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Starting your own group

VolunteerCaregiving — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:35:16 -0400

we started out as an outreach effort of a cluster of local churches. most of our peers are faith-based, or aligned with a County Office on Aging. places to start for researching:

http://www.fiavolunteers.org/

your local Area Agency on Aging

You would be operating in rural area, so the operations listed below might be closer to what you have in mind. i think everyone just starts out identifying the need, figuring out what volunteers are willing to do, and then doing the match between Need and Offered Service.

everyone makes up their own forms, but at minimum you need a procedure for perfoming BACKGROUND CHECK on volunteers if they are going into someone's home, LIABILITY INSURANCE in case a Care Receiver injures a volunteer, a volunteer does harm to a Care Receiver, or the volunteer has a mishap while on a volunteer assignment. signing up people with needs is easy. hard part is recruiting and retaining volunteers - this is a nonstop, perpetual process.

These are some rural organizations:

http://www.heartsandhandsfia.org/

http://rric.org/

http://www.yourneighborsinc.com/

http://www.mountainprojects.org/

http://seniortransportation.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=NCST_homepage&JServSessionIdr007=c4wmdl6gs2.app20b

Setting up a NHN group on Long Island, NY

Ed Thompson — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:33:31 -0400

Yes thank you.

Can you send me information on setting up a Neighbor Helping Neighbor group where I live on Long Island, NY. While most think that Long Islanders are rich, that is not true for many of us. I am retired and would like to set up a similar organization as yours.

Can you help?

Ed Thompson
ejthomp2000@yahoo.com

Neighbor helping Neighbor - Volunteer with Us!

VolunteerCaregiving — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:07:33 -0400

Start: Sep 6 2007 - 12:00pm

End: Aug 31 2008 - 1:30pm

Come to one of our Orientation session so you can learn how you to donate your time and compassion to help older adults (age 60+), disabled adults, and family caregivers in Wake County. Volunteers provide Respite Care, Transportation, Home Chores, and Friendly Visits. Because of volunteers, our services are free. Sessions held monthly - call for date/times and to RSVP.

The Center For Volunteer Caregiving, 975 Walnut St., Suite 311, Cary, NC PHONE 460-0567. www.volunteercaregiving.org