Taos News

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

— Compiled by Michael Tashji forum@taosnews.com

TAOS MEN’S SHELTER

needs you (or your friends or group) to provide one homemade dinner a month, cooking for up to 20 dinner participants is needed. Please call 508-560-5630 or email Shannon at taosmealcalendar@gmail.com for more information.

RED WILLOW HOSPICE

is looking for volunteers to be part of a team that is focused on meeting the medical, spiritual and emotional needs of their patients and their loved ones. For more information, visit rwhospice.com or call 575-737-1811.

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL AUXILIARY

seeks adults to work in the gift shop or day surgery. Call President Mercy Lucero at 575-776-8562 or Sylvia Torrez at 575-758-8748; or pick up applications at the hospital gift shop.

MILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM

seeks volunteers to help with exhibition installation and other periodic curatorial needs. If you would enjoy working behind the scenes in a museum environment, contact karen@millicentrogers.org.

is looking for volunteers for assistant director, stage manager, backstage crew and, for those who love

TAOS ONSTAGE

tech, light and sound operators. Come help us present live theatre to the community. For more information, email taosonstage@gmail.com.

ANVOI HOSPICE is looking for volunteers who would like to help support our patients. Call 575-737-0681 or stop by our office at 705-B Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos for more information.

TAOS THRESHOLD SINGERS volunteer their voices to bring comfort at important thresholds of life. They sing a cappella at bedside to hospice clients and others. Please call Annette for more information at 575-776-5426.

AMERICORPS ENCHANTED CIRCLE CORPS

is looking for members to increase awareness of services offered by Taos nonprofits. Visit dreamtreeproject. org/ecc. or call 575-224-2030.

TAOS IMMIGRANT ALLIES seeks volunteers who love the immigrant population to help with web design, social media stewardship, accounting and other activities. Email taosimmigrantallies@gmail. com or call Del Endres at 575-770-0133.

invites you to help serve behind the scenes. Volunteers needed to assist with organizing, stocking

ST. JAMES FOOD PANTRY

and distributing food to those in need. Opportunities for both morning and afternoon shifts every Thursday. Complimentary lunch for volunteers served at 11:30 a.m. Contact: taosfoodpantry@ gmail.com.

CIVIL AIR PATROL meets every Thursday at Taos Airport and is accepting membership applications for Cadet Programs (ages 12-18) and Senior Leadership/Emergency Services (18 and older). Learn more at nm006.cap.gov or call Capt. Michael Anaya-Gorman at 505870-8303.

RENEWABLE TAOS meets weekly via Zoom to plan and execute projects such as advocating for solar and wind power, improved electric transmission, beneficial electrification of homes and businesses, additional electric car charging stations and working with schools to introduce climate education in grades K-12. For more info, visit renewabletaos.org, email info@ renewabletaos.org or call 575-770-3267. TAOS MILAGRO ROTARY CLUB is in search of bookworms to help Taos children develop a lifelong affinity for books. The program works to foster a love of reading in students at Ranchos Elementary School. For more information, call

Lucille at 575-779-4837 or email tmrftlr@ gmail.com.

WRITERS ON THE RANGE seeks writers of color, women and fresh voices; topics on intermountain territory; authentic, unique perspectives on Western public lands, water, natural resources, agriculture or economic institutions. Word count: 750. See writersontherange.org or email betsym@writersontherange.org. TAOS ELDERS AND NEIGHBORS TOGETHER seeks drivers, tech support and home-maintenance volunteers to support Taos elders. Email volunteers@ taoselders.org, call 575-224-6335 or visit taoselders.org.

NEW MEXICO HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION

sitewatch program trains citizen volunteers to monitor prehistoric and historic resources on public, private and tribal lands in their communities. For more information, visit nmhistoricpreservation.org.

TAOS CONNECTS is a free nonprofit website linking volunteers and resources in the Enchanted Circle to neighbors in need. To learn more, visit taosconnects. org; to browse volunteer opportunities, go to app.vomo.org/org/taos-connects.

COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES

needed. Become a CASA volunteer and advocate on behalf of children in foster care. Call 575-758-0106 or email info@youthheartline.org.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TAOS needs volunteers. Call Lisa Braselle at 575770-0508. For more information, visit taoshabitat.org.

HOSPICE VOLUNTEER TRAINING is available at Mountain Home Health Hospice, 630 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Suite 180, Taos. Free. Call 575-758-4786, ext. 121. LITTLE FREE PANTRY PROJECT of Taos Immigrant Allies seeks volunteer stewards for Little Free Pantries located around Taos. Email taosimmigrantallies@ gmail.com or call Del Endres at 575-7700133.

SOMOS needs book lovers to clean, sort, shelve and sell books. Call 575-758-0081. TAOS CENTER FOR THE ARTS is looking for volunteers interested in promoting arts and culture in Taos. Contact the TCA at info@tcataos.org or 575-758-2052 or visit tcataos.org.

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