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VOLUNTEERS

A Lift Up Furniture Bank: Volunteers needed for retail center, transportation team, shopping assistance, warehouse and office support.

Child Focus: Chaperones needed to accompany children to quarterly events.

Civitan of Southern Nevada: Volunteers needed for shuttle program that takes National Finals Rodeo ticket holders from hotels to the Thomas & Mack Center Dec. 6-15.

Help of Southern Nevada: Volunteers needed to process holiday assistance applications through Dec. 20, and to collect and sort toys during an outdoor radio station toy drive Thursday through Dec. 9.

St. Jude's Ranch for Children: Tutors, car museum attendants, data entry clerks, mailroom workers, gift shop workers and landscaping volunteers needed.

State Health Insurance Advisory Program: Volunteers needed to assist Medicare beneficiaries with their questions and problems. Training is provided.

Summit View Youth Correctional Center: Mentors and assistants needed for drama, art, vocational training, street readiness, resume writing and interviewing classes on evenings and weekends.

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center/Sunrise Children's Hospital: Volunteers needed for information desk and book cart service to patient rooms.

Zappos.com Las Vegas Marathon: Volunteers needed for a variety of tasks such as helping at start and finish lines, water stations and registration Friday through Sunday.

For more information about these and other volunteer opportunities, contact the Volunteer Center of Southern Nevada at 892-2321 or on the Web at www.volunteernevada.org.

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