Offers family navigation services, social events, support groups, parent to parent programs, and educational workshops, for parents and families of children with visual impairments.

Foundation for Blind Children Family Support and Education | Foundation for Blind Children Family Support and Education

Programs that sponsor conferences, symposiums, seminars, workshops and other gatherings in which one or a variety of speakers are brought together to make presentations which address a particular human service topic with the objective of increasing participant awareness of the issues, problems and potential solutions that are facing residents of the community.

Workshops/Symposiums

Programs organized by commercial, community or educational groups such as senior centers, youth clubs or scouting groups that provide opportunities for people of all ages, usually local residents, to participate in day or weekend trips to the zoo, art exhibits, museums, amusement parks, natural areas, places of business or other points of interest.

Field Trips/Excursions

Programs that provide educational and supportive services for parents with disabilities and/or parents of children with disabilities who want to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to be effective in their parenting role.

Disability Related Parenting Programs

Programs that accept gift cards or certificates for distribution to the people they serve. Gift cards are redeemable for goods or services and include those that can be redeemed at specific retail stores, grocery stores, restaurants and gas stations, as well as prepaid phone cards and debit cards issued by banks.

Gift Card Donation Programs

Programs that accept donations of paints, brushes, easels, canvases, paper, dyes, chalk, charcoal, colored pencils, clay, glass, wax, beads, pieces of wood, cutting tools, scraps of fabric and other tools and materials that are required for any of a variety of art or craft projects. The materials may be kept by the organization for use in its own program, sold to the general public or teachers (usually at discounted prices) or donated again to arts/crafts programs for use by the people they serve.

Arts and Crafts Donation Programs

Programs that accept new or secondhand toys, games, puzzles and other similar items; repair them if necessary; and keep them for use in their own program or donate them to toy lending libraries, family shelters, foster care programs and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve.

Toy/Game Donation Programs

Child care centers and other similar organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing to serve as aides to professional child care staff on a voluntary basis without remuneration. Also included are shelters and other community organizations that need volunteers to provide supervision for young children while their mothers or other caregivers are attending workshops, receiving counseling or participating in other agency programs.

Child Care Volunteer Opportunities

Mutual support groups whose members are people who have a disability, illness or other health condition, their families and friends. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; and provide an opportunity for participants to share information, resources, practical tips for daily living and encouragement about issues related to the disability or health problem.

Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Provides in-home consultations for families with a member who has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Offers a specialized habilitation program, Parent Training Packages, and a comprehensive in-home program.

SARRC Comprehensive Behavior Program | SARRC Comprehensive Behavior Program

Programs that provide information about the causes and origins, preventive measures, symptoms, screening/diagnostic procedures, and/or methods of treatment or management including the latest research for specific illnesses or disabling conditions.

Disease/Disability Information

Provides community education and programs for all age groups in the Down Syndrome community and their families.

Down Syndrome Network of Arizona | Down Syndrome Network of Arizona

Divisions of businesses or nonprofit agencies that are responsible for developing products or delivering designated services to the public. Departments of NGOs are generally led by a manager, supervisor, director or vice president.

Nongovernmental Agency Departments

Organizations that provide an opportunity for individuals with a disability or a health condition to meet and socialize with others through dances, parties, picnics, barbecues, events for children and other companionable activities. Some organizations may also offer lecture series which address topics of interest to the membership or provide opportunities for involvement in charitable fundraising and other similar activities.

Health/Disability Related Social Clubs

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to take responsibility for planning and coordinating special events. Activities may include arranging event logistics, renting  suitable space, overseeing decoration of the facility or other preparations, assigning tasks to supporting staff/volunteers and supervising their activities, and ensuring that the event runs smoothly.

Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to decorate or otherwise prepare a facility for a special event e.g., set up tables and chairs or put up/take down a tent; help with participant registration; staff an information booth, manage a silent auction table or do other work during the event; and clean up afterwards.