Help needed: At Spencer Pride commUnity store, Bloomington skateboard park, AsianFest
Spencer Pride Inc.'s mission is to educate the public about rural LGBTQ+ people and issues to make Indiana a safer and more welcoming place. Volunteers are needed to work in teams to facilitate their retail shop operations (including point-of-sale purchases, re-stocking, and cleaning) and support other services hosted at the commUnity center. Good customer service skills are required; prior retail experience is NOT required; volunteers must be 18 years or older and pass a background check. Commitment is 5-plus hours per month. The AM shift is 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and the PM shift is 2 to 7:30 p.m. Learn more and find the application at tinyurl.com/commUnity-center-volunteer. Questions? Contact judi@spencerpride.org, or 317-345-4729.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington Lincoln Street Skateboard Program provides members a chance to learn all about skateboarding and the basics of safety, equipment, and skills needed to skateboard! Volunteers support the staff leading the program and help members who need extra support. A great volunteer will have basic skateboard or longboard experience. Skills taught in this program are Stance, Pushing, Stopping, Carving, Turning, Falling, Drop Down, etc. If you can ride a board on flat ground, you have all the skills needed to be an expert in this program. Volunteers do not need to bring anything, as this program uses their gym-safe skateboards. They also have helmets, pads, and skate tools that members can use. Volunteers are needed every Thursday between March 6 and April 17, from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Visit tinyurl.com/skateboard-volunteers to learn more. For questions, contact cpayne@bgcbloomington.org.
Join the Indiana University Asian Culture Center and the city of Bloomington at the kickoff celebration of the 2025 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month on March 27 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater (BCT). The event's featured activities include a showcase of cultural performances, a fashion show, arts and crafts for kids, and Asian food trucks. Volunteers are needed for various activities between 3 and 8:30 p.m. with multiple shifts open. Opportunities include set up, tear down, crowd control, backstage assistants, photographers, and more. There are two portions of AsianFest: 5 to 7 p.m. is the street block festival on Walnut Avenue, and Washington on Sixth Street; 7 to 8:30 p.m. are the cultural performances inside the BCT. Visit tinyurl.com/AsianFest-volunteers to learn more. For assistance, email acc@iu.edu or call 812-856-5361.
Youth Art Backpacks — Cancer Support Resources
Cancer Support Community (CSC) provides youth art backpack kits to children impacted by cancer. Both children who have cancer themselves and children who have a parent or family member with cancer may receive the Youth Art Backpacks. Youth Art Backpacks include art and craft supplies, journaling and mindfulness activity supplies, and cancer-related mental health resources for age-appropriate youth and parents.
Donations: can be dropped off at Cancer Support Community South Central Indiana, 1719 W. Third St., Bloomington, IN 47404, Tuesday to Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Contact: info@cancersupportscin.org or 812-233–3286
Featured Wishes: stress-relief coloring books for kids, blank books for kids to write stories or draw, notebook journals for kids, wooden picture frames (to paint on or craft with), 24 count packs of Crayon Crayons, mindfulness activity books (Mindful Kids), resource books for kids on cancer (see Amazon wish list for requested items linked from the current wish list page)
View Current Wish List: tinyurl.com/csc-youth-art-backpacks
You can find current in-kind material needs on the year-round Community Wish List at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org/communitywishlist.
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