Volunteer Oportunities

Volunteers Needed

The Laurel Center is looking for incoming volunteers to assist us with our mission to intervene in domestic and sexual violence instances in the Winchester, Clarke, Frederick, and Warren Counties. Our volunteers allow us to educate the community around us while empowering the survivors within that same community. We are looking for help in spreading the word to make this volunteer training our largest yet. We think these education sessions do a wonderful job letting someone see into the world of a domestic or sexual violence survivor. Volunteers may take the full training and be able to assist directly in the shelter.

We encourage the general public to stop in for a session or two (or all would be awesome) to open our eyes to the issues that we face as a shelter and in our community.

We have volunteer training coming up with the following schedule: (All sessions 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm at The Laurel Center 402 North Cameron Street)

September 18^th – The Laurel Center: An introduction and history - Domestic Violence 101; Sexual Assault 101

September 23^rd – Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence - Protective Orders; Stalking

September 25^th – Effects of Domestic Violence on Children

September 30^th – Communication/Active Listening

October 2^nd – Boundaries - Confidentiality; Trauma Stewardship; Self-care

We think these education sessions do a wonderful job letting someone see into the world of a domestic or sexual violence survivor. Volunteers may take the full training and be able to assist directly in the shelter. We encourage the general public to stop in for a session or two to open our eyes to the issues that we face as a shelter and in our community. We look forward to having younger population experience things to look for and how to combat violence around them, while looking to their new ideas of how we can better ourselves as an organization.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to working with you soon.

Thank you for your time,

Kory Campbell
Volunteer Coordinator
The Laurel Center Intervention for Domestic and Sexual Violence
(540) 667-6466 Crisis Hotline
(540) 667-6160 General Office
(540) 450-5425 Direct Volunteer Coordinator

Urgent Volunteer Request

Faith in Action needs volunteer drivers to transport clients to and from Doctor Appointments and lifesaving medical treatments such as dialysis. There current driver pool is low and they have recently lost 3 drivers and need to replace them quickly. If you have a heart for volunteering please contact Mike Garcia to see how you can make a difference in our community.

Transport Description

Our volunteers transport patients in the local area to and from medical appointments. Our operating hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with rare exceptions. Volunteers can select which transports they want to drive, if any, from a list that is sent out weekly. Drivers will use their own personal vehicles for these transports, and all of our clients are ambulatory. Volunteer in processing is done through the Valley Health Volunteer Services office at Winchester Medical Center.

For more information please contact:

Mike Garcia

FAITH in ACTION

301 North Cameron Street First Floor

Winchester, VA 22601

540-536-1006

FAX: 540-536-0192

FaithIA@Valleyhealthlink.com

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AbbaCare, Inc. Access Independence, Inc. Adult Care Center of NSV, Inc AIDS Response Effort Alivia's Garden Alzheimer's Association ARC of NSV Big Brothers Big Sisters of WFC Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Blue Ridge Hospice Boys and Girls Club of NSV CCAP Winchester ChildSafe Center - CAC Choices, Council on Domestic Violence CLEAN, Inc. Community Foundation of NSV Community Prenatal Access Concern Hotline Dental Clinic of NSV Dept. of Social Services - Frederick County Dept. of Social Services - Shenandoah County Dept. of Social Services - Winchester Division of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) Edgehill Recovery Center Epilepsy Resources Foundation Faith in Action Families Reaching Out Group FROG Family Promise of Shenandoah County Foundation of the State Arboretum of VA FREE – NSV Good Samaritan Clinic – Martinsburg Greater Winchester Area Parkinson's Support Group Habitat for Humanity Handley Regional Library Healthy Families of NSV Healthy Families Shenandoah Highland Food Pantry, Inc. Housing Choice Voucher Program I'm Just Me Movement Literacy Volunteers Lord Fairfax Community College Lord Fairfax Community College – NSV Adult Education Lord Fairfax District Medical Reserve Corps NAMI-NSV New Eve Maternity Home NSV Substance Abuse Coalition NW Works, Inc. Page Free Clinic ProjectAccept.org Resolutions, Inc. Response, Inc. Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging Shenandoah Co Free Clinic Shenandoah University Shenandoah Valley Community Residences, Inc. Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Shenandoah Valley Family Support and Development Center Sinclair Health Clinic Soles4Soles Special Love, Inc. St. John's Community Services St. Luke Community Clinic Teens Opposing Poverty, Inc. TEENS, Inc. The Independent School of Winchester The Laurel Center Treatment Diaries United Way of NSV Valley Assistance Network Valley Health System Valley Workforce Virginia Dept. of Health Virginia Employment Commission Virginia Tech. Extension Warren County Community Health Coalition WATTS – Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter Winchester Area NAACP – Unite 7127 Winchester Day Preschool & Child Care Center Winchester Rescue Mission WMC Hurst Hospitality House Youth Development Center, Inc.

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