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Volunteer
Opportunities
Service opportunities for Bon Secours volunteers exist in Baltimore,
Maryland. Other opportunities in Greenville, South Carolina and Richmond,
Virginia are being developed. Areas of service include:
Health Care
(Hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, clinics)
- Work as a parish nurse,
dietician, patient assistant, nurse or physical therapist
- Provide public health
education to the community
- Provide health care to
non-English speaking patients as part of a mobile health outreach team
Social Work/Human Services
- Support women and children who
have been victims of domestic violence
- Help young mothers attain
educational, employment and housing goals
- Coordinate recreational
activities for children
- Help preschool-aged children
develop appropriately by establishing healthy connections among family
members
- Provide support for and teach
job readiness skills to adults with developmental disabilities.
Education
- Teach middle-school aged girls
from an urban area
- Tutor children in after-school
programs
- Work with families to identify
educational needs of children
- Provide adults with basic
education and computer training
Community Development
- Assist in the development and
continuation of housing initiatives for urban residents
- Participate in revitalization
efforts within city neighborhoods
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