Health Care sites available:
American Cancer Society
101 John James Audubon Parkway
Amherst, NY 14228
Contact: Jo Ann Harig
Phone: (716)689-6982
Email: joann.harig@cancer.org
Days and times: Flexible hours
Service opportunities:
Decorate for the holidays (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentine’s Day, 4th of July. Cook a meal for the guests once a month (food provided by Hope Lodge). Come in for a clean up day, wash woodwork and kitchen cabinets, wipe down baseboards.
Paint day: Come and paint the doors, baseboards in some of the patients' rooms.
Have a movie night for the patients staying at HL, make popcorn and watch one of our collection of videos.
Create web page on my-space and other local web sites promoting local American Cancer Society activities, programs and services.
Assist in maintaining web pages on the above mentioned.
Participate on a committee for Relay for Life, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Daffodil Days, or Distinguished Events.
Create event press releases and promotions to increase event participation.
Create internal reports. Post and Pre-event, P and L Statements, Marketing outcomes.
Assist with outreach activities.
Start a Colleges Against Cancer on your campus.
Participate in a local Advocacy activity.
Create a Wedding Scroll Marketing plan.
Required Skills:
Project oriented, dynamic, energetic, with demonstrated time management and multi-tasking ability, proven interpersonal, verbal & communication skills. Must be able to think strategically and execute detailed plans to completion. Computer literacy and Commitment to the mission of the ACS.
Reports to the Director of Special Events, Director of Hope Lodge, and or Director of Corporate Relations
Compeer of Greater Buffalo
135 Delaware Ave. Suite 210
Buffalo, Ny 14202
Contact: Carrie Ansell, Program Coordinator Adult and Senior Services
Phone: 883-3331
Fax: 883-3395
Email: carrie@compeerbuffalo.org
www.compeerbuffalo.org
Service opportunities: Partners in Empowerment Program: For the fourth consecutive year Compeer of Greater Buffalo will be partnering with local colleges and universities in the Partners in Empowerment Program (PIE). In this program senior social work, psychology, sociology, nursing students as well as other human service students are paired with adults and seniors that are part of the Compeer program and are living with a mental health issue. The adults and seniors serve in a mentoring role to the student. The goal of this program is to give students the invaluable one-to-one learning experience with a person living with mental illness in the community. Students will learn about symptoms, diagnosis, medication, side effects, therapy, community resources, and stigma in an effort to better prepare them for entry into their field of work, especially those thinking about working with those affected by mental illness. PIE also aims to help overcome stigma and preconceptions of mental illness and learn to analyze these issues. Promotion of resiliency, protective factors, and recovery are key components of this program. While this is clearly of benefit to the students the experience also provides an opportunity to empower, validate, and affirm life experiences of those affected by mental illness.
To get started or for further information please contact Carrie Ansell at Compeer of Greater Buffalo at 883-3331 ext. 315 or email carrie@compeerbuffalo.org
A kids program and an Adult and Senior Program are available. For all the programs, service providers can spend as little as an hour a week doing fun things or simple activities with a person who needs a friend and is striving for improved mental health. Four hundred people are on the waiting list hoping for a friend!
ECMC Brain Trauma Unit
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, NY 14215
Contact: 1st – Lynn Whitehead, Education Coordinator or 2nd-Diane Bookhagen, Director of Volunteers
716-898-4240(Lynn)
716-898-4155(Diane)
Lwhitehe@ecmc.edu
Note: Lynn and Diane will coordinate the service. When contacting Lynn, be ready to tell her what your course objectives are and how your service should connect to your course.
Days: vary
Times: vary
Service opportunities: Reading and providing other leisure activities for patients in the evening.
Gilda's Club
140 Delaware Avenue.
Buffalo, NY 14209
First Contact: Susan Lichtblau, Program Director
Second Contact: Kathy Kurtz - Program Manager / Noogieland Coordinator
Phone: 716-332-5900
Email: slichtbl@gildasclubwny.org
Days: vary
Times: vary
About the Program: Noogieland is a warm and welcoming meeting place for youth members and their families who are learning to live with cancer in their lives. Whether facing cancer first hand, or as a family member, Noogieland ensures that everyone in the family has the opportunity to seek the emotional and social support of others facing a similar situation. Gilda Radner found that being with others and not succumbing to the desire to isolate herself, allowed her the opportunity to learn with others how to live with cancer.
Service opportunities: Noogie Nights and Noogie Days: special supervised play hours conducted by volunteers and staff members for children whose parents are attending member activities.
Kids' Talk: an art directed play group for children age 5 through 12. Children who have cancer and those who have a family member with cancer attend separate groups. Group sizes range from 2 to 10 children. When possible, the age breakdowns are 5 to 8 and 9 through 12.
Teen Time: an opportinity for teens to talk with other teens about what it's like to have a loved one living with cancer.
Good Grief: a support group for children and teens who have lost a loved one to cancer.
Teen Ambassadors: trained teen volunteers who do outreach in local schools to educate kids and families about Gilda's club.
Teen Ambassadors: trained teen volunteers who do outreach in local schools to educate kids and families about Gilda's club.
Health Education Series: a 6-week series, offered at least 2 times yearly, of psycho educational materials and experiences for kids / teens / parents with a focus on communication issues and the common themes of having cancer in the family.
NoogieFest: the annual Halloween party for kids and adults. Open to the public, it is part of the outreach and public relation plan for Noogieland program.
Hispanics United of Buffalo: Advocacy for Disadvantaged Latinos
254 Virginia
Buffalo, NY 14201
First Contact: Donna Medina, Volunteer coordinator
Phone: 856-7110 x105
Email: dmedina@hubwny.com
Second Contact: Juan Torres, Family Preservation Director
Phone: 856-7110 x106
Fax: 856-9617
Email: jtorres@hubwny.com
Third Contact: Lourdes Iglesias
Phone: 716-856-7110
Days:Monday-Friday
Times: 8:30 am- 5:00 pm.
Service opportunities: Domestic Violence Services: linkage with health, legal and emergency shelter assistance, anger management classes, education to prevent violence and promote healthy relationships.
Outreach and Education: to prevent substance abuse and the spread of
HIV/AIDS.
Breast Cancer Education and Screening: referrals to mammograms for low
income women, education and information on examinations and the
importance of detecting breast cancer.
Senior Services: on-site weekly lunches and recreation, informational
workshops. Senior Citizen center has daily activities from 7:30am to
4:30pm.
Youth Services: court advocacy/alternatives to incarceration, tutoring,
mentoring, employment preparation and job placement assistance, after
school program for 13-18 years of age, youth anger management classes.
Additional volunteer opportunities exist for marketing, accounting, and digital media arts students.
Lutheran Church Home
217 East Delevan Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14208
Contact: Joan Griffin, Volunteer Coordinator
716-882-1231
www.tlch.org
Days: vary
Times: vary
Service opportunities: Participation in the Grandparent Program. Volunteers visit with the residents and participate in monthly recreational activities that may include game night, arts and crafts, and taking a field trip to the park or a ball game. Exercise physiology with some of the residents would be very welcome. Other opportunities include:
Monday 1:15-3:30 pm: Bowling with residents!
Thursday 1-3 pm: Retired Senior Volunteer Program-Making quilts for children.
The McGuire Group
Northgate Health Care Facility
7264 Nash Rd.
North Tonawanda 14120
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: 694-7700
Website: www.mcguiregroup.com
Service opportunities: Service providers spend time that enhances the quality of life for the residents. There is a flexible schedule. The coordinator will help to orient you to opportunities available.
Requirements: physical examination and medical history, PPD test (Tuberculosis skin test) for those over 16, proof of immunity to measles, mumps and rubella. This is all simple and can be done at the same time in a few minutes. If done at Northgate, there will be no cost for you. A general orientation is given before starting.
Meals on Wheels
100 James E. Casey Dr.
Buffalo, NY 14206
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: 822-2002
Fax: 822-0932
Meals on Wheels is a private, not-for-profit agency which provides home delivered meals to homebound, frail, elderly or disabled persons living within the service area.
Service Opportunities: Contact the coordinator to see how you can be involved and the days and times of availability.
The Morlock Foundation
512 Pearl St.
Suites 301-305
Buffalo, NY 14202
Contact: Carmaletta Zandi, President
Phone: 842-1300
Email: TheMorlockFoundation@Buffalo.com
Website: http://themorlockfoundation.org/contactus.html
The Morlock Foundation assists families whose children have a variety of diseases and disabilities.
Driving directions: Get on the 33 going toward Downtown. Continue on the 33 to Goodell exit. Continue on Goodell to Pearl St. Turn left on Pearl St. and the Foundation is on the right in the Buffalo Christian Center.
Service Opportunities: Go to the website. Click on the link “About Us”. Information about Projects is given. Click on “events”, then click on “volunteers click here”. Click on the middle of the red box that appears and service opportunities will appear.
Niagara Lutheran Health and Rehabilitation Home
64 Hager Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
Note: A health screening and orientation are required to participate
Application forms available in OM 005.
Contact: Judy Willert, Volunteer Coordinator
716-886-4377
www.niagaralutheran.org
Days: Any day of the week, weekends preferable
Times: Vary
Service opportunities: Assisting the residents to and from activities, helping during activities, and visiting with residents.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm & Carlton Sts.
Buffalo, NY 14263
Roswell Park requires that a student give a minimum of 40 volunteer hours.
Contact: Susan Siegel, Director of Volunteer Services
716-845-5708
susan.siegel@roswellpark.org
Days: Monday-Friday and limited weekends
Times: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Service opportunities: Clerical work, research, front door greeter, providing help and information in waiting areas, special events, pediatrics, patient/visitor assistance, and visiting with patients.
Volunteer Information Request Form
Sabah (Skating Athletes Bold at Heart)
2607 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14207
Contact: Kelly Mazella
Phone: 362-9601
Email: kellymazella@gmail.com
Website: www.sabahinc.org
Sisters of Charity Hospital
2157 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
Contact: Lynn A Overbeck, Director of volunteer services
716-862-1106
lo8365@chsbuffalo.org
www.chsbuffalo.org
Days: vary
Times: vary
Service opportunities: Specific requests can be made to the volunteer coordinator for a particular area of interest.
St. Francis Nursing Home
147 Reist St.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Contact: Sr. Bea Vendetti
Phone: 633-5400 x249
Service Opportunities: adopt-a-resident, friendly visitor, transporting residents to activities, book buddy, activity volunteer, religious services (playing instrument/singing), assisting at bingo programs, pet visits, plus other ideas you may suggest.
You need to call for an interview, at which time you will fill out an application. The interview is used to get acquainted and to discover the skills, abilities, and preferences of the service provider in relation to the needs of the resident.
Upstate New York Transplant Services
110 Broadway Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14203
Contact: Kristin M. Zenger, Community Relation Specialist
716-512-7908
e-mail: kzenger@unyts.org
Website: http://www.unyts.org
Days: vary
Times: vary
Mission: Upstate New York organization's mission: organ, tissue and blood donation. With that in mind, here is a short list of some of the ways that Upstate New York Transplant Service and local colleges/universities can work together:
1. Donate Life Awareness Campaign Development
2. Donate Life Awareness Campaign Development and Implementation
3. Donate Life Blood Drive Support
4. Donate Life Blood Drive Support Implementation
5. Donate Life Research Program
6. Donate Life Presentation
Upstate New York Transplant Service can provide with access to any promotional materials or supplies that are needed as a part of their work with our organization, such brochures donor registry cards and more.
Service opportunities: Planning and implement an on-campus awareness event encouraging giving "the gift of life", Creating marketing tools (such as t-shirts, brochures, table tents, flyers, posters, etc.) to help spread awareness on the serious for organ, tissue and blood donation or to promote the program event, Work the student association or campus administration to have an information table set up on campus, Work with the school newspaper to print an article on organ, tissue and blood donation, create radio or television advertisement promoting organ, tissue and blood donation, Write a Jingle that promote giving the gift of life through organ, tissue and blood donation, work with school television and/or ratio stations to air information regarding organ, tissue and blood donation or to promote the Planned awareness events, create a documentary or educational video to show the target market, Arrange for speakers to come to the campus and speak their personal experience with organ, tissue and blood donation, Ask other professors or faculty on campus if you can speak briefly or give a brief demonstration on organ, tissue and blood donation at the start of their class, Use the opportunity to tell the class about any events you will be promoting through the duration of the project. Arrange for someone to speak at the half-time of a sporting event, Have table of information and New York State Donor Registry Card available for people to sign up, Work with on campus businesses to see if they will donate food, beverages or a service to your event, or offer a discount for those who sign a New York Donor Registry Card or donate a pint of blood, Implement the students for Organ Donation club your campus. For more information please visit: www.studentdonor.org. Think of something creative and new to spread awareness of marketing the planned event.
VA Hospital
3495 Bailey Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14215
Contact: Kelly Clark, Volunteer Program Specialist
716-862-8672 (Kelly)
Email: Kelly.Clark@va.gov
http://www1.va.gov/visns/visn02/vet/volunteer.cfm
Days: Vary
Times: Vary
Service opportunities: Patient escort, clerical support, nutrition and food assistance, physical, occupational, and recreational therapy assistance, non-emergency and intensive care unit assistance. The Helping Hands Program assists in the feeding and nutrition of patients of many different clinical needs.
TB skin test required. 20 hour minimum.
Weinberg Campus
2700 Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
Contact: Katie Phillips, Volunteer Coordinator
716-639-3330 ext. 2125
Email: kphillips@weinbergcampus.org
www.weinbergcampus.org
Days: vary
Times: vary
Service opportunities: (Descriptions given by Weinberg Campus)
Activity Assistant with over 700 residents and participants throughout campus, volunteers are necessary to help activities run smoothly. Specifically, volunteers may help by transporting residents to and from the activity site on campus, assistanting those who need help with specific tasks related to the activity, or serving refreshments. Every day is different! Requirements: It is suggested that volunteers should be able to push a wheelchair of 150lbs. Schedule: Varied
Activity Instructor: No matter what time of day, volunteers can come in and lead their own activity. Activity Instructors are responsible to plan the activity, obtain the supplies, and execute the activity on a reqular basis. The possiblilities are endless! Schedule: 1-3 hours weekly, Bi-Weekly, or monthly
Centerpiece Designer: Dressing up the tables is key to great dining experience for our residents. Seasonal centerpiences add a special decorative touch to the table setting. This position calls for volunteers to occasionally design, produce and donate these centerpiences. This volunteer opportunity is great for community organizations, youth groups and individuals.
Day Trip Assistant: Weinberg Campus offers a variety of entertainment opportunites both on and off campus. Residents take monthly
outings to the mall, grocery stores, movies, restaurants, and community events.
Volunteers can assist a resident by pushing him/her in a wheelchair, helping a resident reach items off of a shelf, or guiding a resident through buildings. Day trip assistants are crucial to making a resident's day trip a pleasant and enjoyable experience.
Day Program Assistant: Volunteers at the various day programs assist with a variety of tasks, including: transporting participants, assisting in activities, visiting with participants, and helping serve meals. Day program Assistants love the variety that they experience when volunteering for a Weinberg Campus Day Pogram. Schedule: Garden Club: (anytime between)10 am - 4pm M,T,W, Th or F; Adult Day Health: (anytime between) 10 am - 2:30 pm M,T,W, Th or F; Social Day Care: (anytime between) 10 am - 2:30 pm M,T,W, Th or F; TOTAL Day Center: (anytime between) 9 am - 3 pm M,T,W, Th or F.
Deli Server: Weinberg volunteers are crucial to the operation of the deli. The volunteers are there to refresh the salad bar, keep the ready-made and sandwiches supplied , serve homemade soups and the hot entree of the day. Our deli truly is a hub for campus conversation and laughter, made possible by our volunteers. Schedule: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm M, T, W, TH, or F
Friendly Visitor: Friendly vistor are volunteer that visit residents on a regular basis to share stories, pictures, and jokes. Friendly Vistors are a vital part of the continued health and happiness of many residents. 1-3 Hours Weekly, Bi-weekly, or monthly.
Game Master: Game Masters are volunters that estabilsh a regular date and time to coordinate a game for our residents. Favorites include card games like Bridge and Poker, as well as board games like Scrabble. The volunteer is responsible to setup the game equipment, oversee the procedure, assistant particpants with understanding the rules of the game, and establish any prizes. 2-3 Hours weekly, Bi-weekly or monthly evenings and weekends desirable.
Western New York Children’s
Phone: 677-7198
Email:
Service opportunities: Interacting under supervision in a variety of ways with children from the ages of 6-18. Project ideas may be proposed to the Coordinator. Evening and week end hours are also available. Public relations experiences may be an aspect of service involvement. There is a need for web design work (Dreamweaver is used.).
Women's and Children's Hospital (Kaleida Health)
219 Bryant Street
Buffalo, NY 14222
Contact: Marcia Sarkin and Jennifer Flood
716-878-1238(Marcia) or 716-878-7241(Jennifer)
msarkin@kaleidahealth.org
jflood@kaleidahealth.org
Days: vary
Times: 40 Hours are required to actually work in the particular hospital situations because of training time and expenses involved in processing. Before beginning, students are expected to commit to 3-4 hours per session. It is also required that a students commits to not less than 20 hours of service. An application, interview, physical exam form, and proof of immunity to Rubella and Rubeola and a 2-part skin test for TB must be completed before volunteering can begin. Volunteers must attend an orientation to the Kaleida Health System.
Service opportunities: 20 hours or less: a student may be involved in clerical, staffing the information desk and waiting room areas, child life (play therapy), word processing, patient/visitors assistance, and working in the patient/medical libraries. If students assist with fund raising efforts they may also have some time to spend in a more “medical” situation at the discretion of the coordinator. Other opportunities exist in a variety of medical areas and situations.