{"id":82967,"date":"2020-10-14T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=82967"},"modified":"2020-10-14T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:17:17","slug":"community-service-opportunities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2020\/10\/14\/community-service-opportunities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Service Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Volunteers needed as \u2018eyes and ears\u2019 in long-term care facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those interested in becoming a volunteer ombudsman can fill out an application available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/dhad.org\/media\/1058\/2volunteer_packet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dhad.org\/elder-rights\/long-term-care-ombudsman<\/a> or by calling Direction Home at 800-421-7277 or 330-896-9172.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers, who will be interviewed, must be 18 or older. They also must complete a conflict of interest form. There are also restrictions if&nbsp;immediate family members work in or have financial interests in long-term care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers selected to move forward&nbsp;must complete 16 hours of training, scheduled at their convenience and done virtually during the pandemic, and then pass a test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers are initially assigned one facility, typically close to their homes, but eventually can take on additional facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally, volunteers would visit facilities at least once a month \u2014 some volunteers go weekly or biweekly \u2014 to get to know residents and make observations. Facilities are not notified when volunteers are visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Volunteers for Polar Express<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) needs your help in making the magic of Christmas come alive during this year\u2019s Polar Express train ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, the CVSR relies on more than 100 volunteers to make the magic happen. The largest need for volunteers is on board the train to ensure every rider has a safe trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information to volunteer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvsr.org\/polar-volunteer\/\">https:\/\/www.cvsr.org\/polar-volunteer\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers needed as \u2018eyes and ears\u2019 in long-term care facilities Those interested in becoming a volunteer ombudsman can fill out an application available online at dhad.org\/elder-rights\/long-term-care-ombudsman or by calling Direction Home at 800-421-7277 or 330-896-9172. Volunteers, who will be interviewed, must be 18 or older. They also must complete a conflict of interest form. There &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2020\/10\/14\/community-service-opportunities-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Community Service Opportunities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82971,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82967\/revisions\/82971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}