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2 people are interested
Do something about social isolation in seniors
ORGANIZATION: One Community
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2 people are interested
Let's do something about the crisis of social isolation and loneliness in the elderly! Become a moderator of group phone calls for seniors. Volunteers should have good hosting skills, have topics they can talk about and enjoy spending time with seniors. Those who join the groups are isolated because of pandemic concerns, mobility limitations or other circumstances. Participants are predominantly older Black women living in public housing in Brooklyn who benefit from opportunities to socialize from home.
We've put on groups about cooking, doing chair yoga, apartment gardening, making arts and crafts, Black history, doing crochet, art appreciation, Bible study, telling stories, and listening to gospel, r&b and Latin jazz. What kind of skills can you bring to your group?
https://www.onecommunitynyc.org/sharingnetwork
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About One Community
Location:
13 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, US
Mission Statement
One Community calls for Fort Greene and Clinton Hill residents and institutions to employ the powerful tools at their disposal, individually and as a community, to reduce inequality, dismantle divisions, and share the contributions which each part of the community offers We focus attention on inequality and separation, catalyze a fairer and freer allocation of resources and help remove impediments to change.
Description
Many local organizations do important, effective community work core activities. One Community asks that they explore how to maximize the number of local people in their community programs.One Community asks institutions to make local equal opportunity and the dismantling neighborhood barriers high-level institutional goals. Participating organizations will broadly and creatively examine all their operations to see what they can do as service providers, employers, owners of facilities, leaders and advocates, trainers and educators, etc. to advance local equity and sharing. The leading institutions will confer on an executive organization-wide authority to promote the goals.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 7, 2022
SKILLS
- Elder care
- Crocheting
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
- Fitness Instruction
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Each group meets weekly for an hour, for eight weeks. Volunteers attend one hour-long training by Zoom.