Tallahassee, All Agencies, A‐Z
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Opportunties for Service in Tallahassee, All Agencies, A‐Z Homelessness 2‐1‐1 Big Bend www.211bigbend.org 2‐1‐1 Big Bend is a non‐profit organization of 5 hotlines that provide free, short‐term counseling, crisis intervention, information, and community referrals. Liovani Nazario [email protected] 850‐617‐6309 Arts & Culture 621 Gallery www.621gallery.org The 621 Gallery is a non‐profit contemporary art exhibition and gathering space offering diverse experiences in Tallahassee, providing access to quality art and interactive opportunities. Denise Drury on site webmail 850‐224‐6163 Disabled Services Ability First www.ability1st.info/ To empower persons with disabilities to live independently and participate actively in their community, to increase the public's awareness of disability issues, and to strengthen the community's capacity to fully meet the needs of its citizens with disabilities by actively involving staff, board and consumers in local and state systems advocacy on issues that impact the individuals across disability populations. Dan Moore 850‐575‐9621 x 102 Adult Education Adult and Community Education ‐ Leon Count www.ace‐leon.org/ ACE provides adult learners with GED testing, ESOL services, high school credit for graduation, adults with disabilities education, and senior learning. Edna Walker walkere@ace‐leon.org 850‐922‐5343 ext270 Disabled Services Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities www.advocacycenter.org The Center's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self‐determination and expressed choices of individuals with disabilities. We promote, expand, protect and seek to assure the human and legal rights of disabled persons through the provision of information and advocacy. This is accomplished through 5 federally funded programs and information/referral services. Paul Finch 850‐488‐9071 Arts & Culture African Caribbean Dance Theatre, Inc. www.fadf.org Through its year‐round program services that provide intrinsic health benefits because of the regular physical activity components, ACDT aims to influence its participants to adopt lasting healthy lifestyles. Jevelle Robinson [email protected] 850‐539‐4087 Parks & Recreation Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens ridastateparks.org/MACLAYGARDENS/ Provide resource based recreation while preserving, interpreting, and restoring natural and cultural resources. Ginger Nichols [email protected] 850‐487‐4115 Senior Services Alzheimer's Project of Tallahassee www.alzheimersproject.org/ Many volunteer opportunites exist to relieve caregivers of an alzheimer's patient so they can have a break. Volunteers provide companionship and supervision. Training required. Volunteer must be 18. Transportation helpful, good interpersonal skills with the elderly a plus. Fall, winter, and spring training sessions ‐ call for more information! Recie Culpepper [email protected] 850‐386‐2778 Health Services American Cancer Society www.cancer.org Serves Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, Madison ,Taylor, Wakulla. Information about cancer, American Cancer Society and communitiy resources. Support groups, couseling, financial, home‐bound, and housing assistance. Temporary prosthesis and rehabilitaion exercise. Various volunteer opportunities for drivers to drive cancer patients to appointments and to help out with light office work. 850‐297‐0588 Health Services American Heart Association www.heart.org Provides public and private information education. Educational efforts are provided in the areas of research, worksite, schoolsite, and communitysite programs. Serves Leon County community site program. Assistants needed to help out with light office work, customer service and projects. Kelly Maynard [email protected] 850‐878‐3885 Health Services American Lung Association ‐ Big Bend Region www.lungusa.org The Mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and to promote lung health. Our vision is a world free of lung disease. Amy Driskell [email protected] 850‐386‐2065 Disaster & Emergency Services American Red Cross ‐ Capital Area Chapter www.tallyredcross.org/ To assist our citizens and communities in planning and preparing for, responding to, recovering from and mitigateing disasters. Katie Sherk [email protected] 850‐878‐6080 Hunger America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend www.fightinghunger.org Our mission is to collect and distribute food to other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in the Big Bend area that provide food to people in need and to educate and inform the public about the problem of, as well as the solutions to, hunger. [email protected] 850‐562‐3033 Animals Animal Aid Society www.animalaid.us/ Tallahassee has the benefit of a successful spay and neuter center for cats and dogs. The center provides low‐ cost pet health care services which include spaying, neutering, vaccinations, and general medical treatment. Considerable time is spent by the staff working with and educating pet owners on a variety of basic pet health care procedures, behavioral problems, and pet loss. [email protected] 850‐386‐4148 Health Services Apalachee Center for Human Services www.apalacheecenter.org/ Apalachee Center, Inc is a private, not‐for‐profit behaviorial healthcare organization offering a full range of mental health services. It is the mission of Apalachee Center, Inc. to empower persons within our community to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families through the efficient and effective delivery of quality behavioral healthcare services. administrator@apalacheecenter. 850‐523‐3333 Children and Youth Apalachee Ridge Technology Center www.techcenterapr.com Apalachee Ridge Technology Learning Center is a city sponsored community center with focus on developing the community through its youth. Our major focuses are: 1) Effective After School Program 2) A Community Based Digital Media Learning Lab. Here, Students can safely receive academic help, explore new interests, and merge the arts with technology. Terrance 850‐877‐2709 Senior Services Area Agency on Aging for North Florida www.aaanf.org/ The Area Agency on Aging for North Florida is a private, non‐profit corporation. Our primary goals are to advocate on behalf of the elderly and provide support programs and services which help older individuals remain independent in their own home. Office assistants needed to provide clerical support to office staff. Janice D. Wise [email protected] 850‐488‐0055 HIV & AIDS Big Bend Cares bigbendcares.org Big Bend Cares is a non‐profit service organization that provides support and services to people living with AIDS/HIV. Our mission is to provide practical, emotional, and financial assistance to people living with the HIV virus and their caregivers, as will as prevention and educational services for the general community. Diana Slater [email protected] 850‐656‐2437 x 301 Homelessness Big Bend Habitat for Humanity ‐ Tallahassee www.habitally.org/index.php Habitat's purpose is to eliminate inadequate and substandard housing by replacing substandard housing with simple, secent, safe affordable housing. Juanita Ross [email protected] 850‐574‐2288 Homelessness Big Bend Homeless Coalition www.bigbendhc.org The Big Bend Homeless Coalition facilitates the delivery of services to homeless families and individuals by providing education, advocacy and the coordination of community resources. Stephanie Beckingham [email protected] 850‐576‐5566 Health Services Big Bend Hospice www.bigbendhospice.org Big Bend Hospice provides physical, emotional, psychological, social, practical and spiritual care for terminally ill patients and their families. Ginny Burns 850‐878‐5310 Children and Youth Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Big Bend www.bigbrothers‐bigsisters.org/ Big Brothers Big Sisters is the preeminent national youth‐serving organization based on a one‐to‐one relationship between an adult volunteer and a child whose circumstances demonstrate the need for additional adult support. Volunteers serving as mentors and role models help youth to increase their self‐confidence, reach their highest potential, and to see themselves as having happy and successful futures. Taneshia McDonald [email protected] 850‐386‐6002 Animals Birdsong Nature Center w.birdsongnaturecenter.org/index.htm Birdsong Nature Center's mission is to foster awareness, understanding, and appreciation of nature and its interrelationships. It's goals are: To educate and inspire leaders, teachers, and the public about the natural world through direct discovery and hands‐on learning; To promote a sense of personal responsibility for the environment; and, To manage Birdsong's acreage as a living museum and outdoor classroom by encouraging birdsong@birdsongnaturecenter 800‐953‐2473 Health Services Bond Community Health Center, Inc. One of the major drivers of health care utilization and costs is diabetes, and any plan to change health care in America must include steps to change the way diabetes is viewed and treated. BCHC participates in the HRSA Diabetes collaborative to look at wats to delay or decrease the complication of this disease. Our goal is to fully support all aspects of diabetes cure, prevention, treatment and care. J.R. Richards [email protected] 850‐576‐2824 Children and Youth Boy Scouts of America, Suwanee River Area C www.suwanneeriver.net/ The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to serve others by helping to instill value in young people and prepare them to make ethical choices over