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2 people are interested
Become a Friendly Visitor Volunteer -Training
ORGANIZATION: Jewish Family Service of Orange County
Please visit the new page to apply.
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2 people are interested
Learn effective strategies in volunteering as a Friendly Visitor. Please email me at Pblumenau@jfsorange.org to reserve your spot in our training. Send me your name and phone number.
In Orange County our volunteers can help with any one of the following services in their own community on a flexible schedule of about 2 hours a week:
Drive older adults to medical appointments
Provide grocery shopping support for homebound neighbors
Visit a homebound older adult or spend some time reading playing games and socializing.
Other volunteer Training dates are available.
The training is a total of 3 hours. All necessary information to be a successful volunteer including listening skills will be included
We provide Insurance for volunteers while volunteering and background checks at no cost.
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About Jewish Family Service of Orange County
Location:
720 RTE 17M, MIDDLETOWN, NY 10940, US
Mission Statement
Jewish Family Service of Orange County empowers all people facing challenging times to live with dignity, hope, and strength.
Description
Our services include our Friendly Visitor Program which connects home-bound seniors and medically challenged adults with volunteers who provide transportation to and from medical care, grocery shopping assistance, and companionship visits; case management to connect older adults and those medially fragile with available community supports, emergency assistance including a bilingual outreach coordinator for food stamps, service coordination and social programs for intellectually challenged adults, social programs for families with children with special needs, a therapeutic summer camp, and counseling on a sliding scale.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Jewish Family Services of Orange County720 Route 17MMiddletown, NY 10940
DATE POSTED
July 23, 2019
SKILLS
- Transportation
- Organization
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours a week