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October 15, 2007 - 9:00 pm
 

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

Best Friends Animal Society: Volunteers needed for various customer-service positions for the Super Adoption event Saturday.

Girls and Boys Town residential property, North Las Vegas: Volunteers needed to help remove existing landscape to make way for water-efficient substitute 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.

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

St. Jude's Ranch for Children: Volunteers needed to refurbish and make more "kid friendly" the administration office, lobby and community hall by cleaning, painting, repairing and reorganizing at various times through Oct. 24.

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 book cart service to patient rooms and other special services.

Volunteer Center of Southern Nevada: Volunteers including individuals, groups and families needed for Make a Difference Day Serve-A-Thon Hands on the Valley Oct. 27 for various projects such as painting, landscaping, planting trees and cleanup at five project sites across Clark County.

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