- Organization
- Aging and Disability Services
A+ Personality Needed - Are you a Type A Personality
- Duration
- Recruiting now
- Location
- Hamden, CT
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Opportunity Details
Ongoing
In-Person
Recruiting now
5 Miles St, Hamden, CT 06514
About this Opportunity
Type A personality needed to take the leadership role in working with a person who is legally blind. If you are comfortable to pick up the phone and call to invite yourself over to a friend's house this is the place for you. Not type A, we'll take a B or even a B as long as you are willing and able to spend time shopping with a neighbor, reading or sorting their mail, doing errands or hanging out.
Requirements to be a great volunteer include:
- a desire to help others;
- a pleasant demeanor;
- a good reading/speaking voice;
- average reading skills;
- organizational or planning abilities;
- a good driving record;
- a clear criminal history;
- two references
- access to a car with proof of insurance;
- a minimum of $50/100k liability and $5,000 of property damage coverage.
Volunteers will be matched within three to five miles of home or work.