AMMES Connect is the American ME and CFS Society’s brand new service. It is modeled after Craigslist, a popular classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing , items wanted, services, community events, rides and free stuff, among others. AMMES Connect is similar in structure, but offers services tailored specifically to the ME/CFS community.
Like Craigslist, AMMES Connect allows people to post when a service or item is OFFERED and when it is WANTED. All services and items must be offered free of charge. People coming to AMMES Connect can search by locale and category. The following categories are included:
Housing – For patients looking for housing, or people offering housing to patients
Events – ME/CFS events, talks, meetings
Volunteers Needed – If you need volunteers for an ME/CFS event or project, place your ad here
Childcare – For people offering free childcare for patients with children, and patients looking for free childcare
Ride Board – For patients looking for rides to doctors’ appointments, shopping and other tasks, and for people offering rides
Free Services – For people volunteering free services such as help filling out disability forms, light housekeeping
Free Stuff – If you are giving something away, post it here
Jobs – If you are patient looking for employment, place your WANTED ad here. If you want to hire an ME/CFS patient, place your OFFERED ad here.
Fundraising – All fundraising events and activities should go here
Currently, AMMES is looking for beta testers to work out the bugs! We need people to post ads, and then give us feedback by filling out a short survey. If there are any kinks in the process, let us know!
You can find AMMES Connect here: https://ammes.org/ammes-connect/ You will have to register to use the AMMES website, but registration is free.
To place an ad go to the right side bar and click on “Place Ad.” That will take you to a form to fill out.
You can also click on Browse ads to see ads that have been placed, or you can search by category. (There won’t be many at this point.)
After you have placed your ad, please go to the right hand bar to Send Us Your Feedback!
Let us know what you think!
HOUSING – As a PME/CFS for over 30 years, plus an Advocate for 27+ years, I’m also a Real Estate Developer who would like to explore providing affordable Housing for those of us who are seeking to recover from ME/CFS. Please reply via email: tritt2@windstream.net
Looking for health care worker to help 40 year old mom with ME/CFS with two 7 and 8 year old children in Santa Fe NM