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• How Can I Join a Care Team?
• How Can I Provide Assistance at the Care Communities Office?
• How Can I Help with Your Fundraising Events?

HOW CAN I JOIN A CARE TEAM?
Care Team volunteers are the backbone of The Care Communities.  Without volunteer Care Teams, we would not have the ability to care for those who are facing serious illness, such as cancer and AIDS.  Volunteering your time to care for one of our care partners is one of the most precious gifts that you could ever give The Care Communities and those we serve.

Listed below are Typical Care Team activities included but are not limited to:

1. Visiting the Care Partner wherever he/she might be – at home, nursing home, hospital, or hospice facility.
2. Phoning to socialize and assure the Care Partner that someone cares and is checking on them.
3. Providing transportation.
4. Assisting with light housekeeping.
5. Assisting with yard work.
6. Helping with special projects (i.e., cleaning garage, moving, gardening, etc.)
7. Preparing and serving meals and eating together (frequently, company during a meal increases a Care Partner’s appetite.)
8. Socializing by playing cards, watching a video together, or going to a movie, mall, park, or a community event.
9. Stay with Care Partner, giving primary caregiver a breal to run errands, relax or go to a support group meeting.
10. Providing supportive child services.
11. Listening and allowing the Care Partner to laugh and to cry without judgment.
12. Providing pet care.
13. But most importantly, The Care Communities Care Teams provide a sense of love and care by being there for someone who might otherwise feel isolated, alone and without community.

Please consider spending just a few hours a month as a care team member.  Your help will make a tremendous difference in the life of someone who is facing cancer and AIDS.

For more information about joining the Care Team Program, contact Roger Temme, M Div., Outreach Coordinator by email at roger@thecarecommunities.org, by phone at 512-459-5883, by faxing your request to 512-459-5874, or mail us your request at P. O. Box 16529, Austin, Texas 78761-6529 OR simply click here to go to our volunteer signup page and sign up today.

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HOW CAN I PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AT THE CARE COMMUNITIES OFFICE?
As a small but growing non-profit organization with three full-time staff, we are constantly in need of special projects assistance such as:

• Typing
• Copying
• Data entry
• Folding and stuffing for our mailings throughout the year
• Other duties as needed at your time of inquiry

Go to the Volunteer Signup Page

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HOW CAN I HELP WITH YOUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS:
The Care Communities have several fundraising events throughout the year and need specific assistance with each event, such as:

• i Care Gala
  • Running errands
  • Picking up silent auction items
  • Delivering silent auction items to the Care Communities office
  • On site logistics the day of the event as assigned
  • Silent auction set up on the day of the event
  • Traffic flow management once the event begins
  • Ask a friend or a place of business you frequent to donate a silent auction item
• Hill Country Ride For AIDS
  • Running errands
  • Copying
  • Folding and Stuffing for mailings
  • On site event coordination
  • Help put a ride team together
• AIDS Walk Austin
  • Volunteer your time to help grow The Care Communities Team by recruiting walkers for our team specifically.

Go to the Volunteer Signup Page

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