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Provides volunteers to help seniors in the community with daily tasks, encouragement to remain active, errands, transportation, and other services. Also provide companionship to seniors. Caring companion volunteers are adults 50 and older.
Offers volunteer drivers who provide safe, affordable, and flexible supplemental transportation for worship services, medical appointments, access to Metro Transit, shopping local businesses (grocery stores, food shelves), community services (volunteer or social events), and running errands.
Volunteer drivers use their personal vehicles and have passed a background check. Volunteer opportunities include driver, dispatcher, sponsor, and rider registrar.
Volunteer drivers provide transportation to dental and medical appointments for Blue Plus, Medica, Medical Assistance, South Country, and UCare clients
Older adults may also use this service to access medical, dental, personal appointments, and congregate dining
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
What's Here
- Drivers for transportation program. Drivers must have a clean driving record, be willing to contribute 1-2 hours per ride, and can provide assistance through flexible scheduling based upon their availability.
- Gala Volunteer Coordinator assists the Committee Chair by providing with assistance in procuring volunteers to support the Gala, as well as to coordinate those volunteers.
- Group Respite volunteers who aid with facilitation of Group Respite activities, providing clients with additional one-on-one assistance.
- HOME mentors support older adults with housing transition.
- In-kind donations for silent auction, PPE, and necessary office supplies.
- Mailing volunteers assist with mailings that occur on a semi-annual basis.
- Male respite care 2 - 5 hours per week
- Office and Development volunteers can provide clerical assistance in organizing event-related files and folders, making calls, writing and sending thank you cards, etc.
- Receptionist
- Silent Auction Volunteers work with 10-20 assigned/self-selected businesses/individuals in the community who are able to provide Elder Network with donated goods or services for their silent auction at the annual gala in September.
- Social Media Volunteers help to develop content for social media account by collecting client testimonials, taking photographs, and helping draft content for the social media posts.
- Socialization volunteers for friendly visitor program 1 - 2 hours per week
- Technology assistance program volunteers to teach older adults how to use tablets to converse on Zoom and other digital platforms 1 - 2 hours per week
What's Here
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
What's Here
Volunteer drivers provide transportation to dental and medical appointments for Blue Plus, Medica, Medical Assistance, South Country, and UCare clients Seniors may also use this service to access medical, dental or personal appointments, and congregate dining
Provides countywide public transit through a dial-a-ride system offering door-to-door and curb-to-curb transportation for all residents, including accessible rides for individuals with disabilities. Offers volunteer driver opportunties.
Offers one-way and round-trip rides locally and out-of-town for seniors, able to be used up to twice a week, or three times a week for medical appointments
- Drivers for transportation program. Drivers must have a clean driving record, be willing to contribute 1-2 hours per ride, and can provide assistance through flexible scheduling based upon their availability.
- Gala Volunteer Coordinator assists the Committee Chair by providing with assistance in procuring volunteers to support the Gala, as well as to coordinate those volunteers.
- Group Respite volunteers who aid with facilitation of Group Respite activities, providing clients with additional one-on-one assistance.
- HOME mentors support older adults with housing transition.
- In-kind donations for silent auction, PPE, and necessary office supplies.
- Mailing volunteers assist with mailings that occur on a semi-annual basis.
- Male respite care 2 - 5 hours per week
- Office and Development volunteers can provide clerical assistance in organizing event-related files and folders, making calls, writing and sending thank you cards, etc.
- Receptionist
- Silent Auction Volunteers work with 10-20 assigned/self-selected businesses/individuals in the community who are able to provide Elder Network with donated goods or services for their silent auction at the annual gala in September.
- Social Media Volunteers help to develop content for social media account by collecting client testimonials, taking photographs, and helping draft content for the social media posts.
- Socialization volunteers for friendly visitor program 1 - 2 hours per week
- Technology assistance program volunteers to teach older adults how to use tablets to converse on Zoom and other digital platforms 1 - 2 hours per week
What's Here
Provides door-to-door transportation rides. Volunteer opportunities and training is available to those interested in being a driver. Transportation rides are for:
- Medical and other health appointments
- Shopping and errands
- Social and congregational events
NOTE: Rides are not wheelchair accessible
Transportation and companionship provided on an ongoing basis to isolated seniors.
Provides volunteers to help seniors in the community with daily tasks, encouragement to remain active, errands, transportation, and other services. Also provide companionship to seniors. Caring companion volunteers are adults 50 and older.
Offers one-way and round-trip rides locally and out-of-town for seniors, able to be used up to twice a week, or three times a week for medical appointments
Volunteer drivers provide transportation to dental and medical appointments for Blue Plus, Medica, Medical Assistance, South Country, and UCare clients
Older adults may also use this service to access medical, dental, personal appointments, and congregate dining
Volunteer commitments are individualized. Volunteering opportunities include:
- Chore/Housekeeping
- Errands/Shopping
- Friendly Visit
- Handyman/Yardwork
- Respite
- Transportation
Offers one-way and round-trip rides locally and out-of-town for seniors, able to be used up to twice a week, or three times a week for medical appointments
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
What's Here
Offers volunteer opportunities. Volunteers assist clients by providing transportation, friendly home visits, mentoring children as a Big Brother or Big Sister, and helping with annual Sharing Tree and Food Basket projects.
Volunteer drivers provide transportation to dental and medical appointments for Blue Plus, Medica, Medical Assistance, South Country, and UCare clients
Older adults may also use this service to access medical, dental, personal appointments, and congregate dining
Volunteers are needed in many areas. Shelter volunteer positions: - Cleaning - Child tutoring - On-call advocacy - Food delivery - Food service - Childcare Resource center volunteer positions: - Childcare - Cleaning - Educational empowerment tutor General opportunities: - Administration - Fundraising Professional volunteers: - Hair stylists - Massage therapists - Helping professions
Volunteer drivers provide transportation to dental and medical appointments for Blue Plus, Medica, Medical Assistance, South Country, and UCare clients Older adults may also use this service to access medical, dental, personal appointments, and congregate dining
Offers various ways to volunteer within the community including:
- Chore services
- Friendly visitation/phone call
- Transportation assistance
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.
What's Here
Public Programming: Workshops, Meals On Wheels delivery, Coffee Connection (Monday – Thursday 9:30 am – 12 pm), weekly activities (education hour, arts and crafts, games, and more), Bone Builders (Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 am – 10:30 am), Finland Community Senior Meal (2nd Wednesday 11:30 am – 1 pm), non-medical nail care and blood pressure clinics (3rd Thursday 9 am – 3 pm), monthly foot care clinics (call for dates).
Resources: Technology support (Tech Tuesdays – volunteer-led assistance Tuesdays, 11 am – 2 pm) and referrals, free tax preparation (VITA), Medicare workshops (during open enrollment), legal kiosk, medical equipment loan closet, and Per Mar medical alert system setup.
Volunteer Opportunities: Casual volunteer, Driver, friendly visitor/caller, fundraising volunteer, garden helper, governance volunteer, pet therapy volunteer, program assistant or leader, tax helper, and tech support volunteer.