Wanted: Friendly Volunteers to Help Out At City's Visitor Information Center

The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers to staff the Visitor Information Center starting in July.

Residents willing to work four hours a week at the new location behind Columbia Bank will be asked to do light office work – providing computer generated directions, answering phones, filing, and interacting with visitors.

“It’s mainly for visitors,” said Beth Tate, the city’s Visitor Information Services and volunteer coordinator. “Some of them (just drop by) to talk, and others are from out of town and don’t know their way around, so we have maps we hand out.”

Tate said the workload is “pretty easy,” but that a Chamber employee is currently doing double duty as office manager at the center and his other duties.

“We need people to be there,” she said.

The Visitor Information Center is open seven days a week. Those interested in volunteering should contact Tate at 253-770-4889.