Volunteer Day
What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same time? Come to Volunteer Day and choose an activity you’d like to join for the day. See below for a schedule of events on Volunteer Day.
Volunteer Day Schedule:
■7:30 a.m.: Meet at the Community Center for juice and bagels.
■8;00-8:30 a.m.: Choose which activity you’d like to help with for the day.
■8:30 a.m.: Board the bus to your activity site.
■9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.
■3:30 p.m.: Board the bus that will take you back to the Community Center.
See below for a list of volunteer opportunities for Volunteer Day so you can begin thinking about which activity you might want to join.
A list of volunteer activities:
Paint Houses: Happy Homes is a local organization that provides home painting. For elderly or physically disabled people who cannot do repairs to their homes. Happy Homes provides volunteer painters to repair old houses.
Plant flowers: Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks, help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks.
Read to children: Love and Learning is an organization that provides volunteers to help children with learning disabilities. Read books out loud to groups of children four to six years old, or read one-on-one with struggling readers seven to eight years old.
Play with animals: Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned.
【小题1】At what time do volunteers leave for their activity sites?A.7:30 a.m. | B.8:00 a.m. |
C.8:30 a.m. | D.9:00 a.m. |
A.Plant flowers | B.Paint houses |
C.Read to children | D.Play with animals |
A.Read books to children. | B.Spend time with animals. |
C.Help plant bushes in parks. | D.Pick up garbage along the river |
A.educate children | B.attract volunteers |
C.comfort the elderly | D.encourage the disabled |
Just like the animals we shelter, people are very special to us. The Animal Shelter of Sacramento County has 300 active volunteers and is always eager to add more. If you have a few hours each week and a love for dogs and cats, we at the shelter welcome your participation.
Youth Volunteers
Children 10 years of age or older are allowed to take part in some of our programs as youth volunteers when accompanied by an adult. The adult can be a parent, or guardian 18 years of age or older. Volunteering is rewarding for a number of reasons. Youth volunteers learn responsibility as they serve the community. Volunteers are rewarded with the love for our sheltered animals. Volunteers learn about the needs of dogs and cats and how to care for those needs.
Youth Volunteer Qualifications
A youth volunteer must:
*care deeply about animals and their happiness
*complete an application form
*be at least 10 years of age and accompanied by an adult
*attend a training program
Youth Volunteer Opportunities
Youth volunteers may fill the position of dog nuzzler, cat snuggler, or kennel aide, if there are openings. Please call our volunteer information hotline at 1-800-290-5992 to hear a recording of the positions available.
Dog Nuzzlers
Dogs need to exchange information with human and exercise to stay healthy and feel comfortable around people. Dog nuzzlers must be knowledgeable about dogs and able to deal with medium-sized to large-sized dogs. Youth volunteer dog nuzzlers must be able to work at least two hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on either Saturdays or Sundays.
Cat Snugglers
Look after our cats, giving them lots of attention. Cat snugglers must be knowledgeable about cats and their needs. Youth volunteer cat snugglers must be able to work at least two hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on either Saturdays or Sundays.
Kennel Aides
Providing food and water for the animals at the shelter is a demanding job. Kennel aides assist the Animal Shelter staff in feeding the animals in our care. Kennel aides must be able to work at least two hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on either Saturdays or Sundays.
【小题1】What benefit can youth volunteers gain at the Animal Shelter?A.Animals will help them kill time on weekends. |
B.They will learn more about the needs of others. |
C.They will learn how to apply for a job in the future. |
D.Animals will bring them great pleasure in return. |
A.Matt, whose younger sister can come with him at 4:00 p. m. on Saturdays. |
B.Jim, who can take part with his mother on Sunday mornings. |
C.Amber, who can participate with his father on weekdays. |
D.Katie, whose parents have to work every day. |
A.Serve the community. |
B.Fill in the application form. |
C.Call the volunteer in formation hotline. |
D.Receive training in looking after animals. |
A.are less comfortable around large-sized dogs |
B.get along better with medium-sized dogs |
C.need to communicate with dogs |
D.should be available the whole day on weekends |
A.look for youth volunteers |
B.call on people to protect animals |
C.introduce what the voluntary work is |
D.teach people how to care for animals |
Even as a bush fire threatened the rural Australian community, Gary Wilson and his partner Julie Willis decided not to flee their wooden house.
The two had a home full of baby kangaroos to protect. More than 10 of the baby kangaroos — called joeys — stayed safe inside fabric pouches (育儿袋) that hung in the couple's living room. Each piece of cloth looked like the opening in which mother kangaroos carry their young. Wilson and Willis have taken care of wild animals before. Recently, full-grown kangaroos and other wildlife that had left their care long ago came back to the house in search of protection as the fires grew nearer. ''We had too many animals in the house and around the house so we really couldn't go, '' Wilson said. ''We decided we were going to stay and fight. '' Their home is now surrounded by burned land and vehicles.
Wilson and Willis defended their home with fire extinguishers (灭火器) and water pumps. Their house also had a special device on top that sprayed water on hot ashes falling on the roof.
Good preparation and good luck helped the building stay safe. And the animals have survived. But the fire killed two of Wilson's neighbors. ''It was a horrible thing. '' Wilson said.
Willis said, ''It's not until after the fires when it really hits you how close you were to dying... ''
While Wilson and Willis usually care for joeys that are rescued after their mothers are struck by vehicles, they are now welcoming an increasing number of fire orphans.
She said, ''We didn't have children ourselves; this is what we spend our time doing. We think it's worthy — a worthy cause — looking after our babies no matter what they are... ''
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that ______ .A.Wilson and Willis took care of kangaroos only |
B.Wilson and Willis decided to leave their wooden house |
C.Wilson and Willis made pouches for baby kangaroos |
D.Wilson and Willis had to look after their own babies |
A.firefighters who come to help them |
B.special devices which help put out the fire |
C.baby animals whose mothers get killed in the fire |
D.neighbors whose houses are burnt in the fire |
A.A news report. | B.A journal. |
C.A textbook. | D.A guidebook. |
Diane Yane always had a close relationship with her grandfather, so when he died in her twenties, the loss hit her hard. Shortly after that, Yane left her job to work with seniors. “I was hired as an activities director at a senior living center, and I took to it like a fish to water,” she recalls. “I started developing relationships with the seniors there. It was like having 200 new grandparents.”
Yane has been interacting with seniors ever since, from working at a care center to providing in-home care for private clients. Now, two decades later, she has opened a social club for adults who are 55 and older-Elder Pep Day Club & Spa(水疗中心), “I wanted to create a space for seniors interested in meeting other people, staying active and taking classes,” Yane says.
Members come in for different activities, including chair yoga, Spanish classes, indoor bowling, card and board games, creative writing, and more, and spa treatments or just to hang out. Later this year, Yane plans to open the second half of the space as a private spa.
In her years of professional experience with older adults, Yane has seen the extraordinary benefits of social interaction and human touch. According to a study by the American College of Health Care Administrators, touch is the most important of our senses, yet it is often overlooked. “Skin is the body’s largest organ and sends positive and negative signals to the brain. Touch deprivation, also known as touch starvation, leads to a range of emotional and physical problems,” it adds.
“I know how important it is for seniors to feel cared for-getting their hair and nails done and receiving massage therapy(按摩疗法),” Yane says, “but what’s really close to my heart is a private room with a walk-in bathtub. At assisted living facilities, many seniors only have access to a shower, where they sit on a bench and their caregiver sprays them with water. There’s not a lot of dignity or joy in that. I want to give seniors back the luxury of submerging(使浸没)their bodies in a warm bath.”
【小题1】What can we learn about Diane Yane from the first paragraph?A.She wanted to be free like fish. | B.She liked working with seniors. |
C.She was bad at caring for people. | D.She followed her grandfather’s footsteps. |
A.Avoid any social interaction. | B.Get free medical treatment. |
C.Enjoy some leisure activities. | D.Study with young members. |
A.To prove the importance of social interaction. |
B.To show the necessity of social clubs for seniors. |
C.To tell the working principle of the human body. |
D.To offer scientific support for Yane’s private spa. |
A.Walking into a private bathtub. | B.Taking an assisted shower. |
C.Spraying water for pleasure. | D.Receiving massage therapy. |
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