How to Volunteer

Readers for the Dial-In Newspaper and Magazine services

Volunteers are asked to take a brief audition and commit to a weekly shift of two hours, between 6:00 am - 11:00 am, to read The Washington Post, selections of The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time Magazine, People, and the Washingtonian Magazines into a computer, which will then be accessed by low vision or blind callers.

Readers for the Radio Broadcast

Volunteers are asked to take a brief audition and commit to 2 hours per week to read magazines, newspapers, and other national publications to be aired on our 24-hour closed circuit radio broadcast and our world wide webcast.

Look-up Service

We are looking for volunteers to help with the look-up service. Volunteers agree to be at home and available (via telephone call forwarding from the Dial-In number to your phone one night a week from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM). Call forwarding will keep your name and phone number anonymous. Volunteers will be responsible for looking up items in The Washington Post not covered in the daily reading — Classified Ads and the Yellow Pages.

Speakers Bureau

Volunteers are needed to speak on behalf of the Washington Ear at local organizations, schools, churches, and to man information booths at local health fairs. We only recruit speakers from our readers.

Office Help

Volunteers are needed to help answer phones, help with data entry, filing, mass mailings and other office duties.