Volunteer Projects
Accounting Assistant The business office needs help with a fixed assets accounting project. This is the perfect volunteer job for an accounting student. Contact: Glenda Jones, ext. 2112, gjones@nexusrecovery.org.
Business Office Assistant The business office needs help once a week with general office duties including filing. Contact: Glenda Jones, ext. 2112, gjones@nexusrecovery.org.
Classroom Helpers One to two volunteers are needed per week to help out the DISD teachers in the Adolescent classroom. Volunteers can spend anywhere from one to three hours assisting with individual tutoring and special projects. Contact: Beverly Carroll, ext. 2110, bcarroll@nexusrecovery.org.
Document Imaging Assistants Help is needed scanning medical records in the admissions department. One to two volunteers needed once or twice a week, three to four hours at a time. Training will be provided. Contact: Sheree Isett, ext. 2106, sisett@nexusrecovery.org.
Holiday Parties
Halloween Cookout for the children and their Moms. Volunteers are needed to create a pumpkin patch at the back of the campus. Around dark, we will hook a large trailer filled with hay to the back of our big tractor, have a hayride out to the pumpkin patch, let the kids pick out a pumpkin and then have a weenie-roast. The kids and their Moms will return to the dorm in the hay-trailer. We would like the volunteers to provide pumpkins, hay, and items for the cookout. Contact: Don Farmer, ext. 2124, dfarmer@nexusrecovery.org. Christmas Party: Four to six volunteers needed to provide refreshments, goodie bags and a craft project for the kids ages two to 12. Santa will probably make an appearance again this year. Also, this year we would like a separate party for the Adolescents. For the kids: contact Tonjia Grady, ext. 2700, tgrady@nexusrecovery.org. For the adolescents: contact Beverly Carroll, ext. 2110, bcarroll@nexusrecovery.org. Easter Party: Four to six volunteers needed to stuff and hide eggs, provide refreshments and goodie pages for the kids ages two to 12. Contact: Tonjia Grady, ext. 2700, tgrady@nexusrecovery.org.
Mentors for Teenage Girls Volunteers needed to provide monthly activities and emotional support. Orientation and training provided. Volunteers must be females over 21. A one-year commitment is required (10 to 15 volunteers needed). Contact: Beverly Carroll, ext. 2110, bcarroll@nexusrecovery.org.
Outpatient Donations Each counselor has drawings once a week for "client of the week", perfect attendance awards, punctuality awards, etc. Often the counselors will spend their own money for these. They would love things like toiletry items, journals, meditation books, gift certificates (like for groceries, gas, Target), movie passes, toys and books for small children. The counselors have also requested 12-Step posters; donations of Big Books to both give clients and keep in their group rooms and S.T.E.P. Parenting books for the counselors. Contact: Sam Hilliard, ext. 2500, shilliard@nexusrecovery.org.
Outpatient Monthly Celebrations The four outpatient counselors have requested cakes for their groups on a monthly basis for birthdays, celebrations, graduations, etc. All four would like cakes large enough to feed approx 20 people. Matie: 4th Friday of every month, morning group – La Prada; Sherry: 4th Friday, morning group – La Prada; Dianne: 4th Tuesday, morning group – Lemmon; Kathryn: last Friday afternoon group – Lemmon. If it would be easier, all could be on the same day each month. Contact: Sam Hilliard, ext. 2500, shilliard@nexusrecovery.org.
Outpatient Parties Volunteers are needed to help with parties, such as decorating the group room and providing some food for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. At Christmas time the counselors could use help before the day of the party wrapping the kids' and clients' gifts, which we get through donations from the Women’s Auxiliary Christmas Tea. Contact: Sam Hilliard, ext. 2500, shilliard@nexusrecovery.org.
Parkland Partner One to two volunteers per week are needed to accompany new clients to Parkland. Transportation will be provided by the Nexus van. Volunteers are needed in both the mornings and afternoons and will need to allow for up to four hours of their time. Contact: Jim Lindsey, ext. 2107, jlindsey@nexusrecovery.org.
Volunteer Coordinator A volunteer is needed to coordinate the volunteer program. This is a once a week, three to four hour commitment. For more information contact Lora Brandis, ext. 2104, lbrandis@nexusrecovery.org.