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Farmworker Outreach Program, General Help Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
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Are you Spanish Bilingual and interested in a fulfilling volunteer opportunity in Washington and Yamhill Counties? Join Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in our healthcare outreach program to help serve farmworker camps and plants nurseries. Our mobile clinic visits these camps and nurseries in order to provide healthcare services and health education to farmworkers and their families.
Outreach occurs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 17th to August 14th. Times run from either 2:00 pm to about 8:00 pm or 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. Both times and locations vary with each shift. Volunteers do need to be able to drive to each location independently.
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About Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Location:
PO Box 6149, Aloha, OR 97007, US
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is to provide high quality health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on those who have barriers to receiving health care.
Description
In 1975 the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center was established in memory of six year old Virginia Garcia, who accompanied her farmworker parents from Texas to Oregon to pick strawberries. Virginia Garcia developed an infection from a simple foot wound, and because of a lack of culturally appropriate medical services, she died. Stunned by this tragedy, community leaders joined forces in an unprecedented effort to ensure that such a tragedy would never be repeated.
Since our humble beginning in a three-car garage, Virginia Garcia has continued to provide health care to the medically needy of Washington and Yamhill Counties for over 40 years. It continues to focus on the needs of migrant farmworkers, both through the health center and outreach programs in the migrant camps. The center continues to develop and expand our programs to meet existing and emergent needs. We now serve more than 48,000 patients (1 in every 15 residents) each year from 5 primary care clinics, 6 dental clinics, 6 school-based health centers, a reproductive health clinic, and our mobile clinic.
This is an amazing organization which does great things for the community! Contact us for more information on how YOU can get involved!
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Health & Medicine,
Race & Ethnicity
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Multiple locations Hillsboro, OR 97124
(45.54428 ,-122.9521 )
DATE POSTED
March 17, 2025
SKILLS
- Healthcare
- Community Outreach
- Spanish
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Ability to commit to at least 4 Migrant Outreach Camp shifts
- Due to our Latinx patient population, full fluency in Spanish is required. This is an outdoor event in the summer so volunteers need to be comfortable in that setting. Ability to lift at least 25 lbs is also helpful.