Service Opportunity – Harris, County, TX – Saturday, December 15, 2018
Opportunity Type: Public Health Opportunities, Service OpportunitiesLocation: Harris County, TX
Salary: N/A
Opening Date: December 11, 2018
Closing Date: December 16, 2018
Website: http://signup.com/go/ySTRQjj
Contact Email: shareese.champion@phs.hctx.net
Service Opportunity – Harris, County, TX – Saturday, December 15, 2018
Harris County Public Health’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response has planned a community health event back in Aldine! The Post-CASPER Aldine Mobile Health Event will take place on Saturday, December 15, 2018, from 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at The Home Depot Parking Lot (10600 Eastex Freeway Houston, TX 77093). This event touches on many areas of interest including nutrition education, public health preparedness, animal wellness, engaging with children, and community assessment through administration of our Community Health Improvement Plan Survey. **Bilingual volunteers are STRONGLY encouraged to participate!**
Volunteers should sign up here: http://signup.com/go/ySTRQjj
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Time: Volunteer shift is 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Home Depot Parking Lot (10600 Eastex Freeway, Houston, Texas 77093)
Volunteer Positions: Volunteers are needed to assist in the following areas:
- Just Dance Gaming Area & Virtual Reality Experience
o Volunteer to assist adults to participate in a virtual reality experience, and have fun with children playing Just Dance!
o Note: Just Dance volunteers must know how to work an X-box controller
- Food Distribution & Nutrition Education (we will be distributing food to the community via our Mobile Nutrition & Education Unit)
- Animal Wellness Area (will help with animal registration and assist with crowd control)
- Community Health Improvement Plan Assessment Survey (bilingual volunteers needed to administer a community health survey to participants).
- Mosquito & Vector Control
o Hand out mosquito repellent
o Assist with tours of the Mosquito Control museum on wheels
- Face Painting
VOLUNTEER APPLICATION: All volunteers should have a completed Harris County Public Health Volunteer or Intern Application on file. Please visit http://hcph.vsyslive.com/pages/app:event to complete our online application. If you already have a completed volunteer or intern application on file, you do not need to do another one.
A few application pointers are below:
1 – Your User ID is any email address that you will check
2 – Feel free to select your own Password.
3 – Do not skip any item outlined in blue or red.
4 – There is a question that states, “Have you ever been convicted of an offense? (Excluding minor traffic violations).” Be sure to click NO if this doesn’t apply to you. The default on the application is set to yes.
5 – Under the Volunteer Preferences section, please select SERVICE LEARNING or EVENTS TEAM if you wish to participate in future events as well.
ATTIRE: Volunteers will be given a HCPH volunteer t-shirt to wear during the event. Please be sure to indicate your size on the sign up link!
Questions? No SSN? Contact:
Shareese Champion | Interim Volunteer and Intern Coordinator
Phone: (832) 927-7481
Email: shareese.champion@phs.hctx.net
See the flyer for more details.
Download #1: https://success.une.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HealthEventFlyer_Dec15.pdf