BECOME A VOLUNTEER
A Rewarding Experience
While your volunteer time and energy provide a valuable service for someone in need, you gain skills and valuable experience for your resume and you begin to understand what it means to live with a vision impairment. As you contribute to your community, you also enrich your own life with new friends. You’ll be trained for your specific volunteer assignment, and have the opportunity to expand your experience through educational meetings and other activities. We match our volunteer needs to meet your unique interests and skills.
There are many ways to get involved with the Cleveland Sight Center, whether you’re a person with blindness or vision loss in need of services, or a sighted person who wants to help others. If you would like to help, contact the Volunteer Office at (216) 791-8118, x293.
Ways You Can Participate as a Volunteer
- Editor/Typist edits and types procedures manual for the Social Services Department with assistance from a social worker and department manager
- Caller/Scheduler assists recreation specialist in scheduling participants in social and sporting events
- Drivers transport people to and from appointments
- Personal assistants help with shopping and errands
- Braillists transcribe print material using a typewriter or computer
- Public speakers make presentations or lead agency tours
- Readers assist people with correspondence and other reading
- Artists and copywriters promote agency services
- Friendly visitors provide companionship for homebound adults
- Recreation aides assist with leisure time activities and summer camp
- Clerical and data entry assistants keep records, answer phones and perform other office tasks
- Radio readers record the news for broadcast
- Vision screeners test preschoolers for amblyopia (lazy eye)