Sign Up: Trainings & Call Shifts, Food & Wellness Calls to Seniors in Fort Greene
The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is an economic  and community development organization which has been serving the people who shop, own businesses, work and live along Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn for two decades  For 6 years it has run a monthly food pantry which distributes about 10,000 pounds of produce to public housing residents.

Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and other partners have set up a system to deliver groceries to seniors, people with compromised health and other vulnerable people who should go out during the quarantine, even to get good. Deliveries have grown each week with 762 households in public housing and low-income senior buildings receiving groceries on April 25. Separately, Myrtle Avenue and other partners have set up a script and begun supporting wellness checks with seniors and others to make sure they are receiving needed medical attention, social services, and generally are in good physical and mental health during this difficult time.  

Based on experiences of the last month, we are aware that there are many other vulnerable people in public housing who are not reached by these services.  To reach these individuals safely, understand their needs and connect them to food and wellness checks, a targeted robocall from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has been sent to households of seniors and disabled people requesting they press “1” to indicate a need for food or wellness checks.

Now, we need to mobilize and train individuals to:
 (1) Make one-time call backs to individuals indicating a need for food to confirm details and sign them up for delivery of donated groceries on Saturdays
(2) Make weekly wellness checks phone calls to individuals who have requested wellness calls (over a 4 week period, through mid-June)
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Details: Food Security Calls
If you are available to make call backs to individuals indicating a need for food to confirm details and sign them up for delivery of donated groceries on Saturdays, please sign up below and indicate your availability during the week for a training and/or call shift.

In signing up for food security calls, we are asking that each individual commit to at least 2 shifts of 2 hours each of making calls.  During each shift, you will be making calls to 10-15 people; each call runs approximately 5-10 minutes.
Details: Wellness Callbacks
If you are available make weekly wellness checks phone calls to individuals who have requested wellness calls, please sign up below and indicate your availability during the week. You will be making calls during 2 hours shifts as part of a team, with a resource person available to you throughout to answer questions and help connect you with additional resources as needed.

In signing up for wellness calls, we ask that individuals commit to making calls to the same individuals on a weekly basis for the next 4 weeks.  Experience working with seniors and/or social work will be helpful given the wide range of topics/needs addressed during wellness checks.
Please indicate if you would prefer to sign up for food calls or wellness check calls.  
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Do you speak any languages in addition to English (fluently enough for the purposes of these calls)?
Are you interested and able to support as a trainer or resource person to other callers?  (Requires some experience in making support calls to seniors and/or social work) *
Please let us know how you were connected to this effort and if you are affiliate with a specific organization referring volunteers to make calls.
Thank you.  You will get an email back with details to sign up for a training and specific upcoming 2-hour call shifts.
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