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Health, Hoops, and Hope – formerly Hoop Dreams
510 Meadowmont Circle, Box 293
Chapel Hill, NC
http://www.hoop-dreams.net
About the agency: Health, Hoops, and Hope [H 3] provides recreational opportunities and social support for children with serious medical conditions and their families. H 3 typically holds group basketball sessions twice/month and group fitness once/month. H 3 frequently offers other activities, including but not limited to: hip-hop dance; trips to sports, museums, and other local child-friendly institutions; parties; and cooking.
Internship Description: H 3 seeks to increase the number of children who participate in the program. Because of privacy laws, H 3 generally may not directly contact families of children with serious medical conditions. Instead, H 3 must inform those who work directly with this population (such as health care professionals and school personnel) about our programs and ask them to inform their patients/clients/ students and their parents about us and/or distribute our literature for us. Accordingly, H 3 would like the intern to develop an outreach program targeted to professionals who work with children who are ill. Additionally, H 3 is currently considering additional ways we can serve our families by adding new types of programs such as:
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providing respite for parents of our children with serious medical conditions by training sitters to understand these children’s conditions, so parents feel comfortable leaving their child with such sitters
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offering an on-call service that would have trained volunteers available to help families when a child unexpectedly needs to go to the hospital (typically by helping out with care-giving and transportation of other children in the family)
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establishing a creative arts program that would offer group sessions for art, music, and/or drama
Skills Needed: MS Office, particularly Word, Excel, and Publisher. Ability to perform Internet-based research
Majors of Interest: Social Work, Psychology, Health Care, or a general interest in Non-profit work
Transportation Needed: A car is not necessary for the intern projects, but intern is asked to attend at least one Saturday basketball/fitness program in Durham.
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