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56 people are interested
Appointment Companion & Special Project Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Heights and Hills
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56 people are interested
Special Project Squad volunteers are ready, willing and able to volunteer in a wide range of capacities across our programs when their schedule allows. Flexibility is key to how this volunteer role works!
Special Project Squad volunteers receive occasional emails from us (4-6 per month) asking for volunteer support for a variety of upcoming activities and needs including but not limited to:
- delivering flowers for a special occasion
- providing grocery shopping and delivery assistance for homebound clients
- helping-out at the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging for specific events and projects
- holiday projects & special initiatives
How often you volunteer is up to YOU! You only need to respond to our emails if you want to help-out with a request, we do NOT need to hear from you if you can’t help. We know you would if you could!
- Must be 18 years or older or have written consent from parent/guardian
- Flexible, mature, kind, compassionate and reliable
- Able to communicate verbally and in writing
- Ability to follow through on commitments
- Willing to learn and follow organizational policies, confidentiality laws and volunteer guidelines
- Willing to attend our New Volunteer Training
- Willing to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Contact: Volunteer Program at 718 596-8789, ext. 335 or volunteer@heightsandhills.org for more information. Volunteer applications available at http://www.heightsandhills.org/volunteer/.
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About Heights and Hills
Location:
81 Willoughby Street, Suite 302, Brooklyn, NY 11201, US
Mission Statement
Our mission statement is guided by the following beliefs: older adults are assets to their communities. Older adults' skills, experience, and wisdom enhance our civic organizations and institutions as well as individual lives. Further, older adults are entitled to live as independently as possible, with dignity and personal choice. In support of our mission, Heights and Hills operates three programs for older adults and their families: Case management for older adults, Caregiver support to family members, friends or neighbors who aid loved ones, and the Volunteer team who recruits appropriate volunteers to perform one or two of these services: the friendly visiting program, a volunteer becomes a companion to a senior and visits every week for an hour's time. Special Project volunteers aid in a variety of areas, this can be a grocery trip on behalf of a client, delivering birthday flowers or a much-needed wheelchair, this is a flexible opportunity.
Description
Heights and Hills is a large social service case management agency located in downtown Brooklyn, New York. We serve approximately 19 neighborhoods in Brooklyn which includes aiding 800+ seniors a month so that they live safely and autonomously in their homes. We believe older adults are assets to their communities. Furthermore, Older adults' skills, experience, and wisdom enhance our civic organizations and institutions as well as individual lives; and older adults are an economic asset to communities.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Various Brooklyn neighborhoodsBrooklyn, NY 11201
DATE POSTED
January 7, 2022
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Elder care
- Relationship Building
- Basic Computer Skills
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Flexibility is key, how often and how long you volunteer is up to YOU. Assignments range from 1 to 6 hours and you can pick the volunteer job that matches your schedule.
- Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination