OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED IN OUTREACH

1) Name of Agency: 
                    Burroughs Community Center 
    Address: 2470 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport CT 06605

    Contact Person:   Please direct all inquiries to Jason Macchia, Assistant Director at Burroughs Community Center, either thru email or phone. email: jason@burroughscc.org Phone: (203) 334-0293 (Bilingual Spanish/English greatly needed).  
                                                               
    Description:  Burroughs Community Center is seeking volunteers for it's VITA program. Vita is a volunteer income tax assitance program designed to help low to moderate income families file their tax returns free of charge. Volunteers from all walks of life spend either Sunday afternoons or Monday evenings during the tax season helping people file. The program offers 2 options for training. Volunteers can attend an IRS lead 8 hours of training or use the IRS online course. Once a volunteer passes the basic test from either source they will recieve on site training to use the software. If you can use a computer you can help! While tax season may be months away it is never to early to contact us to get involved or ask questions.

2) Name of Agency: 
School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport, Inc.
Address: 280 Tesiny Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06606 
203-576-7808 or 371-4617
Contact Person: Anne Gribbon agribbon@bridgeportedu.net

Description: The mission of the School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport, Inc. (SVA) is to enrich and support the learning of Bridgeport’s public school students through the involvement of volunteers from Bridgeport and surrounding communities. Volunteers work in the schools during the school day reading books to classes and tutoring and mentoring individual students. Individuals may volunteer monthly, bi-weekly or weekly depending on their availability and type of opportunity selected. SVA provides books, materials and training to support the work of the volunteers.

Days and Times: Volunteers work during the school day.

3)   Name of Agency: 
The Council or Churches of Greater Bridgeport, Inc
Address: 1100 Boston Ave. Bldg 5A Bpt. 06610
Contact Person: Rev. Dr. Brian Schofield-Bodt 
EMAIL: brianschofield-bodt@ccgb.org

A Brief Description:   
After school homework program, M-T 3-6pm at assorted locations
Hunger Outreach(soup kitchens), 7 days/wk at assorted locations usually from 3-6pm but some breakfasts and lunches. 
Call or details 334-1121 x 233


4)   Name of Agency:
Mercy Learning Center
ADDRESS: 637 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604
CONTACT PERSON:
Sharon Sanford
EMAIL: sharon.sanford@snet.net 

A Brief Description:
Mercy Learning Center provides basic literacy and life skills training to low-income, undereducated women in the greater Bridgeport area. Our volunteers are vital to our program and assist us in many areas including tutoring students in ESL, Reading or Math, child care aides, computer lab aides, aides in Mercy's Closet (our used clothing boutique for students) and sewing and knitting instructors.

Volunteers are needed during the hours the Center is open; Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.


Sharon Sanford
Student Enrichment Coordinator
Mercy Learning Center
sharon.sanford@snet.net
Office: (203) 334-6699
Fax: (203) 332-6852
www.mercylearningcenter.org 

5)   Name of Organization:
BAYSO - Bridgeport American Youth Soccer Organization
Contact person: Edith Cassidy (registrar) eabc@optonline.net 366-2415
A Brief Description: 
BAYSO is a youth soccer league with teams in the U5 through U14 age group. It is part of the national AYSO organization. There are two playing seasons: Fall and Spring with 8 games each. The games are played at Seaside Park in Bridgeport. We depend on volunteers to do the referee-ing and coaching. In particular we are looking for a volunteer to oversee the 4 year old division which only takes place in the spring (end of April to early June). The time commitment is one hour for 6 Saturdays and to attend one 2 hour meeting and training. We can use coaches for all divisions as well as referees. Coaches need to have 1-2 practices a week for 1 ½ hours and to coach a one hour game on Saturdays. 

6)  Name of Organization:
Bridgeport Rescue Mission
To find out how to volunteer help to the Mission see their website:  http://www.bridgeportrescuemission.org/help.html


















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