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In 2008 volunteers donated 8,209 hours to ShelterCare. The caring and committed work of volunteers helps ShelterCare provide state of the art support and treatment to our clients. Volunteer work includes office support, special events, client care, fundraising, and much, much more.

Volunteer Kimberly Almeda was recently featured in the Register Guard's Volunteer Spotlight. Kim works in the office at ShelterCare's Brethren Housing facility where she answers phones, helps clients, writes the program's newsletter, provides suport for staff. Kim volunteered 280 this past year despite going to school and working full time. Kim routinely goes above and beyond the call of duty and is always willing to help out in a pinch. Her decication is truly remarkable.


In the picture above a volunteer helps fit a bicycle helmet on a young a girl that attended ShelterCare's helmet give away in September of 2007. The event was sposnored by donor to help prevent brain injuries and raise awareness of ShelterCare's Uhlhorn Program, a facility designed to serve low income adults with aquired traumatic brain injruies.

For more information about volunteering at ShelterCare please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Gene Obersinner at 541 686 1262 or via email at gobersinner@sheltercare.org