Community Development, Health & Medicine, Volunteering
Participation Requirements:
Background Check
Age Requirement:
18+
Description
Availability:
Wish discovery visits are typically scheduled for weekday evenings or weekends based upon the schedules of the wish granters and the wish family.
Required Training:
Completion of online orientation.
Completion of Wish Granter Training, followed by a wrap-up call. A self-guided virtual training taking approximately 1.5 hours is offered at any time, and 1 hour wrap-up calls are scheduled 12 times a year.
Desired Qualifications:
Love for children and comfort interacting with children ages 2 ½ to 18.
Excellent people skills and the ability to work with people from different backgrounds and children with various medical conditions.
Creative energy with a desire to make each wish unique and magical.
Organized and detail-oriented.
Ability to respond to the family, fellow volunteers and Make-A-Wish staff in a timely manner.
Resourcefulness and willingness to solicit in-kind donations.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Ability to meet face-to-face or virtually with the wish child and their family on several occasions including, but not limited to, the initial visit, send off/presentation party, or to deliver wish boosts
Enough flexibility to schedule visits with the family and other volunteer wish granters.
Ability to pass a background check
Bilingual a plus
Location
Hybrid
Volunteer must be in or near Utica, NY
Associated Location
Utica, NY, USA
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