Volunteer Center Town Meetings Scheduled

SALISBURY, MD---As part of an effort to mobilize volunteers on the Mid and Upper Shore, a team of local leaders have begun planning to organize a volunteer center offering services that assist communities in addressing unmet human, environmental, educational and public safety needs.

During April and May a series of Volunteer Center Town Meetings will be held to help planners bring volunteer services to communities in the region. A team of local leaders are conducting a feasibility study and the results will be announced at the meetings.

The meetings are on: Wednesday, April 19, Kent County Board of Education, 3:30-6:30 p.m.; Monday, May 1, Denton Public Library, 6 p.m.; Tuesday, May 2, Chesapeake College Performing Arts Center Room 1, 7 p.m.; Monday, May 8, Federalsburg Library, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, May 10, Cambridge Department of Social Services, 627 Race Street, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, May 17, Easton, Talbot Library, 4 p.m.; and Thursday, May 25, Elkton, Cecil County Arts Council, 135 Main Street, 6:30 p.m.

The study is funded by the Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism and the Shore CAN Volunteer Center at Salisbury State University. For more information contact the Shore CAN Office at 410-546-6015.