Bikur Cholim of Baltimore

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                                      Volunteer Opportunities

Visitation
  • weekly visits to Jewish patients in local hospitals; we will help you get through the hospital's volunteer registration process
  • regular one-on-one visits with a home-bound elderly or chronically ill person in the community (typically can even bring along small children)

Meals
  • pick up prepared meals from local restaurant and deliver to patients/family in the hospital - choose a dedicated day each month or be called when there is a need
  • cook meals for the home

Transportation
  • rides to medical appointments
  • coordinate rides to medical appointment for one week every other month

Respite
  • stay overnight with a child in the hospital
  • spend some time entertaining a child in the hospital or during extended clinic visits
  • stay overnight with an elderly patient in the hospital
  • help with the children at home when parents are in the hospital

Be on call
  • if you would like Bikur Cholim to call you when various needs arise

Birth Night Volunteers
  • be on call one month a year to stay with children in the home when their mother goes to the hospital for labor during the        night

Senior Programs (in development)

  • to include weekly visits to elderly housing facilities