• The SS. Peter and John Episcopal Church is searching for volunteers to set up tables and chairs and carry supplies from its store room for its soup kitchen on Fridays at the church, 169 Genesee St., Auburn. For more information, call 252-5721.

• The Chapel House Homeless Shelter sees its volunteer base drop during the summer due to vacations and other obligations and is thus looking for extra people to cover the open hours that will pop up. The shelter is located at 36 Franklin St. in Auburn. It accepts up to 19 men, women and children, accompanied by a parent, each night.

If you have any free time, call Sue at 253-0505 to volunteer. For more information, visit www.chapelhouse.webs.com.

• First Love Ministries' community soup kitchen serves lunch to the needy from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 133 Wall St. in Auburn. Volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve the meals, as well as clean up. Thursdays are the most pressing day of need for the kitchen.

For more information, call 252-1984.

• Volunteers are needed at the 2009 Cayuga County Fair, which runs from July 2 through the 5 at the fairgrounds, Route 31, Weedsport. Help is needed with cooking food, fundraising and marketing. To learn more, visit www.cayugacountyfair.org or call 255-6154. Organizers of the Owasco Stage Race are seeking volunteers to marshal the race courses and drive pace cars and support vehicles at the event.

The race is a two-day, three-stage bicycle race held July 18 and 19. It attracts more than 300 racers annually.

Volunteers should be 18 or older (drivers 19 or older) and be able to commit two to four hours for one or two days of the race. Groups of volunteers of 10 or more may be eligible for a $250 stipend, and groups of 20 or more may receive a $500 stipend. All volunteers are supplied with food and refreshments. For more information, call 729-3634 or visit www.owascostagerace.com.

To have your volunteer opportunities listed, send an e-mail to citizenfeatures@lee.net with ‘Volunteer Opp' in the subject line