Cultivate Your Compassion Through Service to Someone with HIV/AIDS or Another Life Challenging Illness!
Seattle Shanti, a program of Rosehedge/Multifaith Works, connects volunteers with an opportunity to provide emotional support to people in our community challenged by HIV/AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis, recovery/addiction issues, and other life-challenging illnesses. By providing one-to-one non-directive, nonjudgmental, compassionate listening, our volunteers enter into relationship-building experiences which serve to transform the lives of people in our community who are generally isolated and alone.
During our four-day training, volunteers will have the opportunity to gain skills in working with grief & loss, chemical dependency & recovery, mental health issues, and serving stigmatized populations. Volunteers are needed throughout the Seattle/King County area, including Kent, Renton, Auburn, and Federal Way.
We are currently accepting applications for our next four-day training, which will occur October 15th & 16th and 22nd & 23rd.
A volunteer comments: “After a couple years’ practice with the Shanti model of heartfelt listening, I’ve come to regard this technique as a radical tool for re-imagining myself and my society. It’s a little like when politicians re-draw the lines separating legislative districts. But Shanti erases boundaries between hearts and enfolds people who are often consigned to marginal territory.”
A client remarked:
“I feel safe and I learned that I can share and trust with others. You may not know this but you really had a big influence on me. You helped me open some doors and thoughts that I pushed down so far that I didn’t know they were even there. Today I am attempting to work with those.”
For more information, or to fill out an application, please visit our website at http://www.rosehedge.org www.rosehedge.org. If you have any questions, please call Nika at (206) 787-8409.
It’s official.Rosehedge and Multifaith Works have merged! This also means that my email address has changed. You can now reach me at nika@rosehedge.org.
Nika Short
Shanti Program Coordinator
115 – 16th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 787-8409
Fax: (206) 324-2041
Email: nika@rosehedge.org
We will continue our legacy of providing compassionate care and supportive services for the most vulnerable in our community. In fact, together we can increase our capacity while conserving increasingly scarce resources, ultimately making a stronger, more vibrant and dynamic organization that can better serve our community.
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Rosehedge serves vulnerable men and women living with HIV/AIDS by providing housing, compassionate health care and supportive services that enhance the quality of our residents’ lives.
Multifaith Works unites communities of compassionate care and inclusive spirituality with people living in isolation and loneliness.
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Shanti Application Electronic Version 2011.docx
