JAK’s Place

JAK’s Place depends on volunteers for many things. At the same time, volunteering has benefits you may never have thought of.

Garden
~ Planting, general care, harvest
~ Overseeing other workers

Fund raising events
~ Greeting, telling people about JAK’s Place

House and yard work
~ Cleaning, fixing, painting

Newsletter
~ Folding and preparing to mail, a monthly chore

Teaching – everyone knows something that someone else doesn’t.

Just being there
~ Greeting visitors
~ Giving tours
~ Answering the phone
~ Listening!

Volunteering is:

~ A way to show that you care, that you are part of a community
~ Getting out of yourself, leaving your problems behind for a while
~ Helping others without interfering in their lives
~ Learning
~ A step up on the way to getting a job