Vision:

Our vision for the future is a community in which every citizen understands the importance of volunteerism, values the concept, and consciously volunteers in some capacity in order to solve some of the community’s problems. The Volunteer Center will achieve this vision by launching a new initiative known as the Bogue Volunteer Center.  This initiative will focus on:

• Service to create individual connections between people through one-to-one relationships such as mentoring.

• Activities that will encourage people who receive services to volunteer as well so they can experience the power community service has in making a profound difference in the lives of whose who service.

• Opportunities to bring together people in conflict--to build a base for understanding, tolerance and reconciliation.

Mission:

To inform, encourage and facilitate the participation of people in volunteer work that will result in their enjoyment of unselfish accomplishment, and make the Gig Harbor / Peninsula Area a better and more caring community.

The Bogue volunteer Center is for the use of volunteer individuals, groups and organizations, such as service clubs, churches, fraternal organizations, senior groups, educational and governmental agencies.  People of all types volunteer every day in Gig Harbor and Pierce County. The Bogue Volunteer Center hopes to assist many more potential volunteers., etc.  In addition, the Center is available for the following purposes:

§    To recruit member volunteers for volunteer work.

§    To identify community volunteer jobs that need helping hands and to connect volunteers with entities managing such job

§    When volunteers so request, to help assess volunteer interests.

§    To provide conference room, reading room and workspace for scheduled community groups and groups and organizations developing volunteer activities.

§    To provide information about Gig Harbor and what’s going on in the Gig Harbor area, especially in the arts, entertainment, civic and community activities.

Although volunteers to staff the program will initially come from the Lions Club, volunteers can and will be sought from the whole community. 

Volunteers are the lifeblood of any community. Whether working in social services, arts and culture or education, volunteers provide critical service to the community. information on current needs and opportunities available to volunteers. The Center will provide expertise and technical assistance to agencies which seek volunteer participation.