Patch Picks: Volunteer Your Time in the Kent Area

Volunteers are always in need, and Kent is no exception.

Here are the Kent Patch top picks for places to spend your time giving back to the community.

• The Help Line at is in need of volunteers to answer phones for the nonprofit social service agency. Call volume for the 24-hour Help line is at an all-time high. The agency will train volunteers in exchange for a commitment of about four hours per week. To volunteer, call 330-678-3006.
• manages the Kent Social Services hot meals and food pantry on South Water Street. In addition, the agency manages the Center of Hope food pantry in Ravenna. Contact the agency to volunteer organizing food donations and serving meals daily to the area's families in need.
• Main Street Kent is almost always looking for volunteers to help run any of the group's multiple downtown events and festivals. The downtown revitalization group runs the annual wine and art festival downtown and helps organize the Kent Heritage Festival. To volunteer, call 330-677-8000.
• The always accepts volunteers to help run the museum and perform other duties for the group. Now in particular, the group could use some strong volunteers to help in moving to . To volunteer, call 330-678-2712.