We need your help!
A senior with a physical disability is in urgent need of a ride to her medical appointment at the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre. She'll need to be picked up from her home at 11:45am, and will also need a ride home after the appointment.
How this works
We’ll remind the senior to wear a mask, sanitize hands before entering the vehicle and to sit in the rear passenger seat but not directly behind you. After you respond to this opportunity, we will send you the senior's contact and address details by email.
Safety tips
- Wear a face mask that fits snuggly over your nose and mouth and loops behind your ears or ties behind your head.
- If the weather permits, keep the windows down to allow airflow.
- Carry a bottle of hand sanitizer to sanitize your hands or carry a pair of disposable gloves.
- Don’t touch your mask while wearing it – if you accidentally touch it, sanitize your hands.
- Use paper towels and disinfectant to wipe down the car doors (exterior, interior and frame), seats, seatbelts, steering wheel before and after driving anyone outside your immediate bubble.
- Dispose of dirty paper towels and gloves.
- Dispose of single-use masks or sanitize reusable face masks.
Contact: Please contact Lisa at LisaS@uwlm.ca if you have questions.
Time Commitment: 3 hours. This is a one time commitment to fulfil an immediate need.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR VOLUNTEERS: Please contact LisaS@uwlm.ca and info@ivolunteer.ca immediately if:
- you feel unwell before or on the day of your shift. Please stay home and do not volunteer.
- you are unable to fulfil your shift commitment. If possible, please try to provide a minimum notice of two days to allow us to make alternate arrangements or find another volunteer.
REMINDER: It’s important to unregister yourself from the shift if you’re unable to fulfil your commitment – this will allow another volunteer to register for your spot.
Your health and safety are important to us
Maintain physical distancing by keeping a minimum 2-meter distance between you and any other person not in your immediate family.
Wearing a non-medical mask or face covering while out in public is recommended for periods of time when it's not possible to consistently maintain a 2-metre physical distance from others, particularly in crowded public settings.
Avoid touching your face and in particular your eyes, nose and mouth.
Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands thoroughly and often. Wash hands with soap for a minimum of 20 seconds and rinse under clean running water.
If you are unwell, please stay home and do not volunteer. If you are at all unsure of your health status, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s online self-assessment tool is available at https://covid19.thrive.health/.
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