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Interviewer & Writer Needed
ORGANIZATION: Guiding Eyes for the Blind - Patterson & Yorktown
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7 people are interested
Interviewer & Writer Needed
We're looking for creative writers with excellent interviewing skills to create short biographies of our clients. These bios are used on our website (see here: https://www.guidingeyes.org/28877/may-2016-graduating-class/) and for other PR purposes.
You must be able to travel to our Yorktown Heights and White Plains locations once a month to conduct face-to-face interviews of our clients as well as conducting some phone interviews. You should possess sensitivity, curiosity and a genuine ability to connect with people from all walks of life. Your writing should be able to communicate the impact that having a guide dog makes on the life of a person who is blind or visually impaired.
Total volunteer time is about 20 hours within a two week period including a tight turnaround time in processing the completed bios so that they are ready for our monthly graduation ceremonies.
For more information please contact Vikki Iwanicki, Manager of Volunteer Services at viwanicki@guidingeyes.org or 845 230 6412.
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About Guiding Eyes for the Blind - Patterson & Yorktown
Location:
611 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, US
Mission Statement
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is dedicated to enriching the lives of blind and visually impaired men and women by providing them with the freedom to travel safely with the assistance of professionally trained Guiding Eyes dogs, thereby assuring greater independence, dignity and new horizons of opportunity.
Description
Since 1954, Guiding Eyes has managed to thrive on goodness, even in the most difficult of times. We relied on the goodness of our loyal base of generous supporters, passionate staff and dedicated volunteers to come together to meet the growing needs of our diverse community of people with vision loss. Through this unwavering support and dedication, Guiding Eyes has graduated more than 10,000 guide dog teams. We believe in the powerful, meaningful change that our beautiful dogs bring to the lives of people facing the daily challenges that blindness and vision loss present.
It can cost up to $50,000 annually to train and care for a guide dog throughout its working lifetime with a person who is blind. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we provide all services completely free of charge to people who are blind or with vision loss. At Guiding Eyes, we rely upon the contributions of our generous donors to fulfill our mission.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind has two locations: Yorktown Heights and Patterson.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
611 Granite Springs RoadYorktown Heights, NY 10598
DATE POSTED
October 27, 2016
SKILLS
- Journalism
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Public Relations
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
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REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Orientation or Training
- Approximately 20 hours within a two week period