<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks, Geoff! Volunteering for Words on Wheels is so precious to me. While I love being a consultant, I am so grateful for this opportunity to provide a bit of “public service.” 😊<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 22, 2019, at 8:18 AM, Geoff Brunk <geoffb@multco.us> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you, Penny. You are such a great volunteer and advocate for our program! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Christie, I'd be happy to share information about our volunteer delivery program with you. We have some Do's and Don'ts, a Vulnerable Population Policy, some information about identifying and reporting elder abuse, etc., all as part of our training. And, as Penny mentioned, we require background checks and drivers license checks for all volunteers on our program. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Let's talk. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Geoff<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">Geoff Brunk</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">Bilingual Chinese Program Coordinator<br></font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#666666"><a href="https://multcolib.org/shelter-and-transitional-housing" target="_blank">Shelter Program</a> / </font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="https://multcolib.org/blog/20180523/%E2%80%9Creading-keeps-me-alive%E2%80%9D-homebound-connected-their-library" target="_blank">Words on Wheels Program</a> </span></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://multcolib.org/adults/outreach-services-adults" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Library Outreach Services</a><br></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="verdana, sans-serif">My schedule: Monday to Friday, 6-2:30</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#444444">503.988.6263 / 503.988.5404</font><br></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://multcolib.org/library-outreach-survey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Library Outreach Survey</a> - Let us know how we are doing.<br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png" data-unique-identifier=""></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 5:20 PM Penelope Hummel <<a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com">penny@pennyhummel.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div style="display:none">External -</div>
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</div><p></p><div class="gmail-m_8518263905404145036WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I would recommend you check in with Multnomah County. I am a Words on Wheels volunteer (their version of this type of program), and so I know about how they provide this service from that perspective. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I was required to attend a training and go through background check and I feel like MCL does an excellent job of preparing their volunteers for typical situations and handling all the legalities. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ccing the coordinator of this program, Geoff Brunk, so he can chime in.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Penny Hummel<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Penny Hummel Consulting<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">penny@pennyhummel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">503.890.0494<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">www.pennyhummel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>> on behalf of Christy Davis <<a href="mailto:christy.davis@ccrls.org" target="_blank">christy.davis@ccrls.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 5:01 PM<br><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[Libs-Or] Guidelines for homebound delivery volunteers?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt">Our homebound delivery is starting to grow and with that growth comes new volunteers. We would like to make some official policies about protocol and code of conduct for these important but uncompensated library representatives. They perform tasks for and thus represent the library - and yet our eyes are not on them as they do this work outside our walls. Our library needs to formalize its agreement with the folks who are literally carrying our materials and services to the homebound. If any public libraries have a similar volunteer-driven homebound program, and would be willing to share policies, I would really appreciate it.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Christy Davis, Director</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Silver Falls Library District</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">410 S Water St. Silverton, OR 97381</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">503-873-5173 x309 </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><a href="mailto:christy.davis@ccrls.org" target="_blank">christy.davis@ccrls.org</a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in"><u></u> <u></u></h1></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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