June 2009
MHMR, Lubbock Regional Mental Health Mental Retardation Center
has several facilities in our community, and each location is in need of
the compassionate service that our precious volunteers can provide.
The 10th Street location needs volunteers for the occasional envelope
stuffing for special events that occur several times per year. The
Children and Adolescent Clinic would benefit from having a greeter in
the lobby while parents/children are waiting for their appointments.
Help is also needed to organize charts during clinic; clinic is held
three times per week.
The 38th Street location needs volunteers to assist with parties at the
Center for their clients during the holidays. This location provides a
great many outdoor activities and projects, and volunteers would be a
tremendous blessing.
There are eleven group homes in our community. The residents would love
to have someone read to them, visit, play games and do crafts with them.
They love the socialization that visitors afford them. For a volunteer
to do “grandmotherly/grandfatherly” activities with them, would thrill
their hearts.
The Sunrise Canyon location is in need of volunteers to assist as
greeters in the out-patient clinic.
If you are interested in any of these volunteer opportunities, please
contact the RSVP office at 743-7787, and we will tell you how to reach
one of the MHMR Directors.
Other Volunteer Opportunities:
Ronald McDonald House Family Rooms provide a home away from home for families of critically ill children who are receiving treatment at UMC and Covenant Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The two Family Rooms provide a nurturing, cozy haven inside the hospital. Families use the rooms to rest, reflect, eat, do laundry and shower. They are currently in need of caring, mature and compassionate volunteers to work in these Family Rooms. Volunteers work 3-hour shifts, greeting visitors, making coffee and cookies, performing light duties and watching over the families. Training and orientation are provided. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older and must receive a TB test (provided by the hospital) in order to begin. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please call RSVP at 743-7787, and we will introduce you to the appropriate contact at the Ronald McDonald House.
Other News:
RSVP is so pleased to introduce our new Program Coordinator to you. Her name is Pam Doolittle, and she started April 16, 2009. She is going to be a wonderful asset and business partner; she is deeply interested in our community, volunteers and helping to find ways of meeting the needs in our community. Welcome aboard, Pam!
May 1 was our annual Spring Forum. If you were unable to attend, you missed a great time. We had wonderful, informative and humorous presenters; we had twenty-four vendors who shared their business knowledge and materials, did health screenings, cholesterol, oxygen and blood sugar screenings; and the vendors provided those greatly coveted door prizes! Thank you to the Alzheimer’s Association and the Garrison Institute on Aging, who collaborated with RSVP on this event. Thank you to all the vendors: 2-1-1 Texas South Plains, Alzheimer’s Association, Cottage Village, Direct Health Care, Garrison Institute on Aging, Griswold Special Care, Guardian Home Care Services, Home Instead Senior Care, Hospice of Lubbock, Humana MarketPOINT, Interim Health Care, Literacy Lubbock, Odyssey Healthcare of Lubbock, PlainsCapital Mortgage, Professional Home Oxygen Service, Raider Ranch, Seniors Are Special, Senior Planning Services, Senior Solace and VistaCare. A special thank you goes to Caprock Home Health Services for providing our continental breakfast, and another very special thank you to Calvert Home Health Care, Carillon Senior Life Care Community and PlainsCapital Bank for generously providing our wonderful lunch, catered by River Smith’s. Thank you all for your deep commitment and involvement with our community and with RSVP. When you visit these places of business, please extend your thanks to them for their generosity and interest in the senior population of Lubbock, Texas.
To volunteer, or for more information about
these or other volunteer positions, please call the RSVP office at
743-7787.
HOW do I join RSVP?
Becoming a member of RSVP is simple as long as you are at least 55 and
have some time to volunteer. Just call the office at 743-77873 and chat
with Karon McDowell about your interests. If you are not certain
what you would like to do, we can mention several current volunteer
opportunities and send you a list of the sort of jobs which RSVP members
are presently doing to whet your appetite. If you have a special skill
or talent that you would like to utilize, we will search to find just
the right job for you. Just mail in the
enrollment form
(requires Adobe Reader) and we will call you!
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