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2 people are interested
WELCOMING THE JEWISH SABBATH-VIRTUAL SERVICE LEADER
ORGANIZATION: Selfhelp Community Services Inc.
Please visit the new page to apply.
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2 people are interested
If you enjoy leading "Welcome the Shabbat" services and interacting with Older Adults please consider volunteering to lead one-hour classes via videochat for homebound Seniors on Friday afternoons. Selfhelp's "Virtual Senior Center" allows homebound Seniors to attend online classes on a wide range of topics from their senior-friendly home computer. Volunteer Facilitators lead the classes from their own computer (with high-speed internet and webcam) via a videochat program (we will train you)that you download so everyone can see, hear and speak to each other. The service you lead could include reading/music/singing, English prayer(so it's understandable) and explanation but you have control over how to create the service to enhance the Sabbath for people who can't travel to a Synagogue.
Weekly or alternate week classes.
More opportunities with Selfhelp Community Services Inc.
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About Selfhelp Community Services Inc.
Location:
520 8th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10018, US
Mission Statement
Selfhelp is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at-risk populations through a spectrum of housing, home health care, and social services and will lead in applying new methods and technologies to address changing needs of its community. Selfhelp will continue to serve as the "last surviving relative" to its historic constituency, victims of Nazi persecution.
Description
Selfhelp is A private, non-sectarian, not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, Selfhelp was founded in 1936 by a small group of refugees fleeing persecution during the Holocaust. Our history is rich and varied because throughout it, we have continued to respond to anyone in need. Our mission has always been to help older adults live happy, independent lives in their own homes with services that help maintain their health and safety. Today, Selfhelp offers 20,000 aging, frail and "at-risk" New Yorkers a comprehensive network of social service, senior housing and home care services. It is also the oldest and largest provider of Nazi victim services in North America. For almost seven decades, Selfhelp has dedicated itself to being a source of information, service, community, and quality home care for New Yorkers.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 26, 2018
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Hebrew
- Public Speaking
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- one hour /week or alternate weeks
- knowledge of Jewish Prayers/customs; basic computer ability, enjoy interacting with Seniors, groups