Volunteering

Duties:

Check in by phone with Vet to Vet volunteer visitors and the veterans they visit on a regular basis to see how the visits are going and report any referrals and/or requests for assistance to staff.

Qualifications: Good people skills and telephone manner. Compassionate, good listener, desire to help. Compliance with confidentiality requirements.

Location: This can be done at home or at the office at 11 Morin St., Biddeford.

Duties:

• Attend 9-hr. training.
• Pass background/driving record checks and provide references.
• Visit a veteran in his/her home at least twice a month (no time limit).
• Provide needed companionship and share activities of mutual interest with veteran, depending on the veteran's abilities and condition; for example, visit a military museum, go out for coffee, go to a car show, play cards, sit and talk, etc.
• Refer veteran and/or help veteran gain access to services and benefits if needed.
• Attend case review with other volunteers every other month to discuss experiences in program and learn from others (optional).
  
  Qualifications: Must have served in the military (any branch, incl. reserves and Merchant Marines, combat or noncombat). Compassion, good listening and communication skills (will receive training), patience. Experience with mentoring or working with older adults a bonus but not required. Desire to provide service to another veteran.
  
  Location: Training will take place via Zoom over three days (usually 4-7 pm). Case reviews held monthly via Zoom. Visits take place in veteran's home or in facility where veteran resides, in-person providing volunteer and veteran have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Duties: Any or all of the following:

• Processing applications for V2VME volunteers and veteran friends;
• Data entry of materials on V2VME volunteers and veteran friends;
• Helping organize and prepare training materials for V2VME volunteers;
• Other office duties as needed.

Qualifications: Great people skills and organizational ability. Team player. Committed to Vet to Vet Maine's mission of serving veterans by connecting them to volunteers and services. Fundraising and public speaking ability a plus.

Location: This can be done at home and/or working at V2VME office or other location.

Duties: Any or all of the following:

• Researching and writing grants to support the Vet2Vet ME mission;
• Identifying pertinent grants and applying for them with Board and/or ED approval.

Qualifications: Excellent research and communications skills. Passion for assisting veterans. Attention to detail. Ability to meet deadlines.

Location: This can be done at home and/or working at V2VME office or other location.

Duties: Any or all of the following:

• Conducting interviews with applicants who want to receive visits from Vet to Vet Maine peer companion.
• Describing how program works and answering questions (training provided).
• Filling out intake sheet (provided) and getting signatures on paperwork.
• Writing narrative describing applicant (to be given to volunteer match). Format provided.
• Collaborating with program director in selecting an appropriate match among V2VME peer companions available for assignment.

Qualifications: People skills, compassionate, good listener, communications skills, good judge of character.

Location: Interviews take place in applicant's home or residence in which he/she lives. If COVID-19 restrictions require, interviews can be conducted via Zoom or telephone. Volunteer sets own schedule at convenience of veteran to be interviewed.

Duties: Any or all of the following:

• Giving presentations to veteran, civic, student, and other groups, social service agencies, and the general public informing the audience of Vet to Vet Maine's mission and operations in order to raise awareness of V2VME in the community, recruit V2VME volunteers, get referrals of veterans needing a visitor, and raise money to support the program.
• Developing contacts and meet with prospective donors.
• Speaking at various events, veterans' meetings, and other gatherings. Can include appearances on radio/TV, interviews with news outlets, phone interviews, appearances before workshops and conferences and other special events.

Qualifications: Great people skills and organizational ability. Team player. Committed to Vet to Vet Maine's mission of serving veterans by connecting them to volunteers and services. Networking and public speaking ability a plus. Speakers Bureau: Ease at speaking to groups, passion for Vet to Vet Maine and the volunteer work he/she is doing as a veteran visitor. Preference for those actively involved with Vet to Vet Maine and those who have served as a peer companion.

Location: This can be done at home and/or working at V2VME office or other location. Presentations take place via Zoom or a variety of locations depending on the event.

Duties: Any or all of the following:

• These involve a wide range of assignments from research, office duties, event planners and workers, and a number of other tasks and duties.

Qualifications: Committed to Vet to Vet Maine's mission of serving veteran. Flexibility, good judgment, and ability to assess situations and meet the requirements of the job.

Location: This can be done at home and/or working at V2VME office or other location as the assignment requires.