VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED AT AFTERNOON SOCIALS FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

Afternoon Socials for Holocaust Survivors

Wednesday, September 7th, 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 15th, 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 20th, 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Volunteer help is needed at afternoon social gatherings on Church Avenue for Holocaust survivors living in Brooklyn. Volunteer to spend one, two, or all three afternoons serving lunch, dancing, and mingling with the seniors.

Help is needed throughout the events with everything from setting up, preparing meals, and serving to cleaning up after lunch and helping the seniors get to their cars when the socials end.

Register to volunteer on

• Wednesday, September 7th, 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at https://www.newyorkcares.org/projects/afternoon-social-selfhelp-community-services-brooklyn-191
• Thursday, September 15th, 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at https://www.newyorkcares.org/projects/afternoon-social-selfhelp-community-services-brooklyn-188 and/or
• Tuesday, September 20th, 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at https://www.newyorkcares.org/projects/afternoon-social-selfhelp-community-services-brooklyn-190.

At the Tuesday, September 20th, social, volunteers will be able to listen to a lecture by a representative of the Israeli consulate.

Self Help Community Services
Kensington Program
Kensington Nazi Victim Services Program
419 Church Avenue
between E. 4th and E. 5th streets
Kensington
(718) 633-1300
 

ELDERLY NEED VISITORS

From Selfhelp Community Services:

Selfhelp Community Services, which is located at 419 Church Avenue between E. 4th and E. 5th streets, is looking for people to visit our Holocaust survivors in their homes once a week. Our clients live all over Brooklyn, and they can be seen any day of the week and in the evening. The only restriction is that this isn't a good opportunity for families with children under 10.

I know everyone is inundated with volunteer requests, but people who responded to my appeal last year have found their relationship with their older friend very very rewarding.

 

Please contact me if you are interested, and thank you.

 

Fran Tarshish

(718) 633-1300

HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS OF ALL AGES IN KENSINGTON AS A NEW YORK CARES VOLUNTEER

Work with children and adults in Kensington and children in Windsor Terrace as a volunteer through New York Cares. Help children with reading, crafts, educational software, cooking, and tennis. Help older people by serving them meals and socializing with them.

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Play and Read at PS 130 K	Thursday, 10/11/2012 Thursday, 10/18/2012 Thursday, 10/25/2012 Thursday, 11/1/2012 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Wake up and share favorite books with first graders before they start their school day. Support early readers in understanding the joys of a good story, and make crafts after the completion of the book.
Afternoon Social with the Seniors of  Selfhelp Community Services in Brooklyn	Thursday, 10/11/2012 Thursday, 10/18/2012 Thursday, 10/25/2012 Thursday, 11/1/2012 12:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Help throw an afternoon gathering for Holocaust Survivors living in Brooklyn. Show the seniors a good time by dancing and mingling with them and enjoying good conversation. Assistance is needed with event set up and clean up, plating and serving meals and socializing with the seniors.
CFY Digital Learning Workshop at JHS 62 K - AM Session	Saturday, 10/13/2012 Saturday, 10/27/2012 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Bring computer technology to middle school students and their families, during CFY's Digital Learning Workshops. Guide families as they learn to navigate their computers and explore educational software. At the end of the day, each family takes a computer home with them. Breakfast and a free t-shirt will be provided. Spanish language skills are helpful but not necessary.
Culinary Explorers at PS 230 K	Saturday, 10/13/2012 Saturday, 10/27/2012 10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Guide students on a trip around the globe without leaving the kitchen. Volunteers will prepare and enjoy cookies made for the school fair the next day, as well as a light lunch.
Tennis at PS 230 K	Saturday, 10/27/2012 Saturday, 11/3/2012 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Introduce students to the sport of tennis through an interactive and fun sports workshop. Encourage physical activity and foster self-confidence and team-building skills among youth and volunteers. Basic knowledge of tennis technique is required.
CFY Digital Learning Workshop at JHS 62 K - PM Session	Saturday, 10/13/2012 Saturday, 10/27/2012 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Bring computer technology to middle school students and their families, during CFY's Digital Learning Workshops. Guide families as they learn to navigate their computers and explore educational software. At the end of the day, each family takes a computer home with them. Lunch and a free t-shirt will be provided. Spanish language skills are helpful but not necessary.

IF YOU CAN SKYPE OR IF YOU CAN TRANSLATE

Selfhelp Community Services on Church Avenue needs people to volunteer in its office to

1. assist its senior citizen clients in using Skype to contact faraway relatives or friends. Knowledge of Russian, Spanish, or any dialect of Chinese is a plus, but it isn't required.
2. assist in translating for its senior citizen clients who are Spanish-speaking or Chinese-speaking.

If you can help with either or both of those, call Fran Tarshish at Selfhelp at (718) 633-1300, or send an e-mail to her at ftarshish @ selfhelp.net.

Selfhelp Community Services is a non-profit organization

that works with senior citizens.

Selfhelp Community Services
419 Church Avenue, between E. 4th and E. 5th streets, Kensington
(718) 633-1300

http://www.selfhelp.net

VISITORS NEEDED FOR HOMEBOUND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

Selfhelp Community Services needs volunteers to visit housebound senior citizen Holocaust survivors in their homes in various Brooklyn neighborhoods for just an hour a week.

In the Friendly Visitors Program, the client and the visitor can enjoy such activities as playing chess, playing cards, talking, sharing family photos, making scrapbooks, discussing current events, learning each other's history, taking a walk--and anything else that interests both of you.

If physical visits aren't possible, phone visits can be arranged.

Seniors come from diverse backgrounds, so Selfhelp is looking for volunteers who speak Russian, Hungarian, Polish, or English.

To talk more about the Friendly Visitors Program, call (718) 633-1300 or send an e-mail to Fran Tarshish at  ftarshish @ yahoo.com.

Selfhelp Community Services
419 Church Avenue, between E. 4th and E. 5th streets

a program of Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.,

a not-for-profit organization

SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES GETS FINANCIAL HELP

Kensington's Selfhelp Community Services received $5,000 today from the Brooklyn Community Foundation's (BCF) Caring Neighbors Fund. Time Warner Cable gifted the money to BCF to disperse to Brooklyn organizations for programs that help senior citizens maintain their independence and live at home for as long as possible in a safe, stable environment and that address such concerns as social isolation and deteriorating health.

Selfhelp Community Services' programs enable the elderly and other at-risk populations to live in their own homes, independently and with dignity. They'll use the funds for their Chore Services for Brooklyn Elderly program for frail low-income seniors.