Some time is spent working hand-in-hand with the potential home owner.
Contact: Deb Light
Phone: 780-1234 x 309
Email: habitatbham@zebra.net
Website: www.habitat.org
Hospital Volunteer Opportunities
Opportunities are varied. Make sure that you do not do office work or work in the gift shop. For this project you must have direct contact with the sick.
§ Baptist Medical Center – Montclair
Contact: Shea Aldrich or Michelle Swanson
Phone: 592-1314
Location: 800 Montclair Road
§ Baptist Medical Center - Princeton
Contact: Shea Aldrich or Michelle Swanson
Phone: 783-3067
Location: 701 Princeton Avenue S.W.
§ Bessemer Carraway Medical Center
See UAB West
§ Brookwood Medical Center
Contact: Pat Bendall
Phone: 877-5143
Location: 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive
§ Brookwood Hospice
Contact: Carol Erickson
Phone: 802-6947
§ Carraway Methodist Medical Center
Contact: Kim Winter
Phone: 502-5898
Location: 1600 Carraway Blvd.
§ Children’s Hospital
Contact: Lisa Howard
Phone: 939-9695
Location: 1600 7th Avenue South
Website: www.chsys.org (click on Volunteer Services)
§ Cooper Green Hospital
Contact: Huberta Mayfield Howe
Phone: 930-3779
Location: 1515 6th Avenue South
§ Medical Center East
Contact: Cathy Storch
Phone: 838-3265
Location: 50 Medical Park East Drive
§ St. Vincent’s Hospital
Contact: June Reeves-Weir
Phone: 939-7164
Location: 810 St. Vincent’s Drive
Email: jweir@stv.org
§ UAB – West (formerly Bessemer Carraway)
Contact: Mike Gatch
Phone: 481-7359
Location: Highway 11 South
§ University Hospital (UAB)
Contact: Kay Allen
Phone: 934-4270
Location: 625 South 19th Street
§ VA Medical Center
Contact: Patricia Fetzer
Phone: 933-4396
Location: 700 South 19th Street
Integrated Health Services – Briarcliff
Various volunteer opportunities in a nursing home setting.
Contact: Reneatha Bray
Phone: 663-3859
Location: 850 9th Street N.W., Alabaster
Jesse’s Place Women and Children Center
Helping women and children in downtown Birmingham.
Contact: Jenelle Huggins
Phone: 323-0170
Location: 2305 5th Avenue North
Email: jessepl@bellsouth.net
Jewish Family Services
Various volunteer opportunities ranging from tutoring English to visiting the homebound.
Phone: 879-3438
Location: 3940 Montclair Road, Suite 205
Jimmie Hale Mission
Serving Brother Leo Men’s Center.
Contact: Tony Cooper
Phone: 323-5878
Location: 2305 5th Avenue North
Joe Lee Griffin Hope Lodge – American Cancer Society
33 – Room facility for cancer patients taking treatments. Interaction with patients and their families.
Contact: Angela Taylor
Phone: 933-1893
Location: 1104 Ireland Way
Lake Villa Nursing Home
Assisted living facility.
Contact: Andy Alford
Phone: 836-4663
Location: 7916 2nd Avenue
Lakeshore Foundation
Sports with physically handicapped children on Tuesdays and Thursday s from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. and scheduled Saturdays. Also, numerous special events, including national and international tournaments. Convenient to JCCHS.
Contact: Bob Lujano
Phone: 313-7431
Location: 4000 Ridgeway Drive, Homewood
Liz Moore Low Vision Center – Medical Center East
Working with the visually handicapped; golfing or the “Summer Chill Out” program.
Contact: Madline Jones
Phone: 838-3162
Location: 50 Medical Park East Drive
Muscular Dystrophy Camp
Summer camp for children with muscular dystrophy. Each volunteer is assigned one child to take care of during the week of the camp. This activity has been a very popular choice for John Carroll students in the past.
2003 dates: June 22 - 28
Contact: Melanie Walters
Phone: 823-8191
P.A.T.H. Center for Women and Children
A shelter for homeless women and children.
Contact: Caroline Hogan
Phone: 322-6854
Location: 408 21st Street North, Downtown
Pleasant Grove Health Care Center – Beverly Healthcare
Nursing home facility. Working with the elderly. Trussville and Riverchase locations are also possibilities.
Contact: Tamara Ferguson
Phone: 744-8226
Location: 30 Seventh Street, Pleasant Grove
Rehabilitation and Health Care Center of Birmingham
Work one-on-one with elderly patients doing crafts, visiting and other activities.
Contact: Barbara Johnson
Phone: 933-7010
Location: 2728 10th Avenue South
Ridge View at Meadow Brook
Assisted living community.
Contact: Volunteer Service Coordinator
Phone: 991-8900
Location: 700 Corporate Ridge
Safehouse of Shelby County
A shelter for spousal abuse victims. Due to the nature of this shelter, female volunteers are preferred.
Contact: Marsha Bentley
Phone: 664-8953
St. Martin’s-in-the-Pines
Nursing home and assisted living center.
Consider volunteering with a friend and you can work as a team!
Contact: Amy Thornton, assisted living
Email: Athornton@stmartins.ws
Contact: Deborah Johnson, skilled nursing
Email: Djohnson@stmartins.ws
Phone: 956-9381
Location: 4941 Montevallo Road, Irondale
Salesian Oratories and Youth Centers
Working with young people from the Gate City area through sports, games, music, etc., after school, weekends and summer camp.
Contact: Fr. Jim Naughton
Phone: 595-0652
Location: Holy Rosary Church, 7414 Georgia Road South
Salvation Army
Working with those in need around the city.
Contact: Veleka Finch
Phone: 328-2420
Location: 2100 11th Avenue North
South Haven Nursing Home
Various volunteer opportunities in a nursing home setting.
Contact: Suzanne Moore
Phone: 822-1580
Location: 3141 Old Columbiana Road, Hoover
Southern Care Hospice
Visiting the sick and homebound in need of odd jobs or a smiling face.
Contact: Sissy Spain
Phone: 854-7252
Location: 1301 Center Point Parkway, Suite 203
Space One Eleven
Arts and crafts with the disadvantaged.
Contact: Tommy Porter
Phone: 328-0553
Location: 2409 2nd Avenue North
Special Equestrians
A program to enable handicapped children to build self-esteem by riding horses. Knowledge of horses is not necessary, but a lack of fear of horses is necessary. Volunteer training is needed.
Contact: Jen McWherter
Phone: 987-9462 (stables)
Location: 900 Woodward Drive, Indian Springs
Sunshine Manor
Adult day care for the elderly.
Contact: Brandon or Diane Horton
Phone: 403-0556
Location: 100 Shadow Wood Park, North Shelby County
Super Sports Saturday
– see Lakeshore Foundation
Urban Ministry, Inc.
An agency that helps to work with the poorer children of the communities in our city to clean up and revitalize their areas. Monday – Thursday, 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Tom Duley
Phone: 781-0517
Location: 1229 Cotton Avenue S.W.
Villa Maria
Assisted living facility.
Contact: Tanya Balducci
Phone: 838-2313
Location: 500 82nd Street South, East Lake area
Workshops, Inc.
Aiding in the education of the handicapped.
Contact: Jim Crim
Phone: 592-9683
Location: 4244 3rd Avenue South
Email: workshops3@aol.com
YWCA – Downtown
After school enrichment for homeless children.
Contact: Allison Head
Phone: 322-9922
Location: 309 23rd Street North, Downtown
Service Agencies – This is the list of service agencies published in the JCCHS Service Project Handbook.
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