Aging and Health Services
Katie Zumbo
Tuesday 10am-4pm
| AgencyName | LearningOpportunityTitle | ServiceLearnerDuties | City |
| Avante at Harrisonburg | Activity Director | Visit one on one, assist prep work for activities, assist residents to and from events and during events. Distance from JMU: 1.1 miiles | Harrisonburg |
| Bridgewater Retirement Community | Office Assistance | Bridgewater Retirement Community has opportunities for service learners to help with filing in the Social Services, Nursing, and Dining Services and Pharmacy offices and help with office work for volunteer services. www.bridgewaterretirement.com Distance From JMU: 7.3 Miles | Bridgewater |
| Bridgewater Retirement Community | Friendly Visiting and Interaction | Bridgewater Retirement Community has opportunities to visit with residents, help in beauty shop each weekday, play games with residents, help with feeding at mealtime, assist with restorative care (physical therapy department), take residents for wheelchair rides or walks outside. Www.bridgewaterretirement.com Distance From JMU: 7.3 Miles | Bridgewater |
| Emeritus at Harrisonburg | Activities Assistance Volunteer | Service opportunities include assisting with leisure activities and special events, participate in activities with residents such as planting flowers, going on walks, playing cards, cooking, baking, happy hour, dancing, writing letters, anything you would enjoy also. Distance from JMU: 2.4 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Harrisonburg Dental Clinic | Office Aid/Dental Aide/Child Aide | Harrisonburg Dental Clinic works in cooperation with Harrisonburg Health Department to provide medical care to Harrisonburg dental patients. Service opportunities include office duties, interviewing patients, working with children, hands-on dental experience also available. At times need Spanish or Russian translation. The Dental Clinic is a wonderful oppportunity for pre-med or pre-dental students. STUDENTS MUST ORGINALLY BE FROM AREAS OTHER THAN HARRISONBURG/ROCKINGHAM due to VA Privacy Act. Distance From JMU: 0.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center | Activities Assistance/ Adopt-a-Grandparent | Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center provides a range of therapeutic programs for optimal recovery. Service opportunities include assisting with games and activities, parties (birthday and seasonal), one-on-one visiting in the adopt-a-grandparent program, moving wheelchairs, or creating a new activity. www.mfa.net/harrisonburg Distance From JMU: 1.2 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Price Rotary Senior Center | Social/Recreational Helper | Service learner will assist in preparing arts and crafts activities/bulletin boards. Distance from JMU: 1.1 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Price Rotary Senior Center | Kitchen Helper | Help distribute "Meals on Wheels" meals; wash pans. Distance from JMU: 1.1 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Price Rotary Senior Center | "Meals on Wheels" Deliverer | Service learner will deliver meals to 8-12 clients. Must have own transportation. Distance from JMU: 1.1 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Rockingham-Harrisonburg Department of Health | Office Aid | The Harrisonburg Health Department provides health services for the citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Service opportunities include office filing, computer work, mailing and organizing patient charts www.thehealthdepartment.org. Distance From JMU: 0.9 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Admin. Support-Health Care Center & vol. office | Sunnyside Retirement Community needs service learners to provide clerical and administrative support to social service and nurse coordinators in the Health Care and Assisted Living areas of Sunnyside. Responsibilities include filing, copying, updating memo boards, and serving as a medical records clerk. The student should be motivated, responsible, organized, and show professionalism consistently. The ability to work in a dynamic environment and exhibit creativity will be beneficial. Proficient computer and administrative skills are preferred. Service learners must commit for at least 20 hours of service and be available to attend one of the scheduled orientation dates. Www.sunnyside.cc Distance from JMU: 5.5 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Assited Living Activities Assistant | The Activities Department seeks volunteers to help with activities in assisted living and our memory impaired units. Transporting residents to and from activity (wheelchair pushing a necessity), assisting with set up and clean up. Service learners must commit for at least 20 hours of service and be available to attend one of the scheduled orientation dates. Distance from JMU: 5.5 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Transportation Aides | Service learners will transport residents to the beauty shop and/or physical therapy for appointments. Minimum of 20 hours per semester required. Distance from JMU: 5.5 miles | Harrisonburg |
| Sunnyside Retirement Community | Friendly Visitors in Healthcare and Terrace units | Sunnyside is a continuing care community. Service opportunities include music, games, manicures, activities, crafts, teas, visiting, transporting, letter writing, reading, and events. Service learners must commit for at least 20 hours of service and be available to attend one of the scheduled orientation dates. Distance from JMU: 5.5 miles | Harrisonburg |
| UHC's Student Wellness & Outreach | Special Projects Help | Service learners will be involved in helping market major events of the center, including Take Back the Night, Through the Eyes of a Woman, breast cancer and eating disorder awareness activities, and the many other health and wellness speakers and events sponsored by the office throughout the year. Students are welcome to sit on planning committees for various programs, and participate actively in all events and programs sponsored by the office. Numerous other duties will be assigned as the need arises. Student’s interested in getting involved in health & wellness or women’s issues will gain a lot from this experience. | Harrisonburg |
| Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community | Life Enrichment Assistance & Interaction | Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community is a long-term care retirement community for older adults. It is an independent- living housing, assisted living, and nursing health care/ wellness facility.This agency offers various opportunities to work with an older popluation as well as office and clerical opportunities. Www.vmrc.org/VMRCPortal/DesktopDefault.aspx Distance From JMU: 2.6 Miles | Harrisonburg |
| White Birch Estates | Activities Assistance & Interaction | White Birch Estates is a living facility with self-sufficient residents. Service opportunities include walking or wheeling residents outside, bingo, visiting room bound residents, arts and crafts, chaperones, exercise instructors, sing-a-longs, parties, games, piano playing, music groups. Www.whitebirchestates.com/index1.htm Distance From JMU: 6.2 Miles | Harrisonburg |