<![CDATA[EDUCATION TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION @ UW - Newsletter]]>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:07:14 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[ETCH Informational Meeting!]]>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:03:00 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/etch-informational-meetingCome learn more about ETCH and what we are up to this Monday, the 17th at 6:00 pm in the Research Commons Room Red A!]]><![CDATA[Want to learn more about ETCH?]]>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:13:57 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/want-to-learn-more-about-etchWhat is ETCH? How do I get involved? What is the on-boarding process like? How much of a time commitment is it?
If you have any of these questions, or more, please stop by our table at the Cool Careers in Health Sciences DawgDaze event at the Magnusun Health Sciences Center Lobby between 1-3 pm on September 27th. Look forward to seeing you there!!

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]]><![CDATA[Officer Positions Open for 2016-2017!]]>Mon, 23 May 2016 21:25:47 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/officer-positions-open-for-2016-2017Deadline: Sunday, May 29th at 11:00pm
Interested in being an Officer for ETCH in 2016-2017?? The officer application for next year is now open! We highly encourage anyone looking to get more involved with ETCH to apply. 
The application can be found here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/pjulie3/304671
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Description of Positions:
1. Program Coordinator
- Schedule bi monthly Officer Meetings and make Minutes/Keep Notes for all meetings
- Help run/plan/present monthly volunteer meetings/activities
- Monitor volunteer schedule carefully, troubleshoot any problems. Make sure all sessions are filled and emailing volunteers when spots need to be filled. 
- Manage the etchseattle email account
- Attend SHIFA board meetings every month, update them on ETCH activities
- Submit bi-annual reports on ETCH progress to UWSOM student group directors and to SHIFA
- Help the volunteer coordinator with recruitment/orientation
- Help with all around ETCH tasks (re-stocking, PR, budgeting, etc.)
2. Volunteer Coordinator 
- Recruit new volunteers to join our team
- Review applications and conduct interviews with applicants and select new volunteers
- Supervise and support new volunteers to ensure they have a smooth transition into ETCH
- Track long-term activity of volunteers and send email reminders for things such as URS agreement form, Ropes training, and sporadic volunteering
3. Treasurer 
- Frequent monitoring of your email account that volunteers are directed towards to send reimbursement requests.
- Collection, keeping, and relaying of receipts from volunteers to the SHIFA treasurer (usually done via email).
- Keeping a record of all expenditures and accounts with Microsoft Excel and Google Drive. This includes any and all purchases that are made for ETCH purposes (e.g. food for meetings, promotional materials, etc.).
4. Resources Coordinator 
As resource coordinator, your main responsibilities and tasks involve, but are not limited to:
- Maintaining repository of community resources referral sheets in the Google Drive, repository of pamphlets, connect monthly with SHIFA faculty medical advisor to approve education materials (aiming to approve one to two existing templates a month in the Google Drive)
- Creating assess effectiveness and usage of resource referral sheets and other handouts at sessions, think of specific projects to do to improve quality and utilization of resources and recruit ETCH volunteers to help 
- Weekly tasks
1. Work closely with SHIFA contacts like education coordinator and Referrals Coordinator
2. Ensure that there are enough handouts in the resource binders at each site (URS, Peter's Place, Youth Clinic), print more and refill when necessary (always keep at least 20 copies of each handout in each binder)
3. Read reflection forms for comments on handouts stock and quality of education materials
5. Advocacy & Outreach Chair 
- Create newsletter to provide ETCH members with relevant updates about sites, club logistics, and link to social justice articles.
- Update the Facebook page with links to social justice articles and relevant events around campus.
- Book rooms for meetings.
- Maintaining the ETCH website
- Future projects could include organizing movie screenings and other community events
6. Supplies Coordinator 
- Regularly monitor supply levels at sites (usually have to restock about once a quarter)
- Find good deals for high-demand items
- Check-in with members at volunteer meetings to see if there are any item requests from participants
- Establish consistent donors
- Remember to submit a reimbursement for items that you buy!
Organization and communication is vital for all officer positions! We are looking forward to reviewing your applications, and thank you again for all of your hard work.
]]><![CDATA[Summary of Nov 23rd Volunteer Meeting]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 19:56:21 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/summary-of-nov-23rd-volunteer-meeting> New/Interested Volunteers: Please contact Julie Pham at etchseattle@gmail.com to get paperwork, sign up for an orientation, join our email listserv, etc. She is currently accepting applications but the cutoff date for this application cycle is coming up soon so please contact her ASAP!! 

>Ropes Training: To sign up for ROPES training, look up and contact New Horizons. People have found that contacting the company will get you a quicker response than emailing them. 

>Task Delegation/Leadership Opportunities for Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers interested in helping us with some administrative/leadership roles. 
      1) Contact Manvir Kaur (manvirk@icloud.com) if you are interested in helping to clean up our Google Drive (which now has about 7 years of ppt presentations!!) It's a daunting task but we're hoping to create a small committee of people tackle it and make material easier to access for everyone :)
      2) Contact Will Tsang (tsang@uw.edu) if you would be interested in running sessions for our volunteers to help them deal with issues they might encounter in sessions. For example, some topics that Will suggested at the meeting included how to avoid/deal with violence/crisis situations, cultural sensitivity, or simply dealing with homeless people. If you are passionate about any of these topics, or have other suggestions, we would love to hear from you. You can opt to lead a discussion on these topics if you are interested in doing so as well. 
​]]><![CDATA[In the News: American Hunger-Related Healthcare Costs Exceeded $160 Billion in 2014]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 01:04:11 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/in-the-news-american-hunger-related-healthcare-costs-exceeded-160-billion-in-2014
A recent study has revealed that federally, food insecurity, and the medical costs associated with it, have exceeded $160 billion. Since 2009, when such costs peaked as a result of the recession, they haven't being coming down as quickly as hoped. The author argues for the federal government to support the problem of food insecurity, rather than carrying the consequential burden of medical costs. 
]]><![CDATA[Volunteer of the Month- Lisa Hysa]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:42:36 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/volunteer-of-the-month-lisa-hysa
Lisa Hysa is our volunteer of the month for November!! She is always punctual and flexible. A couple weeks ago, we needed a volunteer and she stepped up to come in even though she had volunteered the previous weekend. She reached out to a participant in need and spoke Spanish and explained to them how to use the  King County Clinic as a resource. 
Great work Lisa!
]]><![CDATA[In the News: Homeless Encampments Being Organized in Seattle]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:42:21 GMThttp://www.etchseattle.org/newsletter/in-the-news-homeless-encampments-being-organized-in-seattle
The City of Seattle is organizing camps for homeless people to offer shelter, temporary housing, and emergency food in an effort to end homelessness. So far, the plan is to open two units, one in Ballard and one in Interbay. Just in the three months that it has taken to plan and construct these homeless camps, an estimated 30 homeless people have died. Hopefully, if the city continues to take strides in improving the standards of living and access for the homeless community, we can starkly decrease the morbidity rate. 
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