volunteer information

Terri Massin, Instructor ESL 20/ESLV 3842

Spring 2010 Volunteer Information

Websites: www.sfccc.org/volunteers (Community Clinic Consortium- specifically for health care)

www.thevolunteercenter.net (all kinds of volunteer positions, including playing mah jong with

seniors at On Lok Senior Center!)

www.volunteerinfo.org ( a very long list of volunteer possibilities)

Please forgive me if the phone numbers or contact people are incorrect or not up-to-date. I apologize.

Service Provider	Contact Information	Contact person	Services/Languages/Notes
Glide Health Clinic	330 Ellis St. Room 403 674-6140	Kris Johnson 674-6080	All services/All languages
St. Anthony’s Free Medical Clinic	121 Golden Gate Ave. 241-8320	Edwin Rodriguez, Education Outreach Coordinator 592-2727 Varsha Chauhan 592-2711	Wants a 4-8 hour weekly commitment M-F A variety of services Cantonese, Lao, Mandarin, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish
NICOS Chinese Health Coalition	1208 Mason Street 788-6426		Cantonese, Mandarin
San Francisco General Hospital	995 or 1001 Potrero 206-8000 ask for volunteer office or for Refugee Services 364-7650/206-8608	Shieva Khayan-Bashi 206-3518	Urgent Care. Refugee services, HIV/AIDS, Teen clinic/ many languages
St Luke’s Hospital Volunteer Services	Cesar Chavez and Valencia 647-8600	Grace D’Anca	Hospital/Clinic Primarily Spanish/English
Latina Breast Cancer Agency	6 Monterey Boulevard 584-3444	Misty Alverado, Program Manager	Spanish/English
Clinica de Martin-Baro or Carecen	1245 Alabama St. 206-4058 (on Saturdays) Carecen 642-4400	Rene Salazar	Spanish
Women’s Community Clinic	2166 Hayes St. Suite 104 379-7800	Barbara Finn 379-7802 ext.302 (volunteer coordinator)	Women’s clinic English/Spanish, interpreters
Centro Familiar de La Mision (SF Dept. of Public Health)	759 South Van Ness, Second floor.415-642-4550		Counseling Spanish/English
Tom Waddell Clinic	50 Ivy Street 335-7400		homeless people, dental clinic, HIV, transgender
Chinatown Public Health Center	1490 Mason at Broadway 364-7600		Public health clinic Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Maxine Hall Health Center	1301 Pierce at Ellis 292-1300		Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog
CCSF Project SURVIVE	Ocean Campus 239-3899	Leslie Simon	Presentations on healthy intimate relationships, Cantonese and Spanish
Regional Health Education Community Studies		Janey Skinner 405-0777 jeskinne@ccsf.edu
Curry Senior Center	333 Turk St 885-2274	Diedre Mullins	Spanish, Mandarin, Russian Vietnamese Cantonese,
Lyon-Martin Clinic	1748 Market	Alison Quring 901-7108	Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community
Balboa Teen Clinic	1000 Cayuga Ave. 469-4512		Teenagers/ all languages
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic	558 Clayton St. 487-5632	Xiomara Rayo 487-5638 extension 103	Needs a one year commitment
New Generation Health Center	625 Potrero 502-8336		Women’s health/contraceptives
Planned Parenthood	815 Eddy St. 1-800-967-7526		Women’s health/contraceptives/abortion
Martin de Porres	225 Potrero 552-0240		Urgent care, Spanish
Women’s Community Clinic	2166 Hayes St. Suite 104 379-7800		Women’s health
San Francisco Free Clinic	4900 California 750-9894	Paula Martin 750-9087	Cantonese, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian and Vietnamese
Laguna Honda Hospital	375 Laguna Honda Boulevard 759-3333	www.lagunahonda volunteers.org	A variety of different ways to volunteer
Castro-Mission Health Center	3850 17th St. 487-7500		Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center	165 Capp 869-7977		Primarily Spanish
Mission Neighborhood Health Centers	240 Shotwell 552-3870/Excelsior 4434 Mission, 406-1353		Primarily Spanish
Southeast Health Center	2401 Keith St. 671-7000		Spanish, Cantonese, Tagalog
North East Medical Services	1520 Stockton, 2308 Taraval, 82 Leland		Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese
Street Level Health Project	250 International Blvd. Suite B 510-533-9906		Health services for Oakland’s day laborers/Spanish speaking
CCSF Student Health Center		Paula Cahill
TB Clinic, SFGH	2460 22nd at Potrero 206-8524		Cantonese, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Russian
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness	730 Polk St. 4th floor 292-3400	Ruben Garcia 292-3420 ext. 324	HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Testing
Asian Perinatal Advocates	728-730 Commercial 616-9797	Amy Yu 616-9797	Family services, Asian Languagees
On Lok Senior Services	1333 Bush 292-8888		Asian languages, Senior programs

Volunteering at SF General Hospital!!

Here's a story about the woman who has been cutting hair for 48 years. She's an immigrant from Switzerland! You can even see a video with an interview with her.

Volunteering information

You need to get started NOW. You will need to volunteer 20 hours during the next 18 weeks. That isn't a lot to do. It will help your English, help other people, help your soul and help your career goal!
Many hospitals and clinics will require 50-100 hours of volunteering. That is more than the requirement for the class. If you are serious about working in health care in the US, I recommend that.
If you are new to all of this, you might want to start with a 20 hour commitment at a senior center or Glide Church, Laguna Honda, or the Food Bank . The Food Bank doesn't have the same kind of requirements that hospitals or clinics do.
If you know of a doctor or dental office that you want to volunteer in- that's great! Just get me the name and phone number of the person who will be supervising you.
Another wonderful opportunity is at the CCSF health clinic. I have a contact there, so talk to me first.
Please start your process now. It may take you awhile to go to an orientation or get a health screening and have an interview (in some cases). You will be writing a journal on your experiences each month starting in September.
BEST OF LUCK!

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City College volunteer opportunities

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Myths and Realities

Find out more about Nancy Snyderman and her book on medical myths.

Read about her here. Watch her here. You can also watch her here. Here she is giving a talk. And here she is with a long list of questions and answers. You can see her on msnbc.

Read about general medical myths. Click here.

Medical myths for these past holidays.