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Matches older adults and adults with disabilities to volunteers to assist with tasks allowing people to remain safely and independently in their own homes.
- Gutter cleaning or window washing (first floor only)
- Handyman tasks (not requiring a professional, includes painting)
- Lawn care (gardening, lawn mowing, spring clean-up, weeding)
- Light house cleaning (basic tasks such as bathrooms, dusting, floors, kitchens, and vacuuming)
- Moving furniture within the home
- Snow removal (shoveling/snow blowing driveway and shoveling sidewalk) provided on a one-time or short-term basis. A limited amount of volunteers provide this, so it may not always be available
- Only available to those living in the Stillwater Area School District #834
Services are part of Community Thread's THRIVE program.
Matches older adults and adults with disabilities to volunteers to assist with tasks allowing people to remain safely and independently in their own homes.
- Gutter cleaning or window washing (first floor only)
- Handyman tasks (not requiring a professional, includes painting)
- Lawn care (gardening, lawn mowing, spring clean-up, weeding)
- Light house cleaning (basic tasks such as bathrooms, dusting, floors, kitchens, and vacuuming)
- Moving furniture within the home
- Snow removal (shoveling/snow blowing driveway and shoveling sidewalk) provided on a one-time or short-term basis. A limited amount of volunteers provide this, so it may not always be available
- Only available to those living in the Stillwater Area School District #834
Services are part of Community Thread's THRIVE program.
Categories
Housekeeping Assistance
Window Washing Volunteer Opportunities
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Lawn Care Volunteer Opportunities
Painting/Wallpapering Volunteer Opportunities
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Yard Maintenance
Residential Snow Shoveling
Provides the following services that increase an individual's opportunity to stay in their own home or apartment:
Support planning:
- Assistance in identifying services and ways to remain at home longer
- Planning for the future as people age or disabilities progress
- Ongoing support
Friendly visiting:
- Volunteers visit with seniors, caregivers and other people facing difficult life situations, sharing their joys and trials
Chores
- Snow removal
- Yard work
Transportation:
- Providing rides for those who are unable to drive or have no means of transportation
Housekeeping:
- Laundry
- Cleaning the home
Note: There may be a waitlist for homemaking services depending on volunteer availability
Simple Home Repair:
- Provides seniors and people with disabilities who need help with simple home repair and modification
Volunteer options available for people interested in assisting with homemaking, snow removal, and transportation.
Provides the following services that increase an individual's opportunity to stay in their own home or apartment:
Support planning:
- Assistance in identifying services and ways to remain at home longer
- Planning for the future as people age or disabilities progress
- Ongoing support
Friendly visiting:
- Volunteers visit with seniors, caregivers and other people facing difficult life situations, sharing their joys and trials
Chores
- Snow removal
- Yard work
Transportation:
- Providing rides for those who are unable to drive or have no means of transportation
Housekeeping:
- Laundry
- Cleaning the home
Note: There may be a waitlist for homemaking services depending on volunteer availability
Simple Home Repair:
- Provides seniors and people with disabilities who need help with simple home repair and modification
Volunteer options available for people interested in assisting with homemaking, snow removal, and transportation.
Categories
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
General Paratransit/Community Ride Programs
Housekeeping Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Homemaker Assistance
Paratransit Driver Volunteer Opportunities
Senior Ride Programs
Yard Maintenance
Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities
In Home Care Service is a licensed service that provides an individualized assistance plan to help maintain and support healthy independent aging in the home and community. Aging individuals receive assistance in their home from a trained staff with a daily personal plan which can include household maintenance (laundry/cleaning), personal cares, and/or home management (phone calls, organizing, reading mail, arranging appointments), and socialization.
In Home Care Service is a licensed service that provides an individualized assistance plan to help maintain and support healthy independent aging in the home and community. Aging individuals receive assistance in their home from a trained staff with a daily personal plan which can include household maintenance (laundry/cleaning), personal cares, and/or home management (phone calls, organizing, reading mail, arranging appointments), and socialization.
Categories
Low Income
Secretarial Assistance
Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities
Leaf Raking Volunteer Opportunities
Housekeeping Assistance
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Older Adults
Yard Maintenance
Window Washing Volunteer Opportunities
Provides the following supportive services:
- Adopt-a-Grandparent
- Assisted Transportation - age 60 and older
- Chore services
- Eldercare
- Family Caregiver
- Friendly visits and phone calls
- Furniture for Families
- Grocery shopping
- Home accessibility accessories installed - grab bars
- Household goods
- Lawn mowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling
- Light housekeeping
- Living with Memory Loss (for those who are living with memory loss)
- Medical appointments
- Medical equipment
- Minor home repairs
- Necessary errands
- Parkinson's
- Seasonal yard work
- Support for seniors to remain living at home as long as possible
- Volunteer opportunities
- Youth mission work
Provides the following supportive services:
- Adopt-a-Grandparent
- Assisted Transportation - age 60 and older
- Chore services
- Eldercare
- Family Caregiver
- Friendly visits and phone calls
- Furniture for Families
- Grocery shopping
- Home accessibility accessories installed - grab bars
- Household goods
- Lawn mowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling
- Light housekeeping
- Living with Memory Loss (for those who are living with memory loss)
- Medical appointments
- Medical equipment
- Minor home repairs
- Necessary errands
- Parkinson's
- Seasonal yard work
- Support for seniors to remain living at home as long as possible
- Volunteer opportunities
- Youth mission work
Categories
Housekeeping Assistance
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Lawn Care Volunteer Opportunities
Errand Running/Shopping Volunteer Opportunities
Beds
Parkinson's Disease
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Grandparents
Outreach Programs
Friendly Visiting
Electrician Volunteer Opportunities
General Furniture Provision
Residential Snow Shoveling
Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities
Caregiver Issues
Youth
Leaf Raking Volunteer Opportunities
Kitchenware
Handyworker Volunteer Opportunities
General Household Goods Provision
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Friendly Telephoning Volunteer Opportunities
Yard Maintenance
Provides assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners who do not have family members available to help with household chores.
May be able to help with:
- Cleaning gutters and downspouts
- Cleaning and changing screen windows/doors
- Raking leaves, mowing lawns, and shoveling snow
- Trimming bushes
- Small home repairs
- Railing and grab bar installation
Provides assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners who do not have family members available to help with household chores.
May be able to help with:
- Cleaning gutters and downspouts
- Cleaning and changing screen windows/doors
- Raking leaves, mowing lawns, and shoveling snow
- Trimming bushes
- Small home repairs
- Railing and grab bar installation
Categories
Carpentry Volunteer Opportunities
Plumbing Volunteer Opportunities
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Yard Maintenance
Residential Snow Shoveling
Handyworker Volunteer Opportunities
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
- Ambassador: Greeting visitors at History Center events; representing the History Center at county fair and other events; ticket takers
- Archives and Library: Inventory; patron assistance; record gathering and computer entry; scanning and digitizing
- Collections: Artifact rehousing and cleaning; inventorying and cataloging
- Concessions: Handling money and food at Roosters baseball home games
- Exhibits: Construction and fabrication; proofreading; research
- Indoor Work: Assistance with mailings; data entry; front desk assistant; gallery and archive light cleaning; gift shop assistant
- Outdoor Work: Lawn mowing; seasonal clean up; snow plowing; tilling
- Storytelling: Mayowood docent and tour assistant; museum gallery docent; Stoppel Farm docent; trolley tour docent
- Ambassador: Greeting visitors at History Center events; representing the History Center at county fair and other events; ticket takers
- Archives and Library: Inventory; patron assistance; record gathering and computer entry; scanning and digitizing
- Collections: Artifact rehousing and cleaning; inventorying and cataloging
- Concessions: Handling money and food at Roosters baseball home games
- Exhibits: Construction and fabrication; proofreading; research
- Indoor Work: Assistance with mailings; data entry; front desk assistant; gallery and archive light cleaning; gift shop assistant
- Outdoor Work: Lawn mowing; seasonal clean up; snow plowing; tilling
- Storytelling: Mayowood docent and tour assistant; museum gallery docent; Stoppel Farm docent; trolley tour docent
Categories
Filing Volunteer Opportunities
Leaf Raking Volunteer Opportunities
Concessions Volunteer Opportunities
Storytelling Volunteer Opportunities
Gardening Volunteer Opportunities
Usher/Ticket Taker Volunteer Opportunities
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Data Entry/Word Processing Volunteer Opportunities
Receptionist Volunteer Opportunities
Lawn Care Volunteer Opportunities
Sales/Cashier Volunteer Opportunities
Historic Preservation Volunteer Opportunities
- Ambassador: Greeting visitors at History Center events; representing the History Center at county fair and other events; ticket takers
- Archives and Library: Inventory; patron assistance; record gathering and computer entry; scanning and digitizing
- Collections: Artifact rehousing and cleaning; inventorying and cataloging
- Concessions: Handling money and food at Roosters baseball home games
- Exhibits: Construction and fabrication; proofreading; research
- Indoor Work: Assistance with mailings; data entry; front desk assistant; gallery and archive light cleaning; gift shop assistant
- Outdoor Work: Lawn mowing; seasonal clean up; snow plowing; tilling
- Storytelling: Mayowood docent and tour assistant; museum gallery docent; Stoppel Farm docent; trolley tour docent
- Ambassador: Greeting visitors at History Center events; representing the History Center at county fair and other events; ticket takers
- Archives and Library: Inventory; patron assistance; record gathering and computer entry; scanning and digitizing
- Collections: Artifact rehousing and cleaning; inventorying and cataloging
- Concessions: Handling money and food at Roosters baseball home games
- Exhibits: Construction and fabrication; proofreading; research
- Indoor Work: Assistance with mailings; data entry; front desk assistant; gallery and archive light cleaning; gift shop assistant
- Outdoor Work: Lawn mowing; seasonal clean up; snow plowing; tilling
- Storytelling: Mayowood docent and tour assistant; museum gallery docent; Stoppel Farm docent; trolley tour docent
Categories
Filing Volunteer Opportunities
Leaf Raking Volunteer Opportunities
Concessions Volunteer Opportunities
Storytelling Volunteer Opportunities
Gardening Volunteer Opportunities
Usher/Ticket Taker Volunteer Opportunities
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Data Entry/Word Processing Volunteer Opportunities
Receptionist Volunteer Opportunities
Lawn Care Volunteer Opportunities
Sales/Cashier Volunteer Opportunities
Historic Preservation Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers assist with various services, including Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Meals on Wheels, Senior Café, Home Safety Visits, Family Access Center, Fundraising and Visibility Events, and Board of Directors opportunities.
- Assurance/friendly visit calls
- Caregiver Respite Volunteer
- Child care
- Companionship visits
- Event planning/fundraising
- Food box assembly
- Food box/Meals on Wheels delivery driver
- Food distribution
- Food donation pick up
- Grocery shopping
- Handy worker
- Home safety check
- Household helper (housekeeping)
- Interpreter
- Laundry helper
- Lawn mowing/yard work
- Packing/moving
- Painting
- Paratransit driver/transportation
- Snow removal
- Student tutor
- Technology assistance
Volunteers assist with various services, including Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Meals on Wheels, Senior Café, Home Safety Visits, Family Access Center, Fundraising and Visibility Events, and Board of Directors opportunities.
- Assurance/friendly visit calls
- Caregiver Respite Volunteer
- Child care
- Companionship visits
- Event planning/fundraising
- Food box assembly
- Food box/Meals on Wheels delivery driver
- Food distribution
- Food donation pick up
- Grocery shopping
- Handy worker
- Home safety check
- Household helper (housekeeping)
- Interpreter
- Laundry helper
- Lawn mowing/yard work
- Packing/moving
- Painting
- Paratransit driver/transportation
- Snow removal
- Student tutor
- Technology assistance
Categories
Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities
Leaf Raking Volunteer Opportunities
Meal Preparation/Serving Volunteer Opportunities
Computer Literacy Volunteer Opportunities
Food Collection Volunteer Opportunities
Painting/Wallpapering Volunteer Opportunities
Errand Running/Shopping Volunteer Opportunities
Meal Delivery Volunteer Opportunities
Respite/Home Health Care Volunteer Opportunities
Tutoring Volunteer Opportunities
Fundraising Event Volunteer Opportunities
Child Care Volunteer Opportunities
Food Sorting/Packing Volunteer Opportunities
Donations Pickup Volunteer Opportunities
Lawn Care Volunteer Opportunities
Handyworker Volunteer Opportunities
Friendly Telephoning Volunteer Opportunities
Paratransit Driver Volunteer Opportunities
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Adopt-a-block volunteer program: Raking, shoveling, and home repairs.
Mentor program: Connects mentors in the community to work with residents to coach, counsel, teach, or model successful behaviors. Mentors are asked to commit to 1 year, 8 hours per week.
Never Again, ex-offender services: Part of the housing with services program, these services focus on supporting long-term change. Includes career assistance.
Spiritual fishing trips/retreats: Takes residents on fishing adventures that double as spiritual retreats.
Veteran Outreach: Shelter or transitional housing, support groups for things like alcohol and drug use, medical appointment transportation.
Adopt-a-block volunteer program: Raking, shoveling, and home repairs.
Mentor program: Connects mentors in the community to work with residents to coach, counsel, teach, or model successful behaviors. Mentors are asked to commit to 1 year, 8 hours per week.
Never Again, ex-offender services: Part of the housing with services program, these services focus on supporting long-term change. Includes career assistance.
Spiritual fishing trips/retreats: Takes residents on fishing adventures that double as spiritual retreats.
Veteran Outreach: Shelter or transitional housing, support groups for things like alcohol and drug use, medical appointment transportation.
Categories
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Yard Maintenance
Homeless Veterans
Residential Snow Shoveling
Lawn Care Volunteer Opportunities
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Handyworker Volunteer Opportunities
Adult Mentoring Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities
Snow Clearance Volunteer Opportunities
Fishing
Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Veterans