The Northwest Kidney Centers welcomes your help! If you’d like to volunteer at one of our facilities or at one of our many Kidney Awareness events, please contact our Community Health Education and Volunteer Programs Coordinator:
Syrenka Slettebak, at (206) 292-2771, ext. 5355, or via e-mail at syrenka@nwkidney.org.
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AREAS
Administrative - office work such as answering phones, filing, photocopying, processing donations, data entry, bulk mailings and other projects in non-clinical departments.
Car Buddies - transportation of patients to or from dialysis on a temporary, urgent-need basis; volunteer drivers use own vehicles and must have current, personal auto insurance.
Community Dialysis Centers - any of a number of tasks to support staff such as stocking shelves, ordering supplies, answering phones, data entry, making new charts or creating dialysis kits; patient support activities such as reading to patients, socializing and playing card games with patients at the dialysis chair, making phone calls and getting ice, blankets or food, as appropriate.
Events- assistance with seating or serving guests at fundraising or recognition events such as The Italian Club Annual Dinner; program planning assistance for events such as Annual Kidney Patient Conference.
Health and Community Fairs - assistance with health fairs and community events such as packing van with supplies, driving van to location, staffing booth, answering questions and handing out health education brochures to the public, providing set-up and take down of display and materials.
Internet Laptop Training- personalized one-on-one instruction for patients at the dialysis chair regarding accessing the Internet, email, and enhancing or building computer skills.
Speakers Bureau - public speaking engagements in schools, colleges, universities, workplaces, Rotary groups, and other civic groups on topics such as kidney function, kidney and related diseases, dialysis, organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
Together for Life - community education program to increase awareness about issues related to and need for organ and tissue donation; presented to churches, synagogues, schools and workplaces; one-hour scripted program includes personal testimonials of real-life experiences with organ donation.
We look forward to working with you to promote kidney awareness in our region!
