Musikfest 2024 is ready to rock and roll Aug. 2 to 11. Each year, ArtsQuest relies on hundreds of volunteers throughout the community to help make this festival a success. Help is needed from business groups, social groups, and individuals at information booths, selling soda, keeping the area clean, staging crew, beer pourer, and so much more! Minimum age 15 or 14 with adult. Contact Cory Stevens, 610-332-1370, cstevens@artsquest.org.

Read any good books lately? Share your love of the written word. The Boys & Girls Club of Allentown seeks Guest Readers to engage our members in high-interest, culturally relevant books. Minimum age 16. Contact Katherine Jackson, 610-432-9944, bgcajacksonk@gmail.com.

Support Lehigh Valley Pride by volunteering to make this year’s Pride festival a success! Pride takes a community of hundreds of volunteers working together to make the event fun and unforgettable for all. Join Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center on August 18 at SteelStacks in Bethlehem for various shifts beginning at 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Contact Kris, 610-347-9988, kris@bradburysullivancenter.org.

The annual Lehigh Valley Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 28 in Allentown. Join in the celebration and volunteer with PBS39 & 91.3 WLVR to set up, table and facilitate activities, and break down afterwards. LVPM application and background checks are required (and free to obtain.) Contact Deja, 610-984-8102, volunteer@wlvt.org.

The mission of ProJeCt of Easton is to build a better community by helping people help themselves with the skills and knowledge necessary to break the cycle of poverty, achieve their aspirations, and foster positive change in their lives. We need a certified sign language tutor to work with a non-hearing student 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (once a week or more) Monday through Thursday. Contact Val, 610-258-4361, vpiacentini@projecteaston.org.

Celebrating 44 years! The Museum of Indian Culture is excited to host Pennsylvania’s oldest Native American festival, the Roasting Ears of Corn Festival on August 17-18, 2024. Many hands are needed for this important fundraiser, beginning with various set-up chores, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. August 3 -6, 9-11, 14 & 15. Minimum age 16 with adult. Contact Pat Rivera, 610-797-2121, info@museumofindianculture.org.

The Salvation Army Children’s Services is seeking a special partner (a church, company, school, etc.) who would be willing to host our annual holiday party for our foster and adoptive families and provide organizational leadership and oversight to the party, pulling together all the pieces that make it special. December 7, 2024, would be our preferred date but we are open to switching if it would work better for an interested group. Contact Emily, 610-821-7706, emily.anthony@use.salvationarmy.org.

Third Street Alliance For Women & Children is hosting the Annual Backpack Collection Drive and we need your help to make this community event a huge success. We need volunteers to help fill donated backpacks with school supplies 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12 for more than 500 Easton-area children and youth. Minimum age 15 or 10 with adult. Call 610-438-9436 or email volunteer@thirdstreetalliance.org.

Volunteer Center to receive a brochure listing agencies in need of volunteers at 610-807-0336 or e-mail: vc@volunteerlv.org. Visit our website www.volunteerlv.org for a larger listing of volunteer opportunities.