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Volunteer Opportunities

Interested in volunteering? There are many agencies in Baton Rouge and around the parish looking for volunteers.

Check the list below to find programs that would interest you.

**These Volunteer Opportunities are not affiliated with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office; EBRSO is not affiliated with the below mentioned organizations or events.**

Baton Rouge Medical Center Auxiliary

Baton Rouge General Medical Center - Mid-City and Bluebonnet Campuses

Phone: (225) 381-6609

Contact: Shedonna Martin, Sr. Coordinator

Volunteer opportunity: Volunteer in hospital gift shop, information desk, surgery and intensive care waiting rooms; radiation oncology, medical oncology, emergency room, same day surgery waiting room and patient family services. Flexible times.

Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS)

Phone: (225)752-5801

Email: caawsmail@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.caaws.org/

Volunteer opportunity: Helps abandoned and homeless animals find new, permanent homes. Provides pet therapy visits to nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, children's homes and other institutions. Visits local schools, libraries, and daycare facilities with educational presentations regarding responsible pet ownership and spaying and neutering.

Dreams Come True

Phone: (225) 346-4311

Contact Person: Teresa Kalivoda or Becky Prejean

Email: teresakalivoda@aol.com

Website: http://www.dreamscometrue.org/

Volunteer opportunity: Volunteers involved in making "dreams come true" for children with life-threatening illnesses. Different committees carry out visiting the child and making financial arrangements.

Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition

Phone: (225) 381-7141

Email: information@gbrliteracy.org

Website: http://www.gbrliteracy.org/

Volunteer opportunity: The Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition is dedicated to promoting adult literacy through the creation, maintenance, and sustainability of an integrated, cohesive, and well-managed system that supports literacy service providers.

Juvenile Court Mentoring Program

East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court

Phone: (225) 354-1250

Fax: (225) 357-7876

Contact Person: Henrietta Jackson

Email: hjackson@brgov.com

Volunteer opportunity: Adult volunteers develop relationships devoted to personal, academic and social growth with local youth.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge

Phone: (225) 927-6651

Fax: (225) 927-6347

Email: info@habitatbr.org

Website: http://www.habitatbr.org/volunteer.cfm

Volunteer opportunity: Volunteers build homes for low-income families who meet income guidelines.

Holiday Helpers of Baton Rouge

Phone: (225) 928-4808

Fax: (225) 389-3029

Contact Person: Sergeant Marc Tabor

Volunteer opportunity: Volunteers recruited to provide set-up, service and clean-up for "Thanksgiving Together" dinner. Sponsors two other events for children, "Christmas for Kids" and "Easter for Kids," held at elementary schools.

International Hospitality Foundation

Louisiana State University

Phone: (225) 578-3015

Contact Person: Virginia Grenier, Executive Director

Email: ihf@lsu.edu

Website: http://www.lsu.edu/ihf/

Volunteer opportunity: Provides the community an opportunity to encounter people of other nations through monthly intercultural exchanges with international students representing more than 100 countries. Has monthly Host Program (families serve as hosts to these LSU students).

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

East Baton Rouge Council on Aging

Phone: (225) 923-8000, extension 237

Fax: (225) 923-8030

Contact Person: Maeshell Goins

Email: mgoins@ebrcoa.org

Website: http://www.ebrcoa.org

Volunteer opportunity: Recruits, trains and places persons fifty-five and older as volunteers in non-profit organizations.

Reach to Recovery

American Cancer Society

Phone: (225) 927-0782

Fax: (225) 767-1374

Contact Person: Amy Stuckey

Website: http://www.cancer.org

Volunteer opportunity: Trained volunteer survivors call or visit (home or hospital) patients who have just had a diagnosis of breast cancer. Area served is East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Ascension, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Livingston and St. Helena parishes.

Magnolia Mound Plantation - Volunteer Docent Program

BREC

Phone: (225) 343-4955

Fax: (225) 343-6739

Email: information@magnoliamound.org

Website: BREC.org

Volunteer opportunity: Authentically costumed docents conduct tours of the restored plantation home. Site includes main house, kitchen & crop gardens, pigeonnier, overseer's house and slave cabin.

Capital Area United Way

Phone: (225) 383-2643

Fax: (225) 383-9922

Email: info@CAUW.org

Website: http://www.cauw.org/

Volunteer opportunity: VBR refers Baton Rouge area volunteers to local nonprofit organizations for inspiring community service opportunities.

Volunteers in Public Schools

East Baton Rouge Parish School System

Phone: (225) 226-4700

Fax: (225) 226-4710

Email: vips@ebrschools.org

Website: http://vips.ebrschools.org/

Volunteer opportunity: Volunteer opportunities include reading tutor, answering the phone, buddy program, gardening, maintenance, special events.

Woman's Hospital Volunteers

Woman's Hospital

Phone: (225) 924-8156

Fax: (225) 924-8467

Contact Person: Pam Parker

Email: pams.parker@womans.org

Volunteer opportunity: Volunteer opportunities include information, directions, transport of patients and papers, delivery of flowers and mail, discharge of patients, answering phones, liaison between patients and families, gift shop orders and sales display, gift wrapping, cashiering, and greeter at outpatient registration.

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Message From The Sheriff

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Phase 3 – East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Operations

Updated April 9th, 2021

In continuing to protect staff and our prisoner population as well as the general public we are implementing the following operational procedures and practices. Conditions below that are bolded are updates to the allowances previously provided on September 18, 2020. Effective Wednesday, April 7, 2021, approved family and friend visitation will reopen.

Delivery of packages (ie UPS, FedEx, etc.) will be allowed to be dropped off in both Unit 1 and Unit 2 lobby areas.

Attorneys and all other persons approved to perform official business will be allowed to visit on site, non-contact visitation booths (Female Facility Visiting Booths, East End Unit 2 and Right Side Visiting Booths on Unit 1). All attorneys will be temperature checked and asked questions concerning their health and potential exposure to COVID-19 by guard shack deputies. All attorneys and those approved to conduct official business must wear masks that cover their mouths and noses at all times. All attorneys and those approved to conduct official business agree to abide by the social distance protocols posted in the lobby and non-contact visitation areas. Attorneys and those approved to conduct official business are approved to visit from 8 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 4 pm, 6 days a week. Beginning on April 7, 2021, attorney visits and those approved to conduct official business cannot be allowed on Wednesdays due to the reopening of family and friend visitation. Disinfectant wipes and sprays are provided in all non-contact visitation areas and should be used after each use of the booth and phones. Please do not use spray directly on phones – utilize the wipes provided to prevent damage to phones.
Approved family and friend visitation will reopen on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Only 2 adults (17 year olds and older with valid ID) will be allowed per inmate. Only inmates assigned to general population housing or protective custody may be allowed to visit. Inmates who are newly incarcerated and assigned to monitoring dorms which are temp checked twice a day, inmates on quarantine dorms, inmates on isolation dorms and inmates on disciplinary detention status will not be allowed to visit until their housing status changes. All visitors will be checked by guard shack deputies – this check will include verification that they have been approved as visitors as well as have temperature checks and be asked questions concerning their health and potential exposure to COVID-19. All approved visitors must wear masks that cover their mouths and noses at all times. All visitors agree to abide by the social distance protocols posted in the lobby and non-contact visitation areas. Visitors are approved to visit from 8 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 3 pm, on Wednesdays. Deputies will ensure that disinfectant wipes and sprays are provided in all non-contact visitation areas. All equipment and surfaces will be sprayed and wiped down with disinfectant after the completion of each visit.
Unit 1 lobby capacity is set at 8 and Unit 2 lobby has a max capacity of 5. Guard Shack Deputies will ensure that no more than 8 persons are approved to enter the lobby of Unit 1 at any time and that no more than 5 persons are approved to enter Unit 2 at any time. Persons include everyone who enters who is not an EBRPP deputy.
Notaries are allowed to visit non-contact from 8 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 4 pm, 4 days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday is reserved for the reopening of family and friend visitation.

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