VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
DO YOU LIKE CATS AND DOGS? Taos Feral Feline Friends is seeking volunteers for the free spay/neuter clinic in El Prado. If you can spare a morning or afternoon just one day per week, we would love to hear from you. No past experience required. For more information, call Donna at 303-551-5413. LOS CORDOVAS ROAD TRANSFER
STATION is looking for volunteers to work in the REUSE Shed from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays for 2.5 hour shifts. The REUSE Shed is a structure made with recycled plastic walls where Taos residents drop off and pick up kitchen and household items, clothing, tools and sporting items. People can browse and take home items instead of purchasing new, keeping items from going to the landfill and saving money! To participate in this fun and worthwhile activity, call Lorenzo at 575-779-8941 or Edward at 575-770-9127, or email Jennifer Paris at jenniferparis522@gmail.com to get on the schedule. TAOS THRESHOLD SINGERS sing a capella at bedside to hospice clients. If you love to sing and can blend your voice with other women, we invite you to join us. Call Annette at 575-776-5426 to learn more. WHEATON MUSEUM OF WORLD ARTIFACTS, a unique travel collection by Novella Wheaton Nied of Taos, seeks volunteers of Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1461B Millicent Rogers Road. 575-758-3633 or wheatonmuseum@gmail.com. For more information, visit wheatonmuseum.org. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF TAOS is looking for board members to help guide our mission in monthly meetings, and volunteers interested in assisting
at our ReStores. For more information, contact Kaitlyn Lange at 575-770-8527 or kaitlyn@taoshabitat.org. MOUNTAIN HOME HEALTH operating as the only non-profit hospice in Taos County since 1975, invites you to bring your good heart, presence and comfort to our hospice patients and their families. Call Rose at 575-779-8376 for details. TAOS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY seeks office volunteers for the upcoming elections. To help, please call Emily at 972-571-8029. TAOS IMMIGRANT ALLIES is seeking bilingual volunteers and individuals who are English as a Second Language trained/certified who would like to help immigrant families. Contact taosimmigrantallies@gmail.com or Del Endres at 575-770-0133. LITTLE FREE PANTRY PROJECT of Taos Immigrant Allies seeks volunteer stewards for Little Free Pantries located around Taos. Email taosimmigrantallies@ gmail.com or call Del Endres at 575-7700133.
THE SHARED TABLE food pantry needs volunteers to pack food and load boxes into cars every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at El Pueblito church, 1309 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, El Prado. Volunteers are needed 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and you can show up or email elpueblitoumc@ gmail.com for more information.
TAOS MEN’S SHELTER needs you (or your friends or group) to provide one homemade dinner a month, cooking for up to 20 dinner participants. Please call 508-560-5630 or email Shannon at taosmealcalendar@gmail.com for more information. ST. JAMES FOOD PANTRY invites you to help serve behind the scenes. Volunteers needed to assist with organizing, stocking
and Opportunities distributing for food both to morning those in and need. afternoon shifts every Thursday. Complimentary lunch for volunteers served at 11:30 a.m. Contact: taosfoodpantry@ gmail.com. TAOS ELDERS AND NEIGHBORS TOGETHER (TENT) seeks drivers, tech support and home-maintenance volunteers to support Taos elders. Email volunteers@taoselders.org, call 575-2246335 or visit taoselders.org.
DRIVERS NEEDED to take seniors to non-emergency medical appointments Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mileage reimbursement offered. For more information, contact Jo Anne Peña at 505-716-5580.
RED WILLOW HOSPICE is looking for volunteers to be part of a team that is focused on meeting the medical, spiritual and emotional needs of their patients and their loved ones. For more information, visit rwhospice.com or call 575-737-1811. HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL AUXILIARY seeks adults to work in the gift shop or day surgery. Call President Mercy Lucero at 575-776-8562 or Sylvia Torrez at 575758-8748; or pick up applications at the hospital gift shop. ANVOI HOSPICE is looking for volunteers to join our dedicated team. Call 575-737-0681 for more information. AMERICORPS ENCHANTED CIRCLE CORPS is looking for members to increase awareness of services offered by Taos nonprofits. Visit dreamtreeproject. org/ecc or call 575-224-2030. TAOS MILAGRO ROTARY CLUB is in search of bookworms to help Taos children develop a lifelong affinity for books. The program works to foster a love of reading in students at Ranchos Elementary
School. For more information, call Lucille at 575-779-4837 or email tmrftlr@ gmail.com. GIRL SCOUTING builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. We need caring adults to lead Girl Scout troops in Taos. Leaders help girls choose a variety of activities in STEM, outdoors, life skills and entrepreneurship. Contact Karen Doebling: kdoebling@nmgirlscouts.org, 505-274-2679.
RENEWABLE TAOS meets weekly via Zoom to plan and execute projects such as advocating for solar and wind power, improved electric transmission, beneficial electrification of homes and businesses, additional electric car charging stations and working with schools to introduce climate education in grades K-12. For more info, visit renewabletaos.org, email info@ renewabletaos.org or call 575-770-3267.
CIVIL AIR PATROL meets every Thursday at Taos Airport and is accepting membership applications for Cadet Programs (ages 12-18) and Senior Leadership/Emergency Services (18 and older). Learn more at nm006.cap.gov or call Capt. Michael Anaya-Gorman at 505-870-8303. NEW MEXICO HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION sitewatch program trains citizen volunteers to monitor prehistoric and historic resources on public, private and tribal lands in their communities. For more information, visit nmhistoricpreservation.org.
TAOS CONNECTS is a free nonprofit website linking volunteers and resources in the Enchanted Circle to neighbors in need. To learn more, visit taosconnects. org; to browse volunteer opportunities, go to app.vomo.org/org/taos-connects. COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES
needed. Become a CASA volunteer and advocate on behalf of children in foster care. Call 575-758-0106 or email info@youthheartline.org.
TAOS ONSTAGE is looking for volunteers for assistant director, stage manager, backstage crew and, for those who love tech, light and sound operators. Come help us present live theatre to the community. For more information, email taosonstage@gmail.com.
SOMOS needs book lovers to clean, sort, shelve and sell books. Call 575-758-0081.
TAOS CENTER FOR THE ARTS is looking for volunteers interested in promoting arts and culture in Taos. Contact the TCA at info@tcataos.org or 575-758-2052 or visit tcataos.org. MILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM seeks volunteers to help with exhibition installation and other periodic curatorial needs. If you would enjoy working behind the scenes in a museum environment, contact karen@millicentrogers.org.
HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART seeks passionate community members to join its volunteer corps. There are opportunities to support administrative functions, fundraising, public programs, education and collections and to serve as Harwood Guides leading public tours. Learn more at harwoodmuseum.org/support/volunteer. WRITERS ON THE RANGE seeks writers of color, women and fresh voices; topics on intermountain territory; authentic, unique perspectives on Western public lands, water, natural resources, agriculture or economic institutions. Word count: 750. See writersontherange.org or email betsym@writersontherange.org.