Service Tree

The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.

Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities

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Interpretation/Translation

Braille Transcription Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to operate a Braille typewriter or use a hand stylus to transcribe reading matter for use by people who are blind. The individual reads copy and operates a Braille typewriter or stylus to emboss specially treated paper with various combinations of dots that characterize the Braille alphabet.

Disability Related Reading Services Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to read highlights from national newspapers, articles from periodicals or novels, and other special interest reading material on the radio or record the material for use by telephone reading services that provide people with visual impairments or other disabilities that limit their ability to read print material with access to recorded tapes or readings from current popular publications. Also included are programs that read written material onto audiocassettes for use by people with visual impairments or others who have difficulty reading.

Language Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are able to read or speak one or more languages other than English who are willing to serve as an interpreter or translator or otherwise use their abilities on projects that benefit the organization or the people it serves.

Sign Language Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are proficient in American Sign Language or other systems such as Signing Exact English (which involves manually coded English) and are willing to use their skills to benefit the agency or the people it serves on a voluntary basis without remuneration. Sign language volunteers help staff members or clients who are deaf or have hearing impairments and hearing individuals communicate with one another.

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