The Help Network Volunteer Program
The Help Network recruits volunteers who commit to spend a minimum of one hour per week assisting a disabled, elderly, or sick person. Caregivers are selected from a large pool of applicants. The interview process takes into account ability, experience, and passion.
The Help Network utilizes internet and social networking technologies to recruit local area managers, volunteers, and clients in local communities.
Local managers create databases of volunteers and potential clients, conduct necessary interviews and background checks, and make appropriate arrangements between volunteers and clients.
The goal is to hire caregivers for long-term careers, to ensure that they have healthy and happy relationships with the seniors who need their help. The best caregivers form long-standing bonds with the older adults they're caring for, eventually becoming like family. Volunteers are more than help around the house; they are open ears, caring arms, and good friends.
"They have made a great difference in my life; there are so many things that I have set aside and did not get to, because the information was visual and I needed someone with sight to sit down and help me." Paula, Help Network client
"I came to this country six years ago on my own, having $200 in my pocket. If it wasn't for the help of others, I would have never be able to get to this point. So I made a decision that I have to choose at least one person who I can help on a regular basis." Julia, Help Network volunteer
Music:
Dream Scene / Undream by Kaela Drew (Attribution-NonCommercial License)
The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chris Zabriskie (Creative Commons Attribution License)
Directed, lensed and edited by Manuela Senatore
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