Volunteers Wanted ~ Casey House’s Foundation

Our greatest needs are in the following areas:

• Donor thank you calls
• Post event phone calls
• E-mail address clean up
• Mailing address cleanup
• Mailings – Annual reports, thank you cards etc.
• Researching and interest calls for raffle prizes, restaurants for in-kind etc
• Researching corporations and foundations
• Catalogue video library
• Catalogue Jim Shea art

Ideally we need individuals to volunteer three hours per week at the Foundation.

By way of introduction, Casey House Foundation was established in 1992 and raises approximately $1.4 million a year in support of Casey House Community Programs that include:

• Four Casey House nurses and our volunteer team managing and caring for a regular caseload of 100 individuals at any one time in our Home Hospice Program, providing ongoing medical care and support throughout the year
• One Casey House nurse providing medical care to 262 homeless and under-housed people living with HIV/AIDS through our partnership with the Sherbourne Health Bus;
• One Casey House nurse providing medical care and support to 132 women through our clinic in partnership with Healthy Voices, a bi-weekly clinic solely for women who are HIV positive;
• Two social workers and one pastoral counsellor managing and caring for a regular caseload of 189 people, providing psycho-social and pastoral counselling in our community programs and 13 bed hospice;
• The Childcare Fund was established to help mothers who live with HIV/AIDS make time to attend to their medical and emotional care needs. Women accessed the Childcare Fund on 136 occasions this past year;
• Providing basic necessities that many of us take for granted like common over-the counter medications, mattresses, dentures, socks, toothbrushes.

As well, we raise much-needed funds to support:

• 24 hour on-call medical care, giving those living with HIV/AIDS access to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals;
• The Care for the Caregiver Program;
• The Resident Care and Comfort Program that helped to purchase the basics like groceries, eye glasses and TTC tickets for medical appointments;
• Bereavement support for family members, friends and loved ones;
• Casey House’s Recreation Therapy Program;
• Casey House’s Complementary Therapy Program that includes massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, aromatherapy and therapeutic touch.

Since 1988, Casey House has distinguished itself worldwide as a leader in providing supportive, respite, palliative and end of life care for people living with HIV/AIDS in our residential hospice, home hospice and community programs. Our mission is to assist the women and men with HIV/AIDS in living their lives to the fullest for as long as we are needed.

I look forward speaking to you again in the near future. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at . Thank you so much Mary Ellen.

Contact:
Tracy Hatten, Development Manager, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships
416.962.4040 x233