Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Nancy's Friends is a new program at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. The Nancy’s Friends Program is designed to facilitate much needed support for cancer patients and their families. Specially trained volunteers fulfill this distinctive role and are valued members of the care team. Volunteers also support other members of the care team in achieving the goals of care for patients. They can offer a sense of continuity to patients and families located on the Oncology Unit of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Volunteers will provide supportive listening, a healing touch, liaison assistance with other caregivers, life review and reminiscence therapy and assistance with patient orientation, feeding and mobility.

Volunteers must have strong interpersonal skills, excellent listening skills and the desire to work with very sick and/or terminally ill patients. Volunteers should be at least 14 years of age (a very mature 14 years) and be able to commit to volunteering for four hours per week.

This opportunity is sponsored by: New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center We need volunteers who are free at these times Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Morning X X X X X X X Afternoon X X X X X X X Evening X X X X X X X Monthly Contact Person: Jennifer Prokop, Volunteer Coordinator, (212) 746-0468, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 525 East 68th Street Room J-144 New York, NY 10021 (See a map) Directions: By Car: Approaching from south of East 68th Street - Take the FDR Drive northbound to the 61st Street exit. Make right onto York Avenue and go north to 68th Street. Approaching from north of East 68th Street - Take the FDR Drive southbound to the 71st Street exit. Make left onto York Avenue and go south to 68th Street. By Subway: Take the #6 train to East 68th Street. Walk four blocks east to York Avenue, or take the M66 bus eastbound to York Avenue. By Bus: Take the M31 to the East 69th Street stop, directly in front of New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. (The M31 operates north and south on York Avenue, and across town on 57th Street.) Crosstown buses M30, M66, and M72 allow you to transfer to the M31 at York Avenue.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: #6 Train to 68th street and Lexington,   Walk distance (in minutes): 15 minutes   Nearest Bus Stop: M66 at 68th street and York Avenue, 2 minute walk Details where opportunity can also be performed This opportunity can also be performed in these locations: Web Site: http://www.nyp.org/volunteer Miscellaneous Information Borough Manhattan Volunteer Shifts Daily between the hours of 9am and 9pm.