Opportunities From: Genesee and Shiawassee Serves

Tasks: Watering, roto-tilling, weeding, and cultivation of plants Picking, washing, packing, and delivery  of produce Planting seeds and plants by hand and transplanter

 

Hours:  May 1- November 1, Seven days a week, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. weather and work permitting

 

Questions Contact Special Deputy Dan McMaster 517.202.9908

 

Click Here To See A Video Of The Garden

 

 

 

 

 

Goal: To assist Help Center Manager, Site Supervisor and Center partners with providing food, water-related supplies/filters, educational opportunities, on-site enrollment for health and basic-needs services, employment resources, mental and physical health options, and community resource information to Flint residents affected by our water/lead crisis.

Skills, experience and qualification required:
• Reliable
• Hard-working and courteous
• Friendly and polite; able to project positivity and helpfulness to residents
• Comfortable working directly with people and large crowds
• Able to keep confidentiality
• Able to read and communicate well
• Able to learn new tasks
• Able to work as a team; able to work cooperatively
• Able to follow instructions and complete a task independently
• Able to stand for long periods of time

Outline of activities, tasks and responsibilities:
• Arrive for shift at the schedule time and sign-in.
• Assist with set-up for the food distribution
• Assist with set-up for the community partners’ resource stations
• Assist with packing and distribution of resource and/or food bags
• Assist with water distribution when available
• Direct visitors to the various stations of the help center
• Assist with break-down and clean-up for food distribution and resource stations
• Interact with residents in a friendly, positive, happy and professional manner
• Report any complaints/problems to the site supervisor.

Time Requirement
• Shifts are 8:00 to 2:00
• Minimum one shift per week, maximum three shifts per week
o Monday – Bethel UMC 1309 N. Ballenger HWY
o Tuesday – Asbury UMC 1653 Davison Rd
o Thursday – Greater Holy Temple COGIC 6702 N. Dort Hwy

Accountability and Support
• Volunteers report directly to Help Center manager and/or site supervisor

Play a V.I.T.A.(L) role at tax time. Volunteer!

Our volunteer tax return preparers become IRS-certified and prepare and e-file federal, state and city returns for Genesee County taxpayers with low-to-moderate incomes.

Our quality reviewers work with taxpayers, checking each and every return. This helps to ensure that all entries agree with the documents and other information provided by the taxpayers, that all calculations are correct, and that taxpayers receive the full benefit of the tax law and any deductions and credits to which they are entitled.

Some volunteers prefer not to prepare or review returns but enjoy their role as greeters, providing taxpayers with intake documents and making them feel welcome at the VITA sites.

Interested in opening a new tax site? A site coordinator manages both the volunteers and the site, prepares more difficult returns and answers any questions that may arise.

Training will be provided for all of these volunteer positions.

 

 

UAW/United Way Ramp program is in need of volunteers to help build ramps in Genesee County. The program provides assistance to disabled citizens in the community through the construction of residential wheelchair ramps. 

In partnership with the UAW, United Way is working to improve the lives of disabled residents by offering them access to the community through building wheelchair ramps. Since the mid-1980s, UAW/GM volunteers and United Way respond to requests from disabled and elderly citizens who need wheelchair accessibility for their home. Because of the skill and generosity of dedicated volunteers, the Ramp Program volunteers make it possible for relatives, friends and neighbors to go to doctor appointments, church, run errands, visit friends and relatives, and have an active lifestyle. 

 

For additional details please contact:

Teresa McGinnis
UAW Labor Liaison
810-762-5831
uawlaborliaison@unitedwaygenesee.org