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Annual Volunteer Training

Location: Mills Health Center

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HAND of the Peninsula’s Annual Volunteer Training
Saturday, January 27, 2018
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in San Mateo

Mills Health Center
100 South San Mateo Drive
San Mateo, CA 94401
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HAND’s annual volunteer training is for parents, family and friends interested in supporting HAND by volunteering in various ways including:

  • facilitating meetings
  • offering peer support to parents with a recent loss
  • serving on our Board of Directors
  • doing outreach to local hospitals and healthcare providers
  • managing our website (using WordPress)
  • providing administrative support

The training is free and lunch will be provided.

The morning session (9:00-12:00) will be a general orientation for all new volunteers.
The afternoon session (12:30-3:00) will cover peer support and facilitating meetings.
New volunteers wanting to provide peer support, facilitate meetings, or make presentations should attend the whole training. Those interested only in non-direct support activities may just come to the morning session.

Registration is required by January 13, 2018.

To sign up, please complete a volunteer application at:

http://handsupport.org/about/volunteer or email volunteers@HANDsupport.org