Volunteers are the backbone of what we get done. We had roughly 11,000 hours of volunteers in 2016 that were logged into our record keeping system. I\u2019m pretty sure we had more that didn\u2019t get registered or captured in our database. That number of hours is roughly equal to an additional 10 part time employees each working 20 hours per week!<\/p>\n
Our volunteers come from Ball State students, faculty, business organizations, churches, service clubs, youth groups, retirees, work-release programs, service day events and schools just to name a few.<\/p>\n
We are ready for volunteers Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm and the first Saturday morning each month (unless it is a holiday weekend). You don\u2019t need to schedule an appointment unless you are a large group (probably 12 or more), just show up and stay as long as you like. We are ready for volunteers every day. Our goal is to be the first place people think of when they want to volunteer and to provide to most positive volunteer experience that they will have.<\/p>\n