Dear Sun Spots: Would you kindly list a few organizations in the Lewiston-Auburn area that are looking for volunteer assistance. Previously, you had listed an agency that was looking for volunteers to assist the elderly. My husband and I are looking to help where we can. Thank you for your assistance. – No Name, No Town.

Answer: Contact:

• Nancy Greene at Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, (207) 795-9581 or 1-800-482-7412. The organization is often looking for people who may feel comfortable in a grief-support role. Bereavement volunteers provide one-on-one and phone support to caregivers, family members and others after a hospice patient has died.

• The Abused Women’s Advocacy Project, Kathi Levesque at (207) 795-6744, ext. 22 or e-mail at [email protected].

• Montello Manor’s Activity Department at (207) 783-2039.

• The BookReach program of the Auburn and Lewiston public libraries is often looking for volunteers to share about an hour per week, morning or afternoon time, reading aloud to young children in Lewiston and Auburn. For more information, call Kathleen Demers, BookReach coordinator, at 784-0135, ext. 213.

• Joyce Paradis, director of Sisters of Charity Health System Volunteer Services, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center about volunteer opportunities at (207) 777-8369.

• Beacon Hospice and Palliative Care, Lewiston, (207) 784-4242, offers free 21-hour training for volunteers to work with their patients and families. Day and evening trainings are available and consist of three-hour sessions weekly for seven weeks. Topics include hospice history, pain recognition and management, spirituality, family dynamics, communication, bereavement, and volunteer rights and responsibilities. For more information, people can contact Donna Rousseau, volunteer coordinator.

• In addition, the Auburn Police Department recently hosted an open house timed to coincide with National Volunteer week and also kicking off a new Volunteers in Police Service program. Volunteers can help with such services as data entry, clerical work, telephone answering, traffic control during special events, school crossing, and sign or foreign language assistance. Contact Patrol Officer Laurie Barrett at 784-7332 for more details.

Dear Sun Spots: I’m still looking for yellow roses that spread by themselves. One cannot find them in a nursery. They grow wild in Missouri. I would be glad to pay for them. Please call me at (207) 377-8814.

In addition, we are also looking for anyone who knew John Cleveland who once lived on Main Street in Auburn. If you might possibly have a picture of him, that would be great. He was my grandfather, but due to family problems I never got to know him. Please call me at the number above. We are also trying to compile an album for family members. So we are looking for family or friends of Sarah Cleveland, Medora Pepin and/or Merle Buck Sr. Thank you so much. We will look forward to hearing from you. – Joyce Buck, Winthrop.

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