Welcome to Volunteers of America of Oklahoma
Volunteers of America of Oklahoma is dedicated to improving the lives of Oklahomans. More than 700 devoted employees and dedicated volunteers coordinate with five offices throughout the state of Oklahoma. Volunteers of America of Oklahoma offers senior housing, a nursing home visitation program, a youth mentoring program, outpatient counseling, homes for people with Prader-Willi Syndrome, homeless services, and programs for people with developmental disabilities. These and other essential programs touch the lives of many people each day.
Welcome to Volunteers of America of Oklahoma
Volunteers of America of Oklahoma is dedicated to improving the lives of Oklahomans. More than 700 devoted employees and dedicated volunteers coordinate with five offices throughout the state of Oklahoma. Volunteers of America of Oklahoma offers senior housing, a nursing home visitation program, a youth mentoring program, outpatient counseling, homes for people with Prader-Willi Syndrome, homeless services, and programs for people with developmental disabilities. These and other essential programs touch the lives of many people each day.
 Thank You For Another Successful Book Drive!
We just completed our 7th annual book drive along with our partners Bank of Oklahoma and the News On 6. The Tulsa community has donated over 150,000 books in the past six years by dropping off new or used books at any Bank of Oklahoma location. Volunteers of America of Oklahoma and our non-profit partners provide all donated books to children and their families who have a limited number or no books of their own.
"We have a garage full of books," said John Selph, CEO of Volunteers of America of Oklahoma, "books that were collected this year, and this garage will not be full very long because those books are going to be distributed to early childhood education programs, literacy centers, lots of different summer programs and people will be in line to get those books."
One program receiving books from the BOK Book Drive is Project Transformation Summer Camp operated at Southern Hills United Methodist Church. "We have up to 70 kids from our neighborhood that come here, they get reading time one-on-one with a volunteer every day," said Pastor Jeff Jaynes, "BOK has been an amazing helper for us, for a kid to have a book that's theirs, that they can take home, that's an incredibly special thing."
How Many Mentors Does it Take to Change a Life? Just One!
TULSA WORLD - Brian Clare, whose own son is now grown and in college, signed up for Volunteers of America's Mentoring Children of Prisoners program about 18 months ago. He's a mentor to two sixth-grade boys, one in north Tulsa and one in Broken Arrow.
"I just felt like I wanted to give something back," Clare said. "I like it because Volunteers of America gives you a lot of opportunity to be very flexible with timing. I travel a fair bit with my job. It doesn't take as much time as people think it will. For some reason, men especially don't feel they have the time to mentor, but that's absolutely not the case. You can make time to do things you want to do."
Clare meets with the "lads," as he calls his mentees, twice a month. He has taken them to see the holiday lights at Utica Square, to the park or oftentimes just to Wendy's to read a book together over a meal. more>
Broken Arrow Welcomes New Affordable Senior Housing
Volunteers of America of Oklahoma completed construction on a new senior housing complex in Broken Arrow. This 37-unit complex opened in mid-August and an open house will be scheduled later this fall. The new two-story complex will have about 31,000 square feet and features a library, crafts area, lounge and a clubhouse for community activities.
Located at 2750 South Ash Court, the Broken Arrow Sequoyah Creek development is the eighth affordable senior housing complex for the organization. Volunteers of America of Oklahoma also operates three senior housing facilities in Kansas and four facilities in the Oklahoma City areas for individuals 62 years of age or older, or who have a disability, and meet the low-income requirement.
This project is funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Volunteers of America is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the country. Nationally, the organization operates over 300 affordable housing properties in 31 states and are the largest recipient of HUD-awarded funding for senior housing and housing for the disabled. more>
Donors Can Now Make Tax-Free Gifts from their IRA's
Congress has re-authorized legislation that allows donors to make charitable gifts from their IRA accounts during tax years 2008 and 2009 without incurring income tax on the withdrawal. If you are age 70 1/2 or older and are required to take minimum withdrawals, this may be a great way to make a gift to one or more qualified charities. For more information, visit our legacy planning section.
Visit Volunteers of America of Oklahoma on Facebook!
Thank You For Another Successful Book Drive!
We just completed our 7th annual book drive along with our partners Bank of Oklahoma and the News On 6. The Tulsa community has donated over 150,000 books in the past six years by dropping off new or used books at any Bank of Oklahoma location. Volunteers of America of Oklahoma and our non-profit partners provide all donated books to children and their families who have a limited number or no books of their own.
"We have a garage full of books," said John Selph, CEO of Volunteers of America of Oklahoma, "books that were collected this year, and this garage will not be full very long because those books are going to be distributed to early childhood education programs, literacy centers, lots of different summer programs and people will be in line to get those books."
One program receiving books from the BOK Book Drive is Project Transformation Summer Camp operated at Southern Hills United Methodist Church. "We have up to 70 kids from our neighborhood that come here, they get reading time one-on-one with a volunteer every day," said Pastor Jeff Jaynes, "BOK has been an amazing helper for us, for a kid to have a book that's theirs, that they can take home, that's an incredibly special thing."
How Many Mentors Does it Take to Change a Life? Just One!
TULSA WORLD - Brian Clare, whose own son is now grown and in college, signed up for Volunteers of America's Mentoring Children of Prisoners program about 18 months ago. He's a mentor to two sixth-grade boys, one in north Tulsa and one in Broken Arrow.
"I just felt like I wanted to give something back," Clare said. "I like it because Volunteers of America gives you a lot of opportunity to be very flexible with timing. I travel a fair bit with my job. It doesn't take as much time as people think it will. For some reason, men especially don't feel they have the time to mentor, but that's absolutely not the case. You can make time to do things you want to do."
Clare meets with the "lads," as he calls his mentees, twice a month. He has taken them to see the holiday lights at Utica Square, to the park or oftentimes just to Wendy's to read a book together over a meal. more>
Broken Arrow Welcomes New Affordable Senior Housing
Volunteers of America of Oklahoma completed construction on a new senior housing complex in Broken Arrow. This 37-unit complex opened in mid-August and an open house will be scheduled later this fall. The new two-story complex will have about 31,000 square feet and features a library, crafts area, lounge and a clubhouse for community activities.
Located at 2750 South Ash Court, the Broken Arrow Sequoyah Creek development is the eighth affordable senior housing complex for the organization. Volunteers of America of Oklahoma also operates three senior housing facilities in Kansas and four facilities in the Oklahoma City areas for individuals 62 years of age or older, or who have a disability, and meet the low-income requirement.
This project is funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Volunteers of America is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the country. Nationally, the organization operates over 300 affordable housing properties in 31 states and are the largest recipient of HUD-awarded funding for senior housing and housing for the disabled. more>
Donors Can Now Make Tax-Free Gifts from their IRA's
Congress has re-authorized legislation that allows donors to make charitable gifts from their IRA accounts during tax years 2008 and 2009 without incurring income tax on the withdrawal. If you are age 70 1/2 or older and are required to take minimum withdrawals, this may be a great way to make a gift to one or more qualified charities. For more information, visit our legacy planning section.
Visit Volunteers of America of Oklahoma on Facebook!
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