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Volunteer opportunities available to anyone interested in gaining skills, confidence, and making a difference. Volunteers needed such as:
- Learning Buddies: Create a connection with students in local elementary schools with a variety of school topics 1-2 hours per week
- Outdoor Chores: Support an elderly neighbor in the community by helping take care of their yard
- Pen Pals: Befriend an elementary student through writing monthly letters and help the student with their writing
- Respite Visitor: Spend time providing company and ensuring the loved one is safe and comfortable
Volunteer opportunities available to anyone interested in gaining skills, confidence, and making a difference. Volunteers needed such as:
- Learning Buddies: Create a connection with students in local elementary schools with a variety of school topics 1-2 hours per week
- Outdoor Chores: Support an elderly neighbor in the community by helping take care of their yard
- Pen Pals: Befriend an elementary student through writing monthly letters and help the student with their writing
- Respite Visitor: Spend time providing company and ensuring the loved one is safe and comfortable
Categories
Yard Maintenance Volunteer Opportunities
Pen Pals
Respite/Home Health Care Volunteer Opportunities
Companionship Volunteer Opportunities
Monthly support groups for those who have lost family members through adoption and other interested persons.
- Advocacy for humane adoption laws and policies
- Monthly national newsletter
- Pen pal service to members
Monthly support group meetings held at the Saint Louis Park Community Center at 3700 Monterey Drive, Saint Louis Park. Meetings are free and open to anyone in the adoption triad. Held on the first Wednesday of the month.
Meetings begin at 7 pm, and run until 9 pm
Monthly support groups for those who have lost family members through adoption and other interested persons.
- Advocacy for humane adoption laws and policies
- Monthly national newsletter
- Pen pal service to members
Monthly support group meetings held at the Saint Louis Park Community Center at 3700 Monterey Drive, Saint Louis Park. Meetings are free and open to anyone in the adoption triad. Held on the first Wednesday of the month.
Meetings begin at 7 pm, and run until 9 pm
Categories
Adopted Children
Birth Parents
Newsletters
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Pen Pals
- Care Consultants are available through CareLine to answer questions
- Comprehensive online resources on the website
- Publications on tumor types and treatments, available in print or for download (Spanish available)
- Nationwide listings of brain tumor support groups on website (click on "Care and Treatment", "Support and Resources", then "Support Groups")
- "Connections" online support group and message board forum
- "MyCaringLink" personalized online caregiver support tool
- "TrialConnect" clinical trial matching service
- Educational programming, including patient/family conferences, meetings, and "Anytime Learning" webinars
- Funding for brain tumor research at institutions throughout the United States and Canada
- Monthly E-News and bi-annual Headlines newsletter
- Social networking via Facebook and Twitter
- ABTA CommYOUnity, a nationwide volunteer network
- ABTA CommYOUnity Connect, a peer-to-peer mentorship program
- Care Consultants are available through CareLine to answer questions
- Comprehensive online resources on the website
- Publications on tumor types and treatments, available in print or for download (Spanish available)
- Nationwide listings of brain tumor support groups on website (click on "Care and Treatment", "Support and Resources", then "Support Groups")
- "Connections" online support group and message board forum
- "MyCaringLink" personalized online caregiver support tool
- "TrialConnect" clinical trial matching service
- Educational programming, including patient/family conferences, meetings, and "Anytime Learning" webinars
- Funding for brain tumor research at institutions throughout the United States and Canada
- Monthly E-News and bi-annual Headlines newsletter
- Social networking via Facebook and Twitter
- ABTA CommYOUnity, a nationwide volunteer network
- ABTA CommYOUnity Connect, a peer-to-peer mentorship program
Categories
Workshops/Symposiums
Disabilities Issues
Disease/Disability Information
Information Clearinghouses
Patient to Patient Networking
Brain Tumors
Pen Pals
Funding
Specialized Information and Referral
The Grand-Friend Program is an opportunity for senior citizens to share their friendship with a student at Rippleside Elementary and McGregor Elementary through a pen pal relationship and to improve the quality of life for children and seniors
The Grand-Friend Program is an opportunity for senior citizens to share their friendship with a student at Rippleside Elementary and McGregor Elementary through a pen pal relationship and to improve the quality of life for children and seniors