Opportunities From: Union College Community Connections

Volunteer: VITA Tax Prep

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance volunteers lend their time to help file taxes for low-income and other eligible tax clients. 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance volunteers lend their time to help file taxes for low-income and other eligible tax clients. 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 12208

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Health Care Volunteer

Description 

Coordinated by Albany Med, the Capital Region Hub of the Regional Vaccine Network is in need of medical professionals over the next few months to staff COVID-19 Points of Dispensing (PODs). 

Sign up to volunteer through ServNY.  If you do not have a current account with SERVNY, then please scroll down to instructions on how you can create one. 

Eligibility Information: 

 Physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses may issue standing orders for COVID-19 vaccination.  The requirement to obtain consent to report immunization information in the City and State immunization registries (City Immunization Registry [CIR] and New York State Immunization Information System [NYSIIS]) for patients over the age of 19 is suspended. All reports to CIR or NYSIIS must be made within 24 hours after vaccine administration.  Licensed pharmacists certified to provide immunizations may prescribe, order to, or execute a patient-specific or standing order to administer the COVID-19 vaccination.  The following professionals may administer the vaccination at Points of Dispensing (PODs) after receiving certain training (infection control, PPE usage, and CPR): licensed practical nurses, licensed pharmacists with or without certification to administer immunizations, midwives, dentists, certain dental hygienists, podiatrists, EMTs, and advanced EMTs.  Students with one year of clinical experience in medical, nursing, physician assistant, pharmacy, dentistry, podiatry, and midwifery programs may administer the vaccination at PODs.

  

All questions about volunteering should be emailed toCapitalRegionVax@amc.edu 

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To sign up to be a general support volunteer, or for any questions, please email CapitalRegionVax@amc.edu or visit ServNY to create your volunteer profile (instructions below on how to do so).

For more information, please visit Albany Med’s Capital Region Hub. 

How to create a volunteer account and profile on SERVNY, if you do not have one:

If you are not a current NYS employee, click "I don't have an HCS User Account" Click "Don't Have an Account" Choose Personal Click Sign Up for Personal NY ID Create your account When choosing a Preferred Username, please use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and the symbols @ - _  After you are done, click Continue Click Finish You will then be sent back to the main sign in page You will then receive a confirmation email and will need to click the link provided to activate your account You will then need to select three security questions and answers Click Continue Create password and save password Sign in and Go to dashboard and click "Health Applications"  Choose SERVNY Fill out SERVNY Form to register for volunteering and click Register Click Exit You will then be contacted by someone regarding the volunteer opportunity based on if you sleected healthcare or non-healthcare

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Description 

Coordinated by Albany Med, the Capital Region Hub of the Regional Vaccine Network is in need of medical professionals over the next few months to staff COVID-19 Points of Dispensing (PODs). 

Sign up to volunteer through ServNY.  If you do not have a current account with SERVNY, then please scroll down to instructions on how you can create one. 

Eligibility Information: 

 Physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses may issue standing orders for COVID-19 vaccination.  The requirement to obtain consent to report immunization information in the City and State immunization registries (City Immunization Registry [CIR] and New York State Immunization Information System [NYSIIS]) for patients over the age of 19 is suspended. All reports to CIR or NYSIIS must be made within 24 hours after vaccine administration.  Licensed pharmacists certified to provide immunizations may prescribe, order to, or execute a patient-specific or standing order to administer the COVID-19 vaccination.  The following professionals may administer the vaccination at Points of Dispensing (PODs) after receiving certain training (infection control, PPE usage, and CPR): licensed practical nurses, licensed pharmacists with or without certification to administer immunizations, midwives, dentists, certain dental hygienists, podiatrists, EMTs, and advanced EMTs.  Students with one year of clinical experience in medical, nursing, physician assistant, pharmacy, dentistry, podiatry, and midwifery programs may administer the vaccination at PODs.

  

All questions about volunteering should be emailed toCapitalRegionVax@amc.edu 

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To sign up to be a general support volunteer, or for any questions, please email CapitalRegionVax@amc.edu or visit ServNY to create your volunteer profile (instructions below on how to do so).

For more information, please visit Albany Med’s Capital Region Hub. 

How to create a volunteer account and profile on SERVNY, if you do not have one:

If you are not a current NYS employee, click "I don't have an HCS User Account" Click "Don't Have an Account" Choose Personal Click Sign Up for Personal NY ID Create your account When choosing a Preferred Username, please use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and the symbols @ - _  After you are done, click Continue Click Finish You will then be sent back to the main sign in page You will then receive a confirmation email and will need to click the link provided to activate your account You will then need to select three security questions and answers Click Continue Create password and save password Sign in and Go to dashboard and click "Health Applications"  Choose SERVNY Fill out SERVNY Form to register for volunteering and click Register Click Exit You will then be contacted by someone regarding the volunteer opportunity based on if you sleected healthcare or non-healthcare

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 12208

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution General Volunteer

Coordinated by Albany Med, the Capital Region Hub of the Regional Vaccine Network is in need of volunteers over the next few months to provide general support services at the COVID-19 Points of Dispensing (PODs). 

To sign up to be a general support volunteer, or for any questions, please email CapitalRegionVax@amc.edu or visit ServNY to create your volunteer profile (instructions below on how to do so).

For more information, please visit Albany Med’s Capital Region Hub. 

How to create a volunteer account and profile on SERVNY, if you do not have one:

If you are not a current NYS employee, click "I don't have an HCS User Account" Click "Don't Have an Account" Choose Personal Click Sign Up for Personal NY ID Create your account When choosing a Preferred Username, please use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and the symbols @ - _  After you are done, click Continue Click Finish You will then be sent back to the main sign in page You will then receive a confirmation email and will need to click the link provided to activate your account You will then need to select three security questions and answers Click Continue Create password and save password Sign in and Go to dashboard and click "Health Applications"  Choose SERVNY Fill out SERVNY Form to register for volunteering and click Register Click Exit You will then be contacted by someone regarding the volunteer opportunity based on if you sleected healthcare or non-healthcare 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Coordinated by Albany Med, the Capital Region Hub of the Regional Vaccine Network is in need of volunteers over the next few months to provide general support services at the COVID-19 Points of Dispensing (PODs). 

To sign up to be a general support volunteer, or for any questions, please email CapitalRegionVax@amc.edu or visit ServNY to create your volunteer profile (instructions below on how to do so).

For more information, please visit Albany Med’s Capital Region Hub. 

How to create a volunteer account and profile on SERVNY, if you do not have one:

If you are not a current NYS employee, click "I don't have an HCS User Account" Click "Don't Have an Account" Choose Personal Click Sign Up for Personal NY ID Create your account When choosing a Preferred Username, please use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and the symbols @ - _  After you are done, click Continue Click Finish You will then be sent back to the main sign in page You will then receive a confirmation email and will need to click the link provided to activate your account You will then need to select three security questions and answers Click Continue Create password and save password Sign in and Go to dashboard and click "Health Applications"  Choose SERVNY Fill out SERVNY Form to register for volunteering and click Register Click Exit You will then be contacted by someone regarding the volunteer opportunity based on if you sleected healthcare or non-healthcare 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 12208

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Get Resume Help!

A team of young professionals in the Albany, NY area has agreed to assist with helping those who are recently graduated, transitioning careers, or in need of a fresh start to assist with resume consultation. They will work with you for 30 minutes and review your resume and provide you tips and tricks to make it better! 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

A team of young professionals in the Albany, NY area has agreed to assist with helping those who are recently graduated, transitioning careers, or in need of a fresh start to assist with resume consultation. They will work with you for 30 minutes and review your resume and provide you tips and tricks to make it better! 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 12205

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: Social Media Ambassador for United Way of the Greater Capital Region

United Way of the Greater Capital Region fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. 

Learn about the impact United Way of the Greater Capital Region does for the community region by reading our social media pages and visiting our website,www.unitedwaygcr.org. Then please feel free to share on your social media to show the good work we do.

Also, please respond to this need to track your volunteer hours!

 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

United Way of the Greater Capital Region fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. 

Learn about the impact United Way of the Greater Capital Region does for the community region by reading our social media pages and visiting our website,www.unitedwaygcr.org. Then please feel free to share on your social media to show the good work we do.

Also, please respond to this need to track your volunteer hours!

 

Agency: United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 12205

Allow Groups: Yes