Thurston County Healthy Homes Program 2018 Volunteer Training
Thurston County’s Healthy Homes Program trains volunteers to provide free Healthy Homes Visits to encourage behaviors and actions to promote healthy living spaces – such as preventing and addressing mold, creating healthy indoor air, reducing asthma triggers, reducing exposure to toxics, and more. We have a free volunteer training coming up in February! You can learn all about housing-related health risks and how to prevent, reduce, and address them. This training is fun and the knowledge gained is useful in our daily lives.
When: Thursdays in February from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and two Saturdays – February 24 and March 3 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday sessions include lunch. (16 hours total)
Where: Thurston County Public Health at 412 Lilly Rd. NE, Olympia, 98506; across from St. Peter’s Hospital. Intercity Transit bus routes # 60, 62A, and 62B serve the area. If transportation is an issue for anyone who is interested, please don’t let that stop you from applying. We are close to bus routes and there is a good chance that volunteers attending the training can carpool.
Who: This training is for people interested (or who work) in housing, public health, health education, children’s health, and giving back to the community. No prior experience is necessary; the training teaches all you need to know to conduct Healthy Homes Visits in pairs.
What volunteers do: Volunteers can conduct Healthy Homes Visits, participate in booths at community events, perform outreach, or work on special projects. They are notified of opportunities to volunteer and can sign up as their schedules allow. Healthy Homes Visits are free, voluntary, and completely confidential. We are invited to do the visit by the resident, where we perform a questionnaire and visual survey/walk-through. Based on what we find we provide information, guidance, and resource lists to the residents to help them take the next steps.
Contact Information: (360) 867-2674 or HealthyHomes@co.thurston.wa.us
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