Nonprofit
Published 12/30/25 1:17PM

Do you love Bowling? Share your Passion!

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Chicago, IL
I Want to Help


  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime)
    Commitment Details:
    2 hours per week
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    1
    Cause Areas:
    Seniors & Retirement, Sports & Recreation
    Good For:
    Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    18+
    Other Requirements:
    Must want to be part of a volunteer team and our Covid Policy

    Description

    • **All volunteers MUST meet and agree to our Covid policy. See below for more details***

    Looking for a volunteer that can commit to coming in every Tuesday from 9:15 to 11:15 - on a weekly basis.

    Bowling is a big favorite with our residents at Norwood Crossing. If you love bowling and want to share your passion for it with others, come help us every Tuesday morning from 9:15 to 11:15. We set up a long, plastic "alley and use full-size, but lightweight bowling balls and pins. Residents "bowl" from a raised apparatus so they can participate from their wheelchairs.

    The activity is led by long-time volunteers. We need additional volunteers to assist in setting up the "alley" prior to the activity's start at 10:00 AM, setting pins, and to help stow the equipment after. Volunteers also help keep score, provide physical assistance with bowling and cheer the bowlers on. Prior to and after bowling you are needed to assist seniors to and from their rooms.

    Frequency of Volunteer Commitment:

    • 9:15 to 11:15 every Tuesday

    Benefits of your commitment:

    • You will make a difference in the lives of our senior residents
    • Have fun and make friends with residents, staff, & volunteers
    • Have a free lunch in the employee lunchroom

    Qualifications:

    • Must enjoy the game of bowling and physically able to bend and retrieve pins and bowling balls.
    • Able to safely transport residents in their wheelchairs (training provided)
    • Able to commit to being here on time every week for the full two hours. Advance notice of absences is most helpful to the rest of the team of volunteers.
    • Interpersonal flexibility required working with other volunteers and you need to be able to take direction from lead volunteers.
    • Must support the goal of nor·VOL·ution and Norwood Life Society to enrich the lives of members of our community including the seniors we serve, our volunteers, the staff, and the community at large.

    Norwood Crossing Volunteer Covid Policy

    All volunteers must meet one of the following criteria:

    1 - Fully vaccinated/up-to-date on all COVID-19 boosters

    • Provide copy of vaccine card
    • Complete the COVID-19 CMS training online

    2 - Vaccinated but not fully up-to-date on all boosters

    • Provide copy of vaccine card
    • Complete medical contraction paperwork
    • Complete mandatory IPDH 90-minute training for all unvaccinated workers on Relias
    • Complete the COVID-19 CMS training online

    3 - Medical or religious exemption

    • Completed and approved exemption paperwork
    • Complete mandatory IPDH 90-minute training for all unvaccinated workers on Relias
    • Complete the COVID-19 CMS training online

    Volunteers who have been on a floor where they has been a COVID outbreak will need to complete mandatory testing. Testing on site is recommended. At home tests or testing from a testing site are also permitted but we will need a copy of test results. If testing from home a picture of the test with your name and date will need to be provided.

    Vaccine cards, exemption or medical contraction paperwork, and all CMS training certificates need to be turned in to the Director of Volunteer Services before any volunteer begins their volunteer role at Norwood Crossing.

    Volunteers should not come in to volunteer if they are symptomatic.

    Location

    On-site

    Norwood Crossing

    6016-20 N. Nina Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, US

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