July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 EVERY THURSDAY Various Shifts Available Ideally 3-4 hours per shift 8:00am - 5:00pm Lunch is Noon - 1:00pm Please inquire about additional shifts on Mon, Tue, Wed and Fri. | Volunteering with Venice Family Clinic every Thursday this month. If you are interested in helping out with the Venice Family Clinic, opportunities are available for volunteers to assist with: -Medical assisting: Taking baseline vitals BP, heart rate, SAMPLE history, UA, EKG leads, checking hemoglobin, etc. Please have your own stethoscope. No BP cuff needed though. -Children's patient waiting area: Read stories to the children, collect toy dontaions and bring to children to play with, arts and crafts. -Medical records: Clerical duties, forms administration. Get behind the desk and observe the innerworkings of an all volunteer run clinic! -Shadowing opportunity: Spanish speakers can shadow doctors/nurse practitioners! If you are intersted in this ongoing event, please email me (click on Contact Us link on left). Indicate the time shifts you would like to take. Ideally, we want to have 2 volunteers per shift on a regular basis, so please give me your FULL availability for this week, and also your regular availability if you would like to do this every week. Venice Family Clinic (Braddock Square Shopping Center) 4700 Inglewood Blvd, #102 Los Angeles, CA 90230 |
August 21, 2010 Saturday (All Day Event) | Special Olympics Airplane Pull! Join LA Action Potential volunteers and help motivate and encourage children and adult athletes with intellectual disabilities in this physical challenge! All volunteers are welcome for this event, however, medical certifications are required for medical support (ie, sports medicine, PT, EMT, etc). A one-of-a-kind event for all to enjoy! Teams of 25 pull a FedEx Airbus 310 aircraft, a total distance of 25 feet on the tarmac of Long Beach Airport. By pulling a rope attached to the airplane’s front wheels, teams compete against each other for bragging rights as the strongest and fastest throughout their division. Location: Long Beach Airport. Click here for more details. If you would like to join LA Action Poential in this Torch Event, please send an email through the "Contact Us" link. |
September 12, 2010 Sunday 8:00am - Noon  | Santa Monica 5000 5K / 10K race benefiting Saint John's Health Center (click here for details). Team LA Action Potential will be out there and representing. Free LA Action Potential T-shirt! Free goody bag and fresh fruit afterwards! The fifth annual Santa Monica 5000 moved it's date to September! That means nice cool weather to get in shape and get ready for some running and racing on the streets of Santa Monica. Voted one of the Best 5k/10k's by Competitior Magazine, this seaside course provides amazing views of the Pacific and a sweet dowhill finish! Afterwards, there is Health Expo on Santa Monica Pier where LA Action Potential will be recruiting volunteers and passing out info about the organization.
We are offering an early bird discount until April 30, 2010. You can register on active.com and save $5.00 by using the code: RunFastFun. If you would like to join Team LA Action Poential in this running event, please send an email through the "Contact Us" link. |