Annual Stocking Delivery for Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS)

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It's about that time of year! We have lots of stockings to deliver which means we need lots of volunteers to do so. We have just under half the amount of volunteers needed for the big day, so please share this widely with those in your community. Thanks!

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Do you like pets? Is there anything better than delivering cat treats and cat toys (and dog treats and dog toys) to low-income seniors and adults with disabling illnesses during the holiday season?

Come volunteer with Shanti’s Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) program for our special annual event: The Pet Holiday Stocking Delivery. It will be on Sunday December 15, 2024, starting in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. We will provide refreshments and everything else you need. You can choose the 10am shift or the 12pm shift. Each team will need a car and a driver.

Bring a friend, a coworker, your kids - the more, the merrier! It is a wonderful way to give back this holiday season. Sign up today through this Google form-

https://forms.gle/ttGPZ5ia7Xc9Dcqy9

Please reach out to Crown (dcrown@shanti.org) if you need help with signing up or have any questions!

Warmly,

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About Shanti - San Francisco

Location:

730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, US

Mission Statement

Shanti enhances the quality of life, health and well-being of people living with life-threatening illnesses, including Breast Cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Description

Founded in 1974 by Dr. Charles Garfield, Shanti has been at the forefront of a growing national movement to enhance the quality of life for persons living with life-threatening or chronic illnesses by providing volunteer-based emotional and practical support.

Shanti is a Sanskrit word meaning "inner peace" or "tranquility". It is an appropriate name since, ultimately, all of Shanti's direct service and educational programs are aimed at easing the burdens and improving the well-being of people in difficult life situations.

Key to the success of Shanti's mission is the Shanti Model of Peer Support, which is both a philosophy and a set of techniques that are used throughout our work. It is a way of being with another person that frees both parties to be fully who they are and communicate their feelings to one another. It is a way of being which allows two persons to meet as equals. It is a way of relating to others that is characterized by certain values and attitudes.

Definition of Peer
We define peer as someone who is not necessarily like us in obvious ways, but is someone with whom we share a basic humanity; someone with whom we are equals. All people share universal human experiences. By virtue of this shared humanity, we are all peers. The Shanti Model of Peer Support is based on this equality.

Values Underlying the Shanti Model of Peer Support

mutual respect
positive regard
empowerment of the client (the assumption that the client has the solutions to his or her own problems and does not need your advice of direction)
genuineness (being oneself, authenticity)
acceptance of differences (does not mean agreement, but acceptance based on respect)
empathy (allowing oneself to feel with another person)
intention to be of service

CAUSE AREAS

Animals, People with Disabilities, Seniors

WHEN

Sun Dec 15, 2024

10:00 AM - 03:00 PM

WHERE

3170 23rd StSan Francisco, CA 94110

(37.75422,-122.41571)

DATE POSTED

November 27, 2024

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