Herbal FIrst Aid Committee Organizer
ORGANIZATION: SeekHealing
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SeekHealing is a Nonprofit organization that utilizes awareness and connection practices to combat the loneliness epidemic in the US, with the purpose of overcoming rampant trauma, addiction, overdose and deaths of despair. Herbal First Aid Kits go to individuals in the community who is struggling with anxiety and stress and/or those who are going through involuntary/voluntary and painful withdrawals from substances.
Time Commitment:
10 to 20 hours a month
Participant Roles:
- Email Once-a-month scheduled Invites for assembly gathering to volunteers who have shared their interest in being involved in the first aid kits.
- Take inventory of items after each assembly gathering, and Update inventory spreadsheet
- Communicate what is needed for the next gathering for each kit
- Communicate who is assigned various roles
- Print out any materials and instructions before each meeting.
- Manage any emails that come through regarding questions and other details pertaining to this particular project.
- Set up all the herbs, vitamins, teas, and packets to be put into each kit and create an assembly line at each assembly meeting.
- Set a container for each meeting, purpose, opening and closing.
Skills you will need:
- Interpersonal skills
- Writing
- Communication
- Organization
- Follow-up
- Preferable, but not mandatory: an interest in Herbs and their properties and benefits
Requirements:
- Attend a short introductory zoom call about the foundations of SeekHealing
- Attend a short training about what your role is.
- Be willing to work closely with the Manager(s)of this project
Please send your resume and or answer the following questions to michelle@seekhealing.org :
- What interests you in volunteering to do service work and why with SeekHealing?
- Tell us about your passion and background in facilitating group organization and management.
- How do you see this volunteer experience help you help support your personal and professional growth and development?
More opportunities with SeekHealing
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About SeekHealing
Location:
50 S. French Broad Ave, #300, Asheville, NC 28801, US
Mission Statement
Making opportunities for meaningful human connection universally accessible in order to prevent deaths of despair.
Description
In a hyper-local, community mental health approach, SeekHealing is a grassroots "social health" project to facilitate experiences of intentional and meaningful human connection between neighbors.
Piloted successfully in Western North Carolina since 2018 with support from Dr. Gabor Mate and other leading experts in trauma and Relational Cultural Theory (RCT), regional programs deliver the following at no cost to participants:
- Equitable public health education in social communication and emotional regulation skills
- Facilitated social experiences: substance-free parties, peer-driven support meetings, and community gatherings
- Human-powered technology solutions that facilitate individual neighbors showing up for each other’s social & mental health needs
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
50 South French Broad Ave #300Asheville, NC 28801
DATE POSTED
May 6, 2021
SKILLS
- Group Facilitation
- Management
- Organization
- People Skills
- Project Management
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 10 to 20 hours a month