Volunteer Opportunities

Board Member

  • Serve as policy governing body of LATAN
  • Responsible for financial sustainability of LATAN
  • Enhance LATAN's public standing
  • 3-year term, quarterly meeting
  • Statewide representatives of a diversity of disabilities, ages, ethnicities
  • Serve on task force or committee
  • Prospective Board Member Information

Board Task Force Community Member

  • Provide input and perspectives on issues that the Board is working on, currently governance, fund development and public image
  • Meetings usually monthly

LATAN Advisory Council Member

  • Assist with the development, implementation and evaluation of LATAN's State Plan for the Assistive Technology Act Grant
  • Quarterly meetings

LATAN Regional Focus Group

  • Provide input into the development, implementation and evaluation of LATAN programs and services. Input is brought to the LATAN Advisory Council and Board of Directors for consideration.

Assistive Technology Loan Program Advisory Council Member

  • Provide advice and recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding policies and procedures for the Loan Program.
  • Review and monitor Loan Program activities.
  • Promote the Loan Program in all areas of the state.

Office Volunteer Opportunities

  • Clerical. Answer the phone, takes messages and help consumers (with a little training), enter consumer information into a database.
  • Database entry. We have names, addresses, etc. that need to be entered and the database itself needs to be cleaned up - duplicate records merged into one, etc.
  • Consumer calls. Make phone calls to consumers in our database to get email addresses and to update other information. " State agency/vendor calls. Make phone calls to agencies/provider/vendors in our database to get email addresses and to update other information.
  • On an as needed basis a person who can help make copies, print documents and prepare mailouts.

Program Volunteer Opportunities - Equipment Distribution Program

  • Warehouse worker. Mechanical skills needed to put together equipment such as new wheelchairs at the warehouse.
  • Warehouse clerical. General clerical duties, answer phone, database entry, file.
  • Delivery person. Accompany a warehouse staff person to make home deliveries to individuals with disabilities in south Louisiana.
  • Detail oriented individual who can develop delivery schedules for warehouse deliveries.

Special Project Volunteer

  • A person with website experience to update/maintain website, checking links, information, etc.
  • Grant writer to review, edit and make suggestions on grant proposals, and to research potential grant sources.