Kinney Program

Race for the Cure is this Saturday, October 30th, at 8:30 am!

There is both a 5K and a 1 mile walk/run!

If you want to join the Rhodes Team, please email Liz Jeans (jeaeb@rhodes.edu)

CARPOOL IS AVAILABLE

Title: Target House Movie Night
Location: Target House
Description: Watch a movie with the kids at the Target House!
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-10-11

Title: Game Night at Ronald McDonald House
Location: Ronald McDonald House
Description: Come play games with the children at the Ronald McDonald House!
Start Time: 17:45
Date: 2010-10-04
End Time: 20:00

Hello everyone,

The Church Health Center is a much smaller organization than the MED (for those who have volunteered there and know how it works) and it wants to deal with their volunteers more directly, which is a great service opportunity and gives more freedom in scheduling volunteering times.

Their motto states: “We at the Church Health Center believe we have a responsibility to take care of the bodies God gave us, so we have been committed from our beginning to health education and prevention.”

You do not need to be of a certain religion to volunteer and you will get lots of up close contact with the healthcare system in Memphis.

Please email me for more information or to sign up!

Matt McCravy

The Target House provides 98 free, fully equipped apartments for families and patients receiving long term treatment at St. jude Children’s Research Hopsital.

For volunteering information, contact Stephanie Sessarego

Carpool Is available for Monthly Service Plunges

The Ronald McDonald House of Memphis is a “home away from home” for families who are in Memphis while their child is receiving treatment for cancer or another catastrophic illness at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All families stay completely free of Charge.

To volunteer, contact Sarah Holloway

Monthly Service Plunges are Planned and Carpool is Available

Hey Everyone!

 My name is Allison Conn, and I am the Kinney Site Coordinator for LeBonheur Pediatric Hospital.  

 There are so many great opportunities for volunteering at LeBonheur from being a baby hugger to working in playrooms to shadowing doctors.  If you think you might be interested in volunteering, you can follow the link to browse volunteer opportunites. 

http://www.lebonheur.org/lebonheur/Ways+to+Help/Ways+to+Get+Involved/Be+a+Volunteer/How+to+Become+a+Volunteer

Please read all the requirements carefully to be sure that you have the time to give.  LeBonheur requires that you give 3 hours a week for 6 months, although they are definitely willing to work with you, especially over summer and winter holidays if you are not from Memphis.

If you decide that volunteering is something you want to pursue, you can start the process by filling out the application on the site provided by the link, and then you will be contacted by volunteer services about attending an orientation. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me, and if I don’t know the answer I will find out for you. Thanks!

-       Allison Conn

Volunteer Appications Were due September 15th.

for further information on volunteering, contact Allie Elozory (grizzly house) or Kathryn Johnson (St. Jude)

A life crisis is never planned or scheduled. It comes suddenly, usually the accumulation of stressful circumstances. It might arrive in the form of heavy emotional pain, overwhelming sadness or a sense of hopelessness. It can result from big changes in life such as the loss of a loved one or a job, or from a seemingly endless series of smaller negative circumstances.

The Crisis Center’s purpose is to provide a listening ear when the world seems to have tuned out; to offer help when none seems available, and referral to resources when they are most needed. We offer support for anyone who needs a lifeline to hope.

Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, we answer the call.

If interested in being trained as a crisis responder, email Elizabeth Jeans (jeaeb@rhodes.edu)

**There will be some training, as well as a volunteer required schedule, but it is totally arranged around your schedule!

http://www.methodisthealth.org/methodist/Healthcare+Services/Hospice+%26+Palliative+Care

Contact Alice Havner (havaj) for more information!