Volunteer as a massage therapist for women with cancer

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ORGANIZATION: Shanti - San Francisco

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For 50 years, Shanti has been providing support to people living with life-threatening illness. If you would like to tangibly enhance the life of someone who needs it the most, we encourage you to contact us and learn more about this truly unique opportunity.

Shanti offers opportunities for members of the community to be of service, to put their compassion, their skills, and their interests into action to support people living with the challenges of cancer. We are recruiting volunteers to provide massages to our clients with cancer. Volunteers will have the opportunity to serve some of the most resilient women in San Francisco. Hours are flexible and we work with your schedule.

If you are a massage therapist (or therapist in training) and interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact our women’s cancer program’s Wellness Coordinator, Selena Woo at

415-828-8883 or email: swoo@shanti.org

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About Shanti - San Francisco

Location:

730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, US

Mission Statement

Shanti enhances the quality of life, health and well-being of people living with life-threatening illnesses, including Breast Cancer and HIV/AIDS.

Description

Founded in 1974 by Dr. Charles Garfield, Shanti has been at the forefront of a growing national movement to enhance the quality of life for persons living with life-threatening or chronic illnesses by providing volunteer-based emotional and practical support.

Shanti is a Sanskrit word meaning "inner peace" or "tranquility". It is an appropriate name since, ultimately, all of Shanti's direct service and educational programs are aimed at easing the burdens and improving the well-being of people in difficult life situations.

Key to the success of Shanti's mission is the Shanti Model of Peer Support, which is both a philosophy and a set of techniques that are used throughout our work. It is a way of being with another person that frees both parties to be fully who they are and communicate their feelings to one another. It is a way of being which allows two persons to meet as equals. It is a way of relating to others that is characterized by certain values and attitudes.

Definition of Peer
We define peer as someone who is not necessarily like us in obvious ways, but is someone with whom we share a basic humanity; someone with whom we are equals. All people share universal human experiences. By virtue of this shared humanity, we are all peers. The Shanti Model of Peer Support is based on this equality.

Values Underlying the Shanti Model of Peer Support

  • mutual respect
  • positive regard
  • empowerment of the client (the assumption that the client has the solutions to his or her own problems and does not need your advice of direction)
  • genuineness (being oneself, authenticity)
  • acceptance of differences (does not mean agreement, but acceptance based on respect)
  • empathy (allowing oneself to feel with another person)
  • intention to be of service

CAUSE AREAS

Immigrants & Refugees
Seniors
Women
Immigrants & Refugees, Seniors, Women

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

730 Polk StreetSan Francisco, CA 94109

(37.78385,-122.41911)
 

DATE POSTED

November 19, 2024

SKILLS

  • Massage Therapy

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18

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