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HKNC SALUTES OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS

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HKNC Volunteer Services provides a corps of trained individuals who assist students and staff in the training and residence buildings, seven days a week, daytime and evenings. Volunteers range in age from 16 years to senior citizens. Upon completion of six hours of comprehensive training, volunteers can participate in a variety of consumer related activities including one-to-one socializing, recreational outings, and reinforcing communication and independent living skills. Other volunteer opportunities include office assistance, fund-raising projects with The Friends of Helen Keller National Center, and special projects.

The Volunteer Department also includes the Support Service Provider (SSP) Program. An SSP is a volunteer who works 1-1 with a person who is deaf-blind to facilitate communication, provide visual and auditory information, and act as a sighted guide for consumer-directed activities in the community.

CLICK HERE TO SEE A LIST OF SSP PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

CLICK HERE to read the American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) White Paper on SSPs.

To join a listserv about SSPs, send a blank e-mail to ssp-subscribe-request@tr.wou.edu.  The listserv is facilitated by Teaching Research at Western Oregon University and is open to anyone interested in the topic. 

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For more information about volunteering at HKNC, contact our Community Education Dept:

E-mail: hknccomed@aol.com

Phone: (516) 944-8900 Ext. 229

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