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<br />PART III. aECTION C. '
<br />• OBJECTIVES WORKPLAN FOR PROGRAMMING FOR IMPACTIOUTCOME BASED ACTIVITIES
<br />A licant Or anization: Oran a Coun Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro am
<br />Period Covered: Starting. 07-O1-2oo3 Ending: 06-30-2004 N5SC 3-Digit Code(s) Applicable:
<br />Part L ~-om~~nity Need to be Addressed: Children from across the state of North Carolina are refemd to specialists at iJNC , ,
<br />Hospitals, located in Chapel Hill, Orange County. These are 89 pediatric beds, plus a few in the bum unit, and between 500 and
<br />800 different children are patients at UNC Hospitals each year. Hospitalized childrar are not only away from home, but they are
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<br />often lonely and without their families. These children have little control over thou arvironrrunt while
<br />need diversion from then illness and loneliness, and need to feel as comfortable as possible. The goal of the Sock Monkey Pro- meeting the need: ']
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<br />they help sick children improve faster. The sock monkeys are used to educate the children, helping them to better understand .
<br />their illness and reduce their fears, thereby helping to make them mote comfortable about scheduled surgery or procedures.
<br />Stuffed toys help staff form safe relationships with children, which in rum leads to increased compliance and cooperation on the Total Number of Volunteer Stations• 1
<br />child's part. Only children who are inpatients are eligible to receive a monkey, and rho monkeys are not'offered for sale. The
<br />RSVP Sock Monke Pro will crate from Jul 1 2000 throu h June 30 2001 and will serve 210 children.
<br />Part 2: Action Plan Tasks and Timeline
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<br />PROJECT PLANNING
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<br />Plans Tasks and Activities Date Actual Performance Date
<br />Planned Service Activityi; RSVP volunteers "the Monkey Ladies" will sew monkeys Actual Service Activity: RSVP volunteers "the Monkey Ladies" will sew mon-
<br />from socks to donate to hospitalized children with a pediatric disease. RSVP Monkey 07-12/03 keys from socks to donate to hospitalized children with a pediatric disease. RSVP Monkey
<br />Ladies will meet at a local church, one lino a week for three hours, for aone-year period . Ol-06/04 Ladies will meet at a local church, one time a week for three hours, for aone-year peiiod
<br />(50 weeks) and will create 210 stuffed monkeys annually. When 20 monkeys aro com- (50 weeks) and will create 210 stuffed monkeys annually. When 20 monkeys are com-
<br />pleted, the volunteer ohairperson will take the monkeys to the hospital where they ate pleted, rho volunteer chairperson will take the monkeys to the hospital where they are
<br />stored until requested by the pediatric department. (PFI 1" Effective July 1, 2000) stored until uested b the ediatric d artment.
<br />Planned Inputs: Cumulatively, Monkey Ladies will spend a total of 21 hours per Actual Inputs: Cumulatively, -Monkey Ladies will spend a total of Zl hours per
<br />week for 50 weeks sewing monkeys from socks. Bach takes approximately 5 hours to week for 50 weeks sewing monkeys from socks. Each monkey takes approximately 5
<br />make. The Monkey Ladies will spend annually creating approximately 210 hours to make. The Monkey Ladies will spard a total of annually creating approxi-
<br />atuffed sock monkeys. Tha UNC Hospitals Volunteer Association will purchase supplies
<br />~ mately stuffed sock monkeys. The UNC Hospitals Volunteer Association will pur-
<br />for the stuffed monkeys at a coat of $1,035. The volunteer chairperson will provide 2 chase supplies for the stuffed monkeys at a cost of $ .The volunteer chai~erson will
<br />hours training for the Monkey I;adies, and will be,responsible for quality control of the
<br />07-12/03 provide 2 hours training for the Monkey Ladies, and will be responsible for quality`control
<br />product. The volunteer support costa of travel reimbursement, insurance and recognition of the product. The volunteer support costs of travel reimbursement, insurance and recogni-
<br />are estimated to be $25.63 er volunteer for a total of $179.41. The Recreation Thera ist
<br />P P O 1-06/04 lion are estimated to be $25.63 per volunteer for a total of $179.41. The Recreation Thera-
<br />will use the monkeys to.educate tha patient about what is to happen medically. ist will use the monk to educate the atiart about what is to ha medicall
<br />Anticipated Accomplishments: 210 children will each receive one stuffed monkey Actual Accomplishments: _ children each received one stuffed monkey made by the
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<br />monkeys offer. The monkeys are hand-made from socks~they are appropriate for cliil- make sock monkeys, hospitalized children would not receive the emotional benefits that
<br />dren with respiratory problems, whereas plush toys.are not. Also, because the monkeys
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<br />whereas plush toys are not. The annual
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<br />the President) is $15,015 (1,050 x 515.39). As an intergenerational program, the Sock Ol-06/04 Monkey Program provides care for the children as well as an opportunity for RSVP mem-
<br />Monkey Program provides care for tha children as well se an opportunity for RSVP beta to socialize while remaining active and honing their fine motor skills
<br />members to socialize while remainin active and honin their fine motor skills.
<br />Anticipated Impact: RSVP Monkey Ladies will sew sock morikeya for 210 chiklrar
<br />Actual Impact:6 RSVP Monkey Ladies spent -hours malting sock monkeys for _
<br />hospitalized at UNC-Chapel Hill. The 210 pediatric patients will feel safer, will show children hospitalized at UNC-Chapel Hill. According to pediatric ward offt-
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