Do you like interacting with people? Are you comfortable on the telephone?
Would you like to volunteer from home? Are you located in the Pacific Northwest?
Then perhaps you are interested in helping Villages Clark County. We are in need of people who are:
●Interested in volunteering one day perweek.
●For about 2 hours - exact times during the day are flexible between 10AM.-4PM
●Friendly on the telephone (this is basically customerservice.)
●Helping seniors arrange for help with rides, errands and assistance athome.
●Experienced backup person available forsupport
●Extensive training timeoffered.
Requirement:
●Background Check (weprovide)
● Volunteer Basic Training(provided)
●Internet access while volunteering (WiFi or)
●Willingness to learn to use (2) softwareprograms.
Optional:
Smart phone (increases your flexibility to monitor incoming requests on volunteer day)
PO BOX 33642, PORTLAND, OR 97292, US
Villages NW is reshaping the experience of aging. We keep older adults connected and active, contributing members of the community. With 11 neighborhood-based virtual villages, seniors make new friends close to home, participate in online coffees, happy hours and other social activities. We also help each other out when needed with neighbor-to-neighbor home maintenance, yard work and errands.
The Village Movement is a holistic approach to vibrant, healthy aging. It combines a meaningful purpose in life; finding new friends as we begin to lose spouses and see less of long-time friends and neighbors; familiar surroundings; and preserving financial assets against the day when a higher level of care might be necessary. In addition to these quality of life issues, Villages fill gaps in support and services, which enable older adults to live independently.
We have 11 neighborhood-based villages with 600 members and a comparable number of volunteers in the Greater Portland Metro area. About half of our volunteers are also members.
Villagers are members rather than clients. About half volunteer in some way whether it is driving someone to the doctor, doing a little yard work, checking in with a member who is mostly homebound, working on activities or doing Village support.
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
August 15, 2024
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