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Clerical Work and Baby Clothing Work

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ORGANIZATION: BIRTHRIGHT OF GREATER NORWALK INC

  • 79 people are interested

Help with clerical work such as stuffing envelopes or newsletters. Sort baby clothing and make three big bags of clothes for each mother's baby with baby clothes sized newborn through 24 months. Help sort maternity clothing. Clothing is gently worn or new and is given free to the mothers who work with us.

Birthright is non-profit, interdenominational, and non-political.

Birthright's guiding principle: It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born.

Birthright offers the alternative to abortion. Birthright is pro-life. Birthright is non-profit, interdenominational, and non-political.

Help make a difference in a mother's life as she prepares for the birth of her baby.

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About BIRTHRIGHT OF GREATER NORWALK INC

Location:

71 EAST AVE STE, Suite E, NORWALK, CT 06851, US

Mission Statement

Birthright's mission is to maintain a crisis center where any pregnant girl or woman, wed or unwed, may find help as near as her telephone. By placing a call to the crisis center, she will be aided to mobilize her own resources and those of the community so that she may face the future and plan constructively for herself and her child. All Birthright services are to be free and confidential and provided by an all volunteer staff.

Description

Birthright is a non-profit, interdenominational, non-political, emergency pregnancy service offering the alternative to abortion. It is staffed by volunteers. The office has 2 phone lines and rooms for answering the phone and for friendship counseling, baby clothes, and maternity clothes. Birthright of Greater Norwalk's trained volunteer friendship counselors staff the office at 71 East Avenue, Suite E, Norwalk an average of 12 hours per week.

Birthright's ongoing presence of trained volunteer friendship counselors are available to pregnant women who may be distressed by their situations. Volunteers provide free pregnancy testing, friendship counseling, community resource information, maternity and baby clothes, and referrals to professionals for medical, legal, and psychological aid. Maternity and infant clothing collected at local churches and donated to Birthright are distributed to the mothers we work with.

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Crisis Support
Women
Children & Youth, Crisis Support, Women

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

71 East AvenueSuite ENorwalk, CT 06851

(41.119183,-73.407295)
 

SKILLS

  • Organization
  • People Skills

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 14
  • 3 hours per week

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