FREE Volunteer training available
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Fall 2005 Volunteer Trainings in Southfield and
Grand Rapids - Gift of Life volunteers participated in a one day seminar to learn techniques to promote the importance of organ and tissue donation in their community by sharing their story and encouraging others to sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. |
This training session is invaluable to those who wish to speak publicly about donation and transplantation, and is also very helpful for people who prefer to educate the public one-on-one at health fairs and information tables.
Each new volunteer who attends a training session will be given a "Volunteer Manual," full of facts, figures, answers to common questions and hints for effective public speaking.
You will learn:
- Who can become a donor?
- What is Gift of Life Michigan?
- What is the Donor Registry?
- How to talk to the public about donation
- New! Show Us Your Heart campaign
- Materials available for distribution
- Upcoming volunteer opportunities in your area
Next Training
Volunteer Training, Ann Arbor
November 1, 2008
9 a.m.-noon Basic Training
1-4 p.m. Speaker's Bureau Training
This is training is for all Gift of Life volunteers and anyone wishing to learn more about the organ and tissue donation process. In the morning session (9 a.m.-noon), you will learn who can become a donor, what is the Donor Registry and how it works, how to address myths and misconceptions about donation, the Tell Us Now campaign, and upcoming volunteer opportunities in your area. In the afternoon session (1-4 p.m.), you will learn how to talk to the public about your personal story of how you are touched by organ and tissue donation. Everyone is welcome, including organ and tissue recipients, donor family members, caregivers, and anyone else wishing to encourage others to sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.
Download a flyer
Please register by October 24th to Kim at: 734-922-1042 or kzasa@giftoflifemichigan.org
Volunteer Manual
Click here to download the manual in PDF format.
For more information on sharing your personal story publicly, visit:
www.transplant-speakers.org
| Volunteer Photos |
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| Above: Marge Del Greco, liver recipient, Volunteer Area Leader, instructs Joann Mouch, donor mom, and Bernice Johnson, her daughter gave a kidney
to her husband, about the importance of the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. |
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| Above: Volunteers at a Training in Flint learn how to share their personal story of donation and transplantation with the public.} |
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| Above: Volunteer Training, Midland, September 2007 |
