Volunteer Advocate Opportunities
Is making a difference in your community a passion of yours? Are you able to actively listen to the needs of others? Do you care to put an end to sexual assualt and relationship violence?
If you have answered yes to the above questions, then... SARNCO, or Sexual Assualt Response Network of Central Ohio, could very well be your next volunteer experience. SARNCO is looking for:
1. Hospital Advocate: Provides face-to-face emotional support, options and information to survivors while they are receiving care in local hospital emergency departments.
2. SARNCO-DWAVE Hospital Advocate: Through a collaborative program between SARNCO and Deaf Women Against Violence Everywhere (DWAVE), provides hospital advocacy to survivors who are deaf.
3. Helpline Advocate: Answers SARNCO's 24-Hour Rape Helpline to provide comfort, support and options over the phone to those who have been sexually assaulted and their friends or family members.
4. Education Advocate: Gives educational presentations to students and community groups on vitally-important sexual and relationship violence prevention.
5. All SARNCO advocates are encouraged to participate in community outreach and public awareness events to distribute sexual assault intervention and prevention materials.
SARNCO is currently accepting applications for our next volunteer training session to be held Saturdays & Sundays, October 10, 11, 17, 18 and 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Interviews are being held through October 1st - so contact SARNCO soon to get started. Please email hherronm@ohiohealth.com or call 566-4770 for more information on becoming a volunteer.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the SARNCO 24-Hour Rape Helpline at (614) 267-7020. Or, call toll free via RAINN at 1-800-656-HOPE.
If you have answered yes to the above questions, then... SARNCO, or Sexual Assualt Response Network of Central Ohio, could very well be your next volunteer experience. SARNCO is looking for:
1. Hospital Advocate: Provides face-to-face emotional support, options and information to survivors while they are receiving care in local hospital emergency departments.
2. SARNCO-DWAVE Hospital Advocate: Through a collaborative program between SARNCO and Deaf Women Against Violence Everywhere (DWAVE), provides hospital advocacy to survivors who are deaf.
3. Helpline Advocate: Answers SARNCO's 24-Hour Rape Helpline to provide comfort, support and options over the phone to those who have been sexually assaulted and their friends or family members.
4. Education Advocate: Gives educational presentations to students and community groups on vitally-important sexual and relationship violence prevention.
5. All SARNCO advocates are encouraged to participate in community outreach and public awareness events to distribute sexual assault intervention and prevention materials.
SARNCO is currently accepting applications for our next volunteer training session to be held Saturdays & Sundays, October 10, 11, 17, 18 and 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Interviews are being held through October 1st - so contact SARNCO soon to get started. Please email hherronm@ohiohealth.com or call 566-4770 for more information on becoming a volunteer.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the SARNCO 24-Hour Rape Helpline at (614) 267-7020. Or, call toll free via RAINN at 1-800-656-HOPE.
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