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Volunteers

The Orange County chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for volunteers in the categories of Children & Youth, Community, Disaster Relief, Emergency & Safety, Health & Medicine. Contact Tim Bothe at 942-0761 or check the Web site, www.ocncredcross.org.

The N.C. Botanical Garden offers a variety of volunteer opportunities in education and programming, conservation, propagation and garden maintenance. Potential volunteers may download an application or pick one up from the Totten Center reception desk. For information, call the garden's main number, 962-0522.

APS of Orange County always needs volunteers. Sign up for the next volunteer orientation listed on the homepage, www.animalprotectionsociety.org. Volunteers must be 16 years old or accompanied by a parent or guardian to volunteer. To receive regular notices about opportunities, send an e-mail to volunteer@animalprotectionsociety.org.

The Town of Hillsborough is recruiting a volunteer to serve on the Hillsborough Tree Board, which meets monthly at 9:30 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month. Applications are available at www.ci.hillsborough.nc.us or at the town clerk's office on the Town Hall campus, 101 E. Orange St. For information, contact the town's Tree Board representative, Ken Hines, at (919) 732-1270, ext. 78.

The Orange County Animal Shelter needs volunteers to walk dogs, socialize pets, clean and work at special events. Help is especially needed during the summer. To volunteer at the shelter, contact Sarah Fallin by e-mail at sfallin@co.orange.nc.us. Visit the Web site at www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/index.asp.

Orange County Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers for construction on Wednesdays and Fridays. Volunteers are also needed at the Habitat Hand Up Store in Durham. Cashiers are needed for Thursday afternoons, Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Contact Peggy Sanford by e-mail at handmeups@verizon.net or call (919) 403-8668.

RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program of Orange County. RSVP brings together people at least 55 years of age with nonprofit agencies in need of volunteeres. Go to www.co.orange.nc.us/aging/RSVPindex.asp or call 968-2056. Opportunities include: Blood pressure nurse volunteers needed Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Hillsborough. Assist in enabling participants to remain active members of the community. Chapel Hill.

Project Homeless Connect offers ways to volunteer. Contact Deanna Carson, EmPOWERment Inc., 967-8779. Graphics assistant for a history museum. Blood-pressure nurse needed Thursdays in Hillsborough. Help coordinate a volunteer program for a growing museum. Working knowledge of computers and e-mail and people person. Five to eight hours a week to start. One monthly meeting. Hillsborough or Chapel Hill. Walkers needed to lead a horse for one hour and lend support to children and young adults in therapeutic riding program. No experience in riding or handling horses required. Also looking for volunteer coordinator.

Extension service in Hillsborough needs volunteers to greet the public, help with mailings and answer telephones between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners is recruiting citizen volunteers for advisory boards and commissions assisting in the operation of county government: Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee; Affordable Housing Advisory Board; Agricultural Preservation Board; Air Quality Advisory Committe ; Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; Commission for the Environment; Commission for Women; Economic Development Commission; Eno EDD Small Area Taskforce; Historic Preservation Commission; Hollow Rock Park Planning Committee. (one vacancy); Human Relations Commission (five vacancies); Human Services Advisory Commission (five vacancies) ; Hyconeechee Regional Library (one vacancy); Interlocal Agreement Committee for the Hillsborough Area Orange County Strategic Growth Plan Phase II (one vacancy); Intergovernmental Parks Work Group (nine vacancies); Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency (one vacancy); Land Trust Affordable Housing Maintenance Task Force (five vacancies); Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee (one vacancy); Orange County Planning Board (one vacancy); Orange Unified Transportation Board (three vacancies); Orange-Chatham Justice Leadership Council (three vacancies); Orange-Person-Chatham Area Programs Board (one vacancy); Solid Waste Advisory Board (one vacancy); Transportation Services Board (three vacancies). For information, see www.co.orange.nc.us/boards/index.asp or call (919) 245-2125.