TBI Raiders Volunteer

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• TBI Raiders Volunteer
• Service

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TBI RaidersHow it will intrigue you

• A message board to communicate with others from
  around the nation
• Chance to learn from so many different places and
  gain useful resources
• Help improve the lives of others who are living
  with a Traumatic Brain Injury
• Chance to be a leader
• Learn skills you may want to use in the future in
  the workforce

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What it is(in non medical terms terms you can
understand)

• A disability that literally turns your life
  upside down. Youll have to relearn how to do
  things another way that it will shock you
  completely at how your life has changed so much.
  The life, you may remember, will do just about a
  180 degree turn from where you were at. The need
  for adjustment and patience dealing will be
  greatly in need when dealing with some
  individuals who live with a TBI and those that.
  Because they do not understand each other
  sometimes, get ready for some shockers people.

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How you can help a student living with a TBI
What you can look forward to gain and Experience

• Show that there are individuals who truly care
  amongst folks who are not disabled
• Make a difference in someone elses life
• Make the world a little better by just trying to
  help
• Become a role model in someone elses life

• Learn knowledge and skills that will last you a
  lifetime
• Feel like a better person for helping someone and
  making a difference in someone elses life
• Meet new people and possibly gain new friends
• Gain Job Skills, Leadership Skills and More

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Who would this benefit?

• This is an opportunity for administrators,
  students with and without a TBI to work together
  and gain an understanding of each other. It will
  be a chance for students with a TBI to be able to
  see they are capable of doing so much in their
  life. It would also a chance for students
  without a TBI to do work with the Raiders and to
  increase their understanding of the disability
  and gain potential skills they could use in the
  workforce.

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Opportunities you will get a chance to do

• Gathering information through research, projects
• Team up for workshops
• Putting booths together
• Designing/writing/copying/handing out/ preparing
  mass mailings of brochures, flyers, pamphlets,
  newsletters
• Making phone calls, visits around towns, door to
  door
• Designing web pages
• Public Speaking
• Misc. project assistance

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Opportunities

• To become a better leader in your school and
  community
• The chance to interact with different leaders
• To gain job skills
• Become very skilled at managing different tasks

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Positions

• Assistant editor for TBI Raiders Newsletter and
  TBI Community Newsletter
• Graphics Artist
• Web Designer
• Personnel assistants (to help me with managing
  things)
• Reporter
• Researcher

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Positions cont

• Treasurer
• Spokesperson
• Secretary
• Committee Chairman
• Content Manager
• Photographer

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Committees

• Newsletter
• Website
• Public Relations Panel
• Website

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Requirements

• During School Year
• Requirement of 4 to 10 hours per week
• This is so they can focus on school work and
  study and do well on exams. It will depend on
  many days they wish to volunteer to be able to
  figure out how many hours they will need to have.
  Fifteen hours is the most they can have. The
  manager, Alicia Payne, is very easy to work with
  on if youd like more or less hours. All you
  will need to do is schedule an appointment with
  her.
• Kids that are 14 years old or younger can get
  involved during the summer.

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Want to Contact TBI Raiders Volunteer Service
but dont know how? Below is their contact
information Mailing Address TBI
Raiders P.O. Box 215 Wellston, Ok
74881 Email Address tbiraiders_at_sbcglobal.net Ph
one Number 356-9966