Looking for General Volunteers as well as Spanish and Thai Speakers to Help Translate for Migrant Farm Worker Health Fairs!!!
If you are interested in community support work, or specifically in the area of health service support this is a great opportunity to get some experience, and get involved.
Working with migrant farm worker communities throughout Ontario our group has identified a continued disconnect between migrant farm workers and local community support services, including basic health services. To try to address this disconnect we organize health fairs for migrant farm workers where local organizations and service providers are invited to attend to offer information to migrant farm workers regarding their services with the intention to start to bridge connections between these organizations and the community.
We are looking for general volunteers to help out with a variety of tasks and as many of the migrant farm workers we work with do not speak English we are also looking for Spanish and Thai speakers to volunteer to help translate during our health fairs. We provide transportation from Guelph to the fairs and back and also provide refreshments and food for you during the trip to and from and during the health fair. All volunteers will be provided with a formal letter of participation, and we can serve as a reference if requested as well.
The details of our upcoming health fairs are below.
Simcoe Migrant Farm Worker Community Health Fair
Friday September 21, 2012- 5:30pm-8:30pm
The location will be at the Royal Canadian Legion,
Simcoe Branch 79 -200 West Street, Simcoe ON N3Y 4K8
Leamington Migrant Farm Worker Community Health Fair
Sunday September 30th, 2012- 1:30pm-5:00pm
The location will be at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex
249 Sherk St. Leamington, Ontario N8H 4X7
Attached is a document with more information, and some photos from past health fairs.
Please contact us if you are interested or if you would like more information.
info@growingcommunityhealth.org
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Growing-Community-Health-Group/385205848213992?ref=ts
or Mina Ramos - eramos@uoguelph.ca
