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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Healing Place of Wake County is seeking college interns. Internship areas include: Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, Fundraising and Volunteer service. Please email your interest to Lisa Rousseau

WE NEED YOU AS A VOLUNTEER...

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

You can make a difference as a volunteer at The Healing Place.  Our volunteers:

• help us stretch every dollar a little further, so program costs can stay  low, allowing services to be offered to more clients.

• bring the face of a compassionate community into The Healing Place, serving as role models to clients putting their lives back together.

• do important work. Volunteers work on efforts that help earn income to sustain our programs, such as the State Fair concession wagon. They create computer programs that streamline work and capture critical data. They provide critically needed medical and transportation services to clients. They work on projects that make a happy holiday possible for our clients and their children.

Sample Volunteer Opportunities

• Computer Assistant: Develop programs; set up, upgrade or repair systems; data entry and updates; teach basic applications or report design

• Data Analyst: Assist with analyzing data for trends, etc. that help determine future program direction

• Medical Assistant: Assist with medical clinics, basic medical needs, physicals, and testing

• Food Service Assistant: Help prepare and serve food items (needed 7 nights per week, 4:30-6:00 p.m.)

• Concession Wagon Assistant: Assist in preparing and serving pre-cooked foods from our unit at the NC State Fair and other festivals (4-hr. shifts)

• Transport Assistant: Assist in transporting clients for appointments and for donated food pick-ups

• Office Assistant: Assist staff with filing, assembling informational packets and other office duties

• Special Projects Assistant: Assist staff with special projects such as Christmas activities and yard sale

• Above are examples of volunteer opportunities. Or, give us a chance to craft a volunteer job that best utilizes your skills, satisfies your interests, and meets our program needs.

Sign me up...I want to volunteer!

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

Our volunteers make a difference!

TB Testing and Our Volunteers

By Kathy Thomas
Clinic & Health Services

Since we opened in 2001, Frankie Ballard, RN, and Anna McAllister, RN, have volunteered at our TB clinics. Faithfully every Monday, either Ballard or McAllister, or sometimes both, conduct TB skin testing at the Men’s Facility. Each client who enters The Healing Place receives screening and/or a Tuberculosis (TB) skin test within the first week of staying at either of our facilities. TB, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, primarily affects the lungs. Someone with active pulmonary TB can spread germs by coughing, sneezing, laughing or even singing. However, repeated and/or prolonged exposure to someone with TB disease is generally necessary before a person will become infected. TB infection does not necessarily mean active disease is present and is most commonly diagnosed through the TB skin test. Ballard, an RN and educator at Dorthea Dix Hospital and a trainer for the American Heart Association, is currently working on her doctorate. She also trains our Detox and Shelter staff in CPR and First Aid. McAllister is also an RN who retired from Dorthea Dix several years ago. She and her husband Craig live in Raleigh with their children. The dedication of both Ballard and McAllister has been a personal inspiration to me. I am grateful for their service and dedication to The Healing Place of Wake County and to our mission to "Help people find their way back."