- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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6 people are interested
Community Yoga Phone Outreach
ORGANIZATION: YOGACARE
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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6 people are interested
This is a great opportunity for volunteers to help from the comfort of your own home. We have recently launched new online classes for our YogaCare community and students across the West Side and South Side of Chicago. We are in need of Volunteers to call our students and provide information and troubleshoot with them about how to access the online courses right from their smartphone or home computer or telephone. Volunteers will be provided phone lists of students via email to call them between 9AM to 8PM Monday through Saturday on your own flexible time. Most volunteers are needed who speak English, and some who are bilingual in Spanish are also needed. The classes are all free and available regularly scheduled times for the community. We may need help calling donors and supporters as well for our spring fundraising campaign. Volunteer skills in social media posting would also be helpful to post on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter about the classes and to spread self-care and yoga and wellness related information. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
We are also looking for volunteer roles that are more ongoing in the following areas to support our work. YogaCare is largely a volunteer-based organization with contracted teachers and 1-2 employees. Your ongoing support of our work would be most appreciated to catalyze our growth!
- Social Media Coordination/Website Design/Graphics Design
- Financial Analysis
- Administrative Support
- Yoga Teacher Training Coordination
- Major Gifts and Corporate Sponsorships Cultivation
- Volunteer Coordination
More opportunities with YOGACARE
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About YOGACARE
Location:
1808 W CHICAGO AVE NUM 2R, CHICAGO, IL 60622, US
Mission Statement
YogaCare catalyzes the spread of yoga in under-resourced communities to promote health. We believe that when people have an opportunity to connect with each other in a safe and welcoming space to engage in positive health behaviors, they can take proactive steps in their own lives, leading to increased healing potential and healthier communities. We believe that yoga is for all, and we strive to make the healing benefits of yoga accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We envision a world of lovingkindness in which everyone treats themselves and others with love and compassion, where yoga is available and accessible for all and provided by culturally responsive well-trained teachers, and society values yoga for its healing potential.
Description
YogaCare partners with neighborhood organizations to develop customized, safe, and welcoming programs for individuals of all levels and backgrounds to manage stress, pain, and chronic diseases and to foster community.
Community Yoga - Classes tailored for adults and families to address the health needs of each organization’s clients and community members
Specialized Yoga Group Visits - Programs customized for adults to address particular health conditions with an interdisciplinary team approach such as substance use and mental and emotional health
Scholarship Program - Partnering with local yoga teacher training programs to train select YogaCare students to become yoga teachers and empower them to teach in community settings
Self-Care for Health Care Sessions - Workshops and strategies for integrating mind-body practices for health care and social service providers’ workday
YogaCare also coordinates the Socially Engaged Yoga Network, offering professional development, networking, and capacity building for yoga teachers and organizations in the Chicagoland area interested in providing community-based yoga service work in fields such as trauma-informed practice, criminal justice, sustainability, social services, and education/youth development. We center the margins of those who have not been historically included in yoga in order to create a lasting citywide impact and collective action.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
April 14, 2020
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Customer Service
- Basic Computer Skills
- Google Apps
- Spanish
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- We're looking for volunteers for the phone outreach project who can commit between 3-5 hours per week on average for 2-3 weeks in April/May. More is welcome if you have more time!
- This opportunity is available for April and May. Please review the opportunities in bold above in the description if you're interested in longer-term support. We're looking mostly for volunteers that speak English - some are needed who speak Spanish.