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2. Identifying Volunteer Opportunities for Older Adults

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   Oct. 13—(Family Features) Tom Thousand spent many years helping low-income residents with home repairs. After retirement, he knew he wanted to continue helping people in his free time. He ...

3. AmeriCorps Seniors - Wikipedia

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   The Senior Companions program is aimed at helping citizens who need extra assistance to live independently, such as adults with disabilities or those with terminal illnesses and their caregivers. Participants provide both emotional and physical support by assisting with simple house chores , providing transportation, and offering companionship.

4. Love For Our Elders - Wikipedia

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   As a regular volunteer at his local senior living community, Jacob Cramer recognized chronic loneliness prevalent among the residents. In 2013, he began handwriting kind, uplifting letters for senior living communities, a program that has since sent more than 300,000 letters around the world. [2] [3] [4]

5. AmeriCorps - Wikipedia

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   The AmeriCorps Seniors umbrella includes three programs that engage seniors aged 55+ in volunteerism: the Foster Grandparents program, through which volunteers teach and mentor children; Senior Companions, through which volunteers help older adults live independently in their homes; and RSVP, through which volunteers can serve in a variety of ...

6. Adult reading charity needs volunteer to expand

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   A charity helping adults learn to read says it needs a literacy specialist as it faces a struggle to expand its work. Read Easy North and West Wiltshire said it wanted an expert to volunteer to ...

7. Jesuit Volunteer Corps - Wikipedia

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   The Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is an organization of lay volunteers who volunteer one year or more to community service with poor communities. JVC works in inner city neighborhoods and rural communities in about 36 different cities throughout the U.S. [1] JVC works with the homeless, abused women and children, immigrants and refugees, the mentally ill, people with HIV/AIDS and other ...