Community Outreach volunteers and Community Outreach Administrative volunteers are requested to apply for health access opportunities beginning August 1, 2016. Community Outreach volunteers are needed to participate in community events and provide information on wellness resources, primary care, and breast health. Volunteers should be comfortable speaking to local residents that may include neighbors, friends, local associations/groups. Volunteers must be bilingual in both English and Spanish. Volunteers are needed once per week for a minimum 2 hours; flexible working hours. Hours can be during the day, evenings, or on weekends. Volunteers will receive specialized training and can rec
In their book “The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods” John McKnight and Peter Block emphasize competent communities that are rich in connections between people, gifts shared through those connections, and hospitality to strangers outside those connections. CHEER’s primary goal is to build competent communities in Takoma Park and Long Branch. In competent communities people help each other get through difficult times and celebrate each other’s happiness and success. This is what all communities have been doing from the beginning. Care and empathy are hard wired human instincts that we utilize when we have a sense of abundance. It competes with the fight
