We need bilingual volunteers to call back people needing help who only speak Spanish. For liability reasons, this opportunity is for volunteers aged 18 and over, and does not qualify for MCPS SSL hours.
This is an occasional support role and does not require a serious time commitment. We have a volunteer assigned every day ("officer of the day" - OD) to check our phone messages and call people back. Most of the messages are in English, but if there is a message in Spanish and the OD does not speak Spanish, they would send you an email or text with the time of call and phone number, and leave the message on our answering system for you. When you have the time - in the evening, or the next day - you would listen to the message and call the person back to find out what they need, and set them up for a food delivery from our food driver if they're in our area. It's understood that there are days you would not be available.
What you need: your own phone*, a good command of both English and Spanish, and a few hours per month.
For liability reasons, this opportunity is for volunteers aged 18 and over, and cannot be used for MCPS Student Service Learning hours.
*We protect our privacy when calling clients by dialing *67 first.
Not approved for MCPS SSL hours.
