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JOB OPPORTUNITIES : Volunteers

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Volunteers/ Non-paid Internships (Boston Office)

There are many different opportunities at D.E.A.F. Inc for you to volunteer. The experience and opportunity to be a part of this unique, language-rich organization that services the Deaf and Deaf-Blind community is beneficial to anyone who plans to work with either culture. (If you are volunteering for a class, please contact us early in the semester.) Below you will find a list of departments where you can volunteer as well as the requirements for volunteering at D.E.A.F. Inc. The most important requirements to have are an eagerness to learn and a desire to benefit others as well as yourself!!

Programs at D.E.A.F. Inc:
- Independent Living
- Project HOPE
- Adult Education
- DBCAN

Please research our website to get a full description of each program and to get more information about D.E.A.F. Inc.

Some Possible Volunteer Opportunities:
- Tutoring English and Computer Literacy (Need to be signing for at least one year)

- Helping for the Thanksgiving Event (A hall is rented for our consumers in celebration of Thanksgiving; help would be needed to serve food, set-up, make sure everyone is having a GREAT time, etc)

- Taking pictures at Adult Education Awards Night

- General office work (filing, copying, phone calls, tty calls, etc)

- And many more!

Requirements:
- A commitment of at least three (3) hours per week for three (3) months but you can volunteer more than three (3) hours and longer than three months.

- You must have taken ASL 1 or at least be taking ASL 1 to volunteer

- You need to fill out a background check (this can take up to 2 to 4 weeks so again, if you need to volunteer for class requirements, contact us early in the semester).

Contact Jennifer Glinos, Executive Assistant
DEAF, Inc.
215 Brighton Avenue
Allston, MA 02134
1-617-254-4041 TTY/V
1-617-254-7091 Fax
jglinos@deafinconline.org

We hope to see you join the D.E.A.F Inc. team!

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