CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Contact: Starla Elsberry,269-2251 (Poweshiek and Tama Counties) 123 6th Avenue West

Mission: This program offers personal, social and community service programming to individuals with disabilities. The purpose of the program is to provide age-appropriate, individualized training in personal, social relations, semi-independent living, community awareness, communication, computational vocational skills and paid work.

The objective of this special needs program is either to develop maximum independence or to maintain current levels of functioning while providing a means of alleviating stress in the home setting. The Career Development program is community-based, and seeks to remove architectural, attitudinal, employment and other barriers to people with disabilities and pursue movement toward integration of individuals with disabilities into the community.

Volunteers are needed to help consumers with paid work time activities from 10:30 a.m.- 12:30p.m. such as tracking work time and productivity. Also, assisting consumers with the achievement of social, recreational, and leisure objectives from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m..

CIRSI - Central Iowa Residential Service
Contact Person: Rick Sisson, 236-5774, rsisson@iowatelecom.net, 704 Industrial Ave., Suite 100

Mission: CIRSI sponsors group homes for men and women with mental handicaps, primarily with Down Syndrome. Residents live independently in a community-house setting and have 24-hour assistance available to them.

Volunteers are needed to help with one on one or group activities and to hang out with residents.

POWESHIEK COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
Contact Person: Sophie Tyler, board member, 236-6845

Mission: Primarily a service organization for the mentally-handicapped, this agency provides services to over 100 country residents including camp trips to Camp Courageous, the Career Development Center, assistance of the group home for five developmentally disabled adults in Grinnell, support for Special Olympics and financial support with early intervention for preschoolers. The ARC also offers scholarships to students and teachers pursuing or furthering careers in special education or serving people with special needs.

Volunteers are needed to help out with the operation of this association, to do mostly organizational and advocacy work.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA
Contact Person: Rhonda Schwarzkopf, 515-986-5520, or Unified Sports [unified]
3737 Woodland Avenue Suite 325, West Des Moines, IA, 50266-1930

Mission: Special Olympics Iowa is a statewide organization providing persons with mental handicaps year-round sports training and competition in 23 Olympic-style sports. In its 26th year, Special Olympics Iowa runs eighty competitions and events per year at the state and local level.

Volunteers are needed as event volunteers, volunteer coaches and to work with the Grinnell College chapter of Unified Sports, a program that combines a team of students and people with disabilities.

THE STATION CLUBHOUSE
Contact Person: Julie Wendyl, jwendl@iowatelecom.net, 236-5325, 729 Pearl Street

Mission: The Station Clubhouse is a psychosocial rehabilitation program. The purpose of the Clubhouse is to provide a safe and restorative environment where members feel needed and accepted while working toward a fuller and more satisfying life. The Clubhouse is located within a residential complex and is open Monday through Friday from 9 until 2:30.

Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday to help teach daily living skills, computer skills, and to also spend time hanging out at the center, visiting with people one-on-one.