Volunteer Opportunity: Visit Holocaust Survivors

Selfhelp Community Services is looking for volunteers to visit Holocaust survivors in their homes. They have clients all over Brooklyn, and the visits are usually about an hour a week, and can take place any day of the week, including evenings and Sundays.

"Our visitors and their older friends meet and decide what they want to do together," Fran Tarshish, Social Work Supervisor and Brooklyn NV Program Volunteer Coordinator at Selfhelp explains. "Current activities include making cookies, scrap-booking, discussing current affairs, visiting a favorite diner, and playing chess."

Visitors are provided with training before they go into anyone's home.

If you're interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact Fran at 718-633-1300 or ftarshish@selfhelp.net.