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Description: The
Women's Resource Center of Alamance County aims to improve and enrich
the lives of women and their families in Alamance County. Activities of
this organization enable women to improve their life circumstances
through education and opportunities to gain skills, such as budgeting.
Service learners can expect administrative opportunities, some client
contact and interaction.
Description: 'A
bridge to self sufficiency', ACCSA helps lower to no income families
get back 'on their feet' with many programs including the Self
Sufficiency program, the Home buyers program, Senior Nutrition Program,
Wheels to Work Program, Emergency Food Assistance and many others.
Description: Alamance Medical Assistance Program exists to
enable individuals without financial means to obtain affordable
life-sustaining medications with appropriate education and follow-up
for the enhancement of good health. Frequent contact with elderly
clients and professionalism is a must!
Description: Free
clinic for the many people that do not have health care/insurance in
North Carolina. Volunteers provide assistance by interacting with
families and children of patients as they wait to be seen by volunteer
Doctors. Hours for clinic are Tuesday/Thursday evenings. Allied Churches Burlington, NC 27217
Description: Non-denominational
agency works to meet the needs of homeless and disadvantaged in our
community to help them gain self-sufficiency. Non-denominational
agency works to meet the needs of homeless and disadvantaged in our
community to help them gain self-sufficiency. Mentor program for persons with disabilities. Students
could possibly work directly with shelter clients-helping to meet
shelter needs such as dispensing towels or with the kitchen helping to
prepare meals and serve clients. Specific needs could be addressed such
as helping to teach or assist with teaching "basic skills" such as
hygiene and personal care. The office may also need students to perform administration. Healthy Alamance Burlington, NC 27217
Description: The
activities of Healthy Alamance are designed to help improve access to,
and increase awareness of, preventive health services, as well as
eliminate health disparities among the disadvantaged. Each coalition
works within their focus area to promote health habits to prevent or
manage disease, or improve the availability of information and
resources so that people know how to get the help they need. Family Abuse Services of Alamance County Burlington, NC 27244
Description: Program offering services to battered women and are committed to zero tolerance of domestic violence. Academic
Service experiences are specific to Crisis line volunteer positions
with required training.(to be determined for Feb.-early March) The
service positions will be filled with training and phone hours directly
spent on the line. Crisis line, shelter support or Some office work,
and special projects.
Description: This
program’s goal is to feed the hungry in our area and stamp out hunger
in this community. Students working here should expect to be making
bags, stocking shelves and making deliveries. Saturdays are often used
as “peanut butter and jelly days” and include visiting low-income
housing areas to distribute the sandwiches. My church: Buckner Mission Man Triathlon ACC Athletics Our local university Crissman Family Practice 214 E Elm Street Graham, North Carolina 27253 336-226-2448 www.crissmanfamilypractice.com |
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