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2 people are interested
Friendship counseling volunteer
ORGANIZATION: BIRTHRIGHT OF NEWINGTON-NEW BRITAIN INC
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2 people are interested
Provide loving, nonjudgmental, and practical support to pregnant women in crisis. Perform free pregnancy testing. Reach out in friendship to help each girl or woman for as long as needed.
Birthright's guiding principle: It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born.
Birthright offers the alternative to abortion. Birthright is pro-life. Birthright is non-profit, interdenominational, and non-political.
Help make a difference in a mother's life as she prepares for the birth of her baby.
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About BIRTHRIGHT OF NEWINGTON-NEW BRITAIN INC
Location:
100 MARKET SQUARE, NEWINGTON, CT 06111, US
Mission Statement
Birthright's mission is to maintain a crisis center where any pregnant girl or woman, wed or unwed, may find help as near as her telephone. By placing a call to the crisis center, she will be aided to mobilize her own resources and those of the community so that she may face the future and plan constructively for herself and her child. All Birthright services are to be free and confidential and provided by an all volunteer staff.
Description
Birthright was founded in Toronto, Canada in 1968 and has over 300 chapters throughout the United States, Canada and Ghana. Each chapter is chartered by Birthright International and adheres to the policy directives of Birthright International. Birthright of Newington-New Britain was founded in 1995. Each Birthright chapter is financially independent of any other.
Birthright's guiding principle: It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born. Birthright maintains a crisis center where any pregnant girl or woman, who is distressed by her pregnancy, may find help as near as her telephone. By placing a call to the crisis center, she will be aided to mobilize her own resources and those of the community so that she may face the future and plan constructively for herself and her child. All Birthright services are free and confidential and provided by an all-volunteer staff.
Birthright offers free pregnancy testing, friendship counseling, and practical support. It is an ongoing presence of trained friendship counseling volunteers available to pregnant women in crisis.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
100 Market SquareNewington, CT 06111
DATE POSTED
April 27, 2018
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Crisis Counseling
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 22
- 4 hours per week daytime; 2 hours per week evening
- Volunteers who speak other languages also needed