COVID-19 pandemic is pushing healthcare systems to the breaking point-leaving our frontline medical providers overwhelmed and exhausted. Many people are desperately looking for a way to help, in addition to sheltering-in-place, in this unprecedented time of suffering. There is a way, with Volunteer Surge, for Rotarians and community members in general to make a difference in the ultimate outcome of this pandemic! Volunteer Surge was established less than three weeks ago by the Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Club and District 5160, with partners including the Yale School of Public Health, ADP WorkMarket, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, GoFundMe®, and The Global Impact Group, to provide free, online training of volunteer community health workers to perform the most basic caretaking tasks for vulnerable people so that professionals can focus on the most acute needs.
Volunteer Surge’s goal is to train 1,000,000 volunteers as soon as possible. There are two options for the training. One is a 30 to 35 hour course that provides 75 percent of the requirements needed to become a certified nurse assistant. The other is a 8 to 10 hour course to train telehealth volunteers who will work from the comfort and safety of their homes to check on vulnerable people sheltered-in-place, and to refer them to professional healthcare providers, when necessary. The volunteers will be managed by the ADP WorkMarket freelance task system, and the Salesforce Health Cloud, to match them with the needs of local health authorities.
Go to The Global Impact Group, a Rotary-related non-profit, which has all you need to know to register your interest in becoming a volunteer. For more information, go to www.theglobalimpactgroup.org. The following is a brief video narrated by the Dean of Yale University’s School of Public Health Dr. Vermund. https://vimeo.com/406420744. The second video speaks to the telesupport opportunities within Volunteer Surge. https://vimeo.com/406400491.
Please feel free to contact me at ChrisLD@EQ-Organization.com if interested. We look forward to working with you!
Chris Laszcz-Davis, Past-President
Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Club
925) 330-1774 Office,
