Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Compeer, an award-winning program that brings the healing power of friendship to the treatment of mental illness, is seeking volunteers who are willing to have a one-to-one friendship with an adolescent or adult with an emotional or a mental health diagnosis. All it involves is doing the things you would normally do with a friend, like going for an ice cream or coffee, or out to the movies, to the theatre, shopping, for a walk, bike ride, arts and crafts, or just visit and enjoying each other's company. Only one hour a week (4 hours a month) is required to be a Compeer volunteer.

Volunteers are interviewed and trained, and a criminal background check is done. Volunteers for one-to-one matches must be at least 18 years old.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Southcoast Compeer Program

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Mentally Disabled Adults (55+) Physically Disabled Court-appointed Unpaid Interns Individual Young Adults (18-25) Internet/Home Volunteer We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends Monthly Weekly Weekdays

Contact Person: Sister Joseph Marie Levesque, Program Coordinator, (508) 999-8843, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

285 Old Westport Road N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 (See a map)

Miscellaneous Information

Handicap accessible?
	Yes
Does this opportunity provide services to low-income communities?
	Yes