| Bible Baptist Christian School |
Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Leon Groff
Office Phone: 452-1407
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 452-8055
Address: 32 Adak Ave
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99701
E-mail: dduffett@polarnet.com
Website: N/A
Services Provided: As an arm of the church, the school has admission to educate the students' minds and prepare them to be functional citizens.
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Volunteer Help: Yard work, janitorial, office, construction (finish work).
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: No
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: No
Annual Events: No
Board Members: No
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: Yes
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: No
Long-Term Positions: No
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| Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Greater Fairbanks Area |
Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Taber Rehbaum
Office Phone: 452-8110
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 452-8112
Address: 610 Cushman St. #300
Mailing Address: P O Box 73924
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99701
E-mail: bbbsgfa@mosquitonet.com
Website: N/A
Services Provided: One to one adult
volunteer support to children between the ages of 6 and 18 who could benefit
from additional adult attention. |
Volunteer Help: Become a Big Brother, Big Sister, Big Couple, School Mentor, High School Big, assist in the office, or help with agency events.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: N/A
Seasonal Openings: N/A
Year-Round Openings: N/A
Annual Events: N/A
Board Members: N/A
Youth Volunteers: N/A
Court-Mandated Volunteers: N/A
Groups Over Five: N/A
Families: N/A
Short-Term Positions: N/A
Long-Term Positions: N/A
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| Boys & Girls Clubs/Fairbanks Youth Center |
Office Phone: 457-5223
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 457-5224
Address: 800 Cushman St. Rear
Entrance
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99701
E-mail: dchapman@gci.net
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Provides opportunities
for safe recreation and social development for youth ages 8 to 18. |
Volunteer Help: Assist with activities, chaperone events or help with other projects.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: Yes
Groups Over Five: Yes
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Boys & Girls Clubs/North Pole Youth Center | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Claire Blackburn
Office Phone: 488-7838
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 457-5224
Address: 220 Parkway
City: North Pole
State: AK
Zip: 99705
E-mail: N/A
Website: N/A
Services Provided: Provides opportunities for safe recreation and social development for youth grades 5-12. |
Volunteer Help: Assist with activities, chaperone events or help with other projects.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: Yes
Groups Over Five: Yes
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Boy Scouts, Midnight Sun Council | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: James Hurst
Office Phone: 452-1976
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 452-1977
Address: 1400 Gillam Way
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99701
E-mail: jhurst@bsamail.org
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Serves over 2000 youth in Northern Alaska in grades 1-12 with 700 volunteers. |
Volunteer Help: Serve as a scout leader, help with camp construction projects or other projects.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: No
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: Yes
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: No
Long-Term Positions: No
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| Breast Cancer Detection Center |
Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Bob Coghill
Office Phone: 479-3909
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 479-2215
Address: 1905 Cowles St.
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99701
E-mail: bcdc@alaska.net
Website: N/A
Services Provided: Mammograms and education |
Volunteer Help: Fundraising and education projects.
UW Member Agency: N/A
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: N/A
Seasonal Openings: N/A
Year-Round Openings: N/A
Annual Events: N/A
Board Members: N/A
Youth Volunteers: N/A
Court-Mandated Volunteers: N/A
Groups Over Five: N/A
Families: N/A
Short-Term Positions: N/A
Long-Term Positions: N/A
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| Calypso Farm and Ecology Center | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Anne Castle, Office Manager
Office Phone: 451-0691
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 451-0691
Address: P.O. Box 106
City: Ester
State: AK
Zip: 99725
E-mail: info@calypsofarm.org
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Calypso Farm and Ecology Center is an educational farm located five miles outside of Ester. In addition to providing educational programming in the form of field trips, schoolyard gardens, and a summer teenage employment program, Calypso grows a large variety of fresh produce. |
Volunteer Help: Farm volunteer (seeding, general farm labor, harvesting, building, recipe compilation), assist with farm visits and field trips, assist with special events planning and coordination.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: No
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Careline Crisis Intervention | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Kimberlee Jones
Office Phone: 452-2771
Toll-Free: 1-877-266-4357 | 1-800-273-8255
Help Line: 452-4357
Fax: 452-2613
Address: 717 9th Avenue
City: Fairbanks
State: Alaska
Zip: 99701
E-mail: KimberleeRae@gmail.com
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Careline's vision is a community free from suicide. Careline offers crisis intervention for individuals considering suicide or experiencing crisis, isolation, or depression. Careline provides services for survivors of suicide through ongoing support, crisis intervention, education, and referral. Careline extends a supportive environment while respecting diversity and assisting individuals in making healthy choices.
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Volunteer Help: Trained volunteers staff the program 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Staff are trained in communication skills, suicide prevention, mental illness, domestic violence, sexual assault and other crisis issues. Some volunteers may assist with website design and maintenance, volunteer recruitment, community presentations and administrative support.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: No
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: No
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| CareNet | Executive Director: Nancy Beinvenue
Office Phone: 455-8255 (TALK)
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: 24 Hour Hope Line 1-800-508-HOPE (4673)
Fax: 455-8251
Address: 1402 Wilbur St
Address 2: P.O. Box 82522
City: Fairbanks
state: AK
Zip: 99708
E-mail: N/A
Website: N/A
All Services are Free and Confidential:
We Offer
Pregnancy Tests; Information on pregnancy and women's choices; adoption referrals; Maternity and baby clothes; Car seats, cribs, high chairs etc; Referrals for needed assistance to allied agencies; Abstinence information; Post Abortion Bible Study; Peer Counseling; Friendship and a genuine interest in you.
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Thursday 10-3 And
By appointment only
Monday –Thursday 3-5
| Volunteer Help: Volunteers tutor children who need support in the areas of reading, writing and math. Each tutor is paired with one student throughout the entire seven or eight week period.
UW Member Agency: N/A
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: Yes
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Chena Goldstream Fire and Rescue | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Deputy Chief Brad Paulson
Office Phone: 479-5672
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 479-5858
Address: 716 Chena Ridge
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99709
E-mail: N/A
Website: N/A
Services Provided: Responds to
emergency calls. | Volunteer Help: Become a trained fire fighter or EMT. 16 to 18 year olds can serve as cadet volunteers.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: No
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: No
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Civil Air Patrol | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Mike Ferguson
Office Phone: 474-0784 Monday nights
at 7:00 PM.
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Mailing address: PO Box 83332, Fairbanks, AK
99708
Address: 3855 University Ave.
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99709
E-mail:
cap@imagi.net
Website: N/A
Services Provided: Air searches
for missing planes and people. | Volunteer Help: Pilots; operation, maintenance, and finance people and other assistance needs.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: N/A
Seasonal Openings: N/A
Year-Round Openings: N/A
Annual Events: N/A
Board Members: N/A
Youth Volunteers: N/A
Court-Mandated Volunteers: N/A
Groups Over Five: N/A
Families: N/A
Short-Term Positions: N/A
Long-Term Positions: N/A
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| Clean-Up Day | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: United Way's Volunteer Action Center
Office Phone: 452-7211 ext. 23
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 452-7270
Address: 565 University Ave.,
Ste. 1
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99709
E-mail:
uwvac@alaska.com
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Group sign-up and bag pick up. | Volunteer Help: Approximately 14,000 bags are distributed to 7,000
individuals & groups annually.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: No
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: No
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: Yes
Groups Over Five: Yes
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: No
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| Companions, Inc. | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Chelsea Walker
Office Phone: 452-4259
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 452-4202
Address: P.O. Box 70548
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99707
E-mail: N/A
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Promotes and
provides animal/human pet related therapy. | Volunteer Help: Volunteers and their pets, after a health check and screening, visit Denali Center, Pioneer Home, FRA Adult Care, and North Star Council on Aging. Volunteers that are under 18 must be accompanied by a parent at all times.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: No
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: Yes
Short-Term Positions: No
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Cross-Cultural Solutions | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Dava Antoniotti
Office Phone: (914) 632-0022
Toll-Free: (800) 380-4777
Help Line: N/A
Fax: (914) 632-8494
Address: 2 Clinton Place
City: New Rochelle
State: NY
Zip: 10801
E-mail: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: Visit the Website
Services Provided: Cross-Cultural Solutions is a recognized leader in the field of international volunteering. Founded in 1995, we are an international not-for-profit organization with no political or religious affiliations. CCS has a worldwide staff of over 200 people, and operates in 10 countries, with administrative offices also located in the United States and United Kingdom. We are in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations, and have been profiled in more than 500 news outlets.
| Volunteer Help: Cross-Cultural Solutions enables volunteers to make a meaningful contribution to the community by working side-by-side with local people, while gaining a new perspective and insight into the culture and themselves. The volunteer work is with carefully selected Partner Programs, all of which are dynamic and inspiring community-led initiatives. These include orphanages and childcare centers, schools, health clinics and hospitals, homes for the elderly, centers for people with disabilities, and other community organizations. Volunteers enjoy the flexibility of choosing from 10 countries, start dates year-round and programs from 1-12 weeks long.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: No
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Jane Atkinson
Office Phone: 451-2812
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 451-2868
Address: 100 Cushman St., Suite
502
City: Fairbanks
State: AK
Zip: 99701
E-mail: casa-fairbanks@admin.state.ak.us
Website:
Visit the Website
Services Provided: Advocates for
the abused and neglect child in court. Thoroughly research the background
of the case by reading documents and talking to everyone involved, including
the child. Make reports to the court and recommend what is believed in the
best interest of the child, providing the judge with information that will
help him/her make an informed decision about the child's future. | Volunteer Help: No special experience of education is required but 32 hours classroom training provided free of charge. The three main volunteer responsibilities
include: serve as a fact-finder for the judge by thoroughly researching
the background of the assigned case, speak for the child in the courtroom,
representing the best interest of the child and continue to act as a "watchdog"
for the child during the life of the case.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: No
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: No
Board Members: No
Youth Volunteers: No
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: No
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Eielson AFB Child Development Center |
Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Susan Rufi
Office Phone: 377-3237
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 377-3629
Address: 3112 Broadway #6B
City: Eielson AFB
state: AK
Zip: 99702
E-mail:
susan.rufi@eielson.af.mil
Website: N/A
Services Provided: Youth development
program serving grades kindergarten through high school in school age childcare
programs, center programs and outdoor programs. Learn, grow and have fun.
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Volunteer Help: N/A
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: No
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Eielson AFB Youth Programs/Boys and Girls Club |
Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Debbie Conklin, Dir. Jim Fleming, Asst.
Dir.
Office Phone: 377-3194
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 377-7060
Address: 354th SVS/SVYY, 3112
Broadway Ave. Unit 6B
City: Eielson AFB
state: AK
Zip: 99702
E-mail:
deborah.conklin@eielson.af.mil
Website: N/.A
Services Provided: Youth Programs
provide educational and recreational opportunities for eligible children
ages 5-18. |
Volunteer Help: Recreational assistant; front desk receptionist; and sports coaches.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: No
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Eielson Family Support Center |
Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Rhonda Jensen
Office Phone: 377-2178
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 377-3329
Address: 3126 Wabash Ave. Suite
#1
City: Eielson AFB
state: AK
Zip: 99702
E-mail: rhonda.jensen@eielson.af.mil
Website: N/A
Services Provided: A service organization
for Air Force families and is a focal point for family matters. |
Volunteer Help: Front desk receptionist; office assistants; and marketing assistant. Free child care for volunteers.
UW Member Agency: Yes
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: Yes
Youth Volunteers: Yes
Court-Mandated Volunteers: No
Groups Over Five: No
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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| Ester Volunteer Fire Department | Contact/Volunteer Coordinator: Joe Yurchak
Office Phone: 479-6858
Toll-Free: N/A
Help Line: N/A
Fax: 479-9883
Address: 3750 Old Nenana Hwy.
City: Ester
state: AK
Zip: 99725
E-mail: N/A
Website: N/A
Services Provided: Responds to
emergency calls and provides public education on fire prevention. |
Volunteer Help: Become a trained fire fighter, EMT, fire fighter support or auxiliary.
UW Member Agency: No
Training Provided Beyond Orientation: Yes
Seasonal Openings: Yes
Year-Round Openings: Yes
Annual Events: Yes
Board Members: No
Youth Volunteers: No
Court-Mandated Volunteers: Yes
Groups Over Five: Yes
Families: No
Short-Term Positions: Yes
Long-Term Positions: Yes
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