A new feature of Louisiana Inspired highlights volunteer opportunities across south Louisiana. If your organization has specific volunteer opportunities, please email us at jan.risher@theadvocate.com with details on the volunteer opportunity, organization and the contact/registration information volunteers would need.
Acadiana: The Volunteer Instructors Teaching Adults program in Acadiana aims to provide reading instruction to adults who want to learn to read or improve their reading skills. It is a literacy agency whose mission is to provide necessary skills to adults to successfully pursue educational, vocational and personal goals. Volunteers are trained to work with adults to teach literacy skills.Ìý
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÍ¿ª½±ÀúÊ·¼Ç¼: The Court Appointed Special Advocate Association supports various state and local organizations across the country. In 1992, the association was established in East Ïã¸ÛÁùºÍ¿ª½±ÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ Parish. Its mission is to advocate for timely placement of children in permanent, safe and stable homes. The organization is looking for volunteers who would be advocates for children in need.
New Orleans: , part of First Grace Community Alliance, provides pro bono immigration legal counseling for children in the area, as well as women and children who reside at Hagar's House — its partner site. The organization seeks volunteer attorneys and law students to work on (or take) a child's case. Legal volunteers are able to use templates to help draft documents. Louisiana barred attorneys cab take a child's Special Immigrant Juvenile Status case and the organization will provide support.
also seeks bilingual (Spanish/English) volunteers to return calls for two-plus hours per week and at least a four-month commitment. Once trained, volunteers sign up for regular, weekly volunteer shifts returning calls and assisting callers with resources.
Louisiana Inspired is a weekly Sunday section that focuses on people and organizations in Louisiana who are working toward solving problems and making the world a better place. The section is published in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÍ¿ª½±ÀúÊ·¼Ç¼, New Orleans and Acadiana. If you know of someone or an organization that is doing exceptional work to make Louisiana better, please let us know by emailing us at jan.risher@theadvocate.com.Ìý