Want to be a reading buddy in Guthrie Public Schools?
Download the background check and fill it out and return it with a copy of your driver’s license to the GPS Administration Building, located at: 802 E. Vilas, Guthrie.
FORM: Background Check
If you are interested in being a Reading Buddy, here are contacts for each school:
Pre-K to 2nd Grade Students and/or classes
Charter Oak – Contact: Casey Anderson, 405-282-5964
Central — Contact: Melissa White, 405-282-0352
Cotteral — Contact: Vickie Lausen, 405-282-5928
Fogarty — Contact: Kelly Simpson, 405-282-5932
Opportunities to Serve Throughout Guthrie!
• Handyman Volunteer Services — assisting the elderly or widowed with small projects around the home — Contact: Wayne Elder, 405-820-7113
• Quilts for Veterans — Contact: Wanda Harrigan, 405-888-3817, donations of acrylic yarn are needed.
• Brunch on Noble — First Presbyterian Church, Saturday’s 10-11 a.m., 405-282-0835
• Mobile Meals — 405-989-7210, Logan County Council on Aging
• God’s Food Bank — 405-260-1412, 10-6 p.m. on Wednesdays
• Hope House – accepts donations and volunteers. 405-887-0288
• Making hats for SWAK — 405-282-8649, 109 E. Oklahoma Ave., making knitted hats to give away during trick-or-treat at the library.
• Central Camp — Contact: Elisha Wheeler, 405-282-2811, volunteer at Make Promises Happen camps or volunteer to help with special projects
• Guthrie Animal Shelter — 405-282-1776, 415 Commerce Blvd., donate pet food, leashes, collars, and financial donations.
• Red Cross and Oklahoma Blood Institute Blood Drives – visit OBI to sign up to donate.