Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers assist in all aspects of the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired program. The following are the most frequently needed volunteer assignments:

• Keyboarding aide - To provide assistance to Keyboarding Instructor working with adults with visual impairments.
• Grounds beautification volunteer - To plant, cultivate, and prune flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees on VRCBVI grounds.
• Media/photo/video volunteer - To photograph and/or videotape individual students, classes, special events, and special training programs.
• Reader - To read materials either directly to a blind VRCBVI staff member or student with a visual impairment or to record materials on cassette tape for later use by staff and/or students.
• Instructional aide - To prepare instructional materials in large print, tactile, and/or auditory media for instructors, work evaluators, counselors, and other VRCBVl staff.
• Recreation aide - To assist in the recreation instructional areas of crafts, bowling, swimming and physical conditioning as well as to act as a sighted guide on recreational activities in the community.
• Hostess - To greet new and assist new students as they arrive at the Center.

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