Local 764 Update: 3/23/2020
Because so many Local 764 members have requested information regarding volunteer opportunities, the information below is provided. These are volunteer opportunities only.
All members should consider their own and their family’s
safety when deciding on participating in any kind of volunteer opportunity.
Please do not feel pressure to leave your home, interact with other people,
participate in an activity or take any action against the advice of the New
York State Department of Health, the CDC and your own doctor. Volunteering is a
very personal choice and Local 764 provides this list as information only.
New York State Department Of Health Volunteer Opportunities:
Opportunities to help create needed supplies:
Urban Resource Institute is the largest domestic violence shelter network in the country, right here in our backyard. COVID-19 has affected this city in more ways than can be counted to ensure that the health and safety populations are intact. Urban Resource Institute has an immediate need of cloth masks for our staff and residents to keep them safe and healthy while continuing to provide shelter to some of New York’s most vulnerable populations.
Member Driven Outreach:
FROM SHANNON O’HARA:
ENCORE VOLUNTEER SOS TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS:
To volunteer with Encore Community Services please contact Gigi Verkaik [email protected] or to volunteer contact Jennifer Asquino [email protected].
While many businesses have been forced to shutter,
Encore Community Services has remained open for take-out lunch and home
delivered meal service for seniors. Meals are delivered to homebound seniors up
and down the west side.
At this time Encore is in urgent need of Volunteers to do the following:
In addition, we have started Telephone Wellness Check-ins and need volunteers to help make check-in phone calls to senior citizens. Calls can be made between the hours of 10:30am – 7:00pm, Monday through Friday. This task will require an initial orientation and follow-up trainings may be required.
Seniors who cannot shop are in need of: Toilet Paper and Paper Towels, Household Cleaning Supplies, Sanitizing Wipes, Antibacterial hand soap.
To prepare food/partner/donate, please contact Gigi Verkaik [email protected] or to volunteer contact Jennifer Asquino [email protected].
Opportunities Donate Blood:
The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancelations. For information on how to donated please visit: https://www.redcrossblood.org . Their website also included information about safe donation during the coronavirus outbreak.
From the New York
Central Labor Council:
Our thanks to President Vincent Alvarez for his leadership in this time
Supplies: Some of you may have access to urgently needed supplies through your shops or employers and have asked for information on where these items can go. The following supplies have been identified as urgently needed by the City of New York: *** PLEASE NOTE this does NOT mean masks made from at home. For these please see the note about URI above ***
Click here for Donate NYC’s website where you can donate these and other supplies.
Volunteering:
Share Your Space:
AND KEEP THE PRESSURE ON OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS UP! IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED AND SHARED THE BELOW, PLEASE DO SO:
Please continue to share and sign the online petition: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-include-displaced-workers-in-relief-package
SIGN THE PETITION FOR DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
Local 764 has been working with the New York City Central Labor Council to expand Unemployment Benefits. Please sign the below petition and share widely!
RESOURCES:
DONATIONS:
Some members have asked for recommendations on where they
can make a financial contribution. Local 764 recommends:
These links are being provided as a convenience and for
informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an
approval by the Local 764 of any of the products, services, activities or
opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. Local 764 cannot
vouch for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of
subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding
its content.