•	1st Choice Pregnancy Center needs volunteer counselors to talk with clients; abortion recovery counselors to help women who have experienced abortion; receptionists; workers to help with housecleaning; parenting teachers; and Mommy Store workers. Also needed are men teachers and men to assist with security and to do handy work. Call 903 792-5735.
•	Ace of Clubs House needs tour guides and gift shop attendants. The Museum of Regional History needs guest and front desk attendants. Call Melissa Nesbitt at 903-793-4831.
•	Alzheimer\'s Alliance Texarkana Area needs volunteers who have a good knowledge of Alzheimer\'s Disease to answer the HelpLine evenings and weekends, do light clerical work in the office, do fundraisers and other events. Call 903-223-8021.
•	Ark-Tex Area Agency on Aging needs Ombudsman volunteers to adopt a nursing home to visit residents. Call Lisa Brady at 903-832-8636. Also needed are Benefits Counseling volunteers who would advocate to ensure the receipt of benefits for the elderly. Call Victoria Pennington at 903-832-8636.
•	American Red Cross, Texarkana Area Chapter seeks volunteers willing to train for disaster response locally as well as outside the Chapter area. Others are needed to become first-aid, CPR, and water safety instructors.ay. Call Buzz Barron at 903-793-5602 for more information.
•	Regional Arts Center needs volunteers to serve as hostesses and to work the front desk. Duties will consist of routing phone calls, taking phone messages, and greetng guests. Please call Bobbie Guillot at 903 791-0075.
•	Caddo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America is seeking volunteers to work with youth in the Texarkana area. Contact Wes Benjamin at 903-793-2179 for information.
•	Main Street Texarkana needs volunteers to serve in the areas of promotion, organization, design, and economic restructuring for the preservation of the historic district and revitalization of Downtown Texarkana. Call 870 774-2120 or visit www.godowntown.org.
•	Cornerstone Retirement Center at 4100 Moores Lane, needs volunteers to help with games, social activities, reading, playing the the piano, etc. Call Anna Otwell 903-832-5515.
•	Domestic Violence Prevention, Inc. is seeking volunteers who are caring and empathetic to work the hotline, at the Battered Women\'s Shelter, administrative office, resale shop, and outreach offices. Please call Summer Dugan at 903 794-4000.
•	Manna Kitchen volunteers to cook and deliver hot meals to the elderly, shut-ins, and handicapped in New Boston and DeKalb. Call 903-628-6636 or 903-628-2444.
•	Ozan-Ingram Iron Mountain Neighborhood Center needs volunteers to assist children after school with homework and computer lab. Call 870-772-8652.
•	Texarkana Animal League needs a Cat Room Volunteer Coordinator, Adoption Event volunteers, fundraising volunteers, cat huggers and petters and foster homes. For more information, call 1-877-525-4825 or email info@TexarkanaAnimalLeague.org. for an application or more information.
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•	Texarkana Public Library needs volunteers to work front desk, put up magazines, help with story hour, do landscaping. Contact Eloise Temple Cherry at 903 794-5176.
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•	Heritage Plaza Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is looking for volunteers to dedicate about an hour a week to residents by calling bingo, helping with arts & crafts, painting fingernails, etc. If you would like to be a part of the family, please contact Roxanne Miller, Life Enrichment Coordinator, at 903-792-6700.
•	Randy Sams Homeless Shelter needs help preparing meals, sorting can goods, and helping with the Childrens Room. Call 903-792-7024.
•	Runnin WJ Ranch located at 4802 Kings Highway, needs sidewalkers and horse leaders for therapeutic riding for special needs children. Call Runnin WJ Ranch at 903-838-3223.
•	Salvation Army needs volunteers to help sort and coordinate clothing donated to the thrift store. Contact Clarence Hearne at 903-794-4821.
•	Samaritan Charities, Inc., needs volunteers to work in the Thrift Store. Call Linda Rodgers at 903-793-0011.
•	Texarkana Volunteer Center offers volunteer opportunities in the community and refers prospective volunteers to appropriate agencies and volunteer groups. If you wish to volunteer contact Kathey Graves at 903 798-3211.
•	Texarkana Nursing Center needs volunteers to help with patient activities. Please contact Suzanne or Daphena at 903-792-3812.
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•	Wadley Auxillary is looking for hospital volunteers, age 18 and up, interested in helping in surgery waiting, the gift shop, the front desk, helping with discharges, delivering mail, etc. Please ontact Jean Cornelius at 903-798-7074.
•	Faith, Love & Hope Youth Center is seeking dedicated volunteers to spend time with our youth in an after school program. Volunteers help with homework assistance, mentoring, computer assistance and social and emotional development through games and other activities. Call 870-774-0214.
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•	Family Matters (formerly Kid Exchange) needs volunteers to help monitor court-ordered supervised visitation. Training will be provided. Call Jen Mugno at 903-793-7988.
•	The Church of Truth Texarkana outreach program needs volunteers to sort and hang donated clothing and to interact with clientele. Volunteers are also needed in the soup kitchen to serve food, bus tables, sweep floors, and wash dishes. Contact Susan T. Moore at 870 774-2819.
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•	Southwest Arkansas Youth Association located at 4323 Jefferson, Ste B, is in need of tutors who are bilingual and can teach Spanish as a Second Language in the out-of-school program. Please call 870-330-7451 for information.
•	Senior Outreach Program, sponsored by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Greater Texarkana, is looking for volunteers to give a small number of hours each month to help underserved seniors throughout the area. These volunteers are needed to assist with transportation, minor maintenance of homes, pharmaceutical company programs, yard service, and be available to make presentations to community organizations on issues pertaining to seniors. Please call 870-779-4983 for information.
•	The Perot Theatre is seeking volunteers to usher various performances throughout the year. All ages of volunteers,from high school students to senior citizens, are accepted. Ushers will fill a variety of jobs, including ticket tearing, stuffing and handing out programs and seating patrons. Call Traci Waller at 903-792-8681 or twaller@trahc.org. for more information.
•	The Darnell Brown Community Development Center needs volunteers to help with restoration and renovation of the From Bondage to Freedom Recovery Chem-Free House. Painters, wall paper hangers, carpenters, carpet layers are needed so the doors can open on January 15, 2009. This will be a safe place for women to recover from the addiction of drugs and alcohol and also a safe plan to bring their children. Contact Darlena Brown at 903-244-0036 or email darlenab54@windstream.net.
•	Opportunities Senior Day Care Center needs volunteers to assist with games, sing-a-longs, Bible devotions, bingo, arts and crafts, painting and reading stories. Call Linda Babineaux at 903-791-2286.