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Volunteer Visitor

Volunteer in Groups

 
Each of us is a member of some group — whether at work, at play, at worship or in an educational setting. Institutionalized older adults welcome ELDERGIVERS' volunteers whether they come one by one or in groups.

Here are some of the channels through which ELDERGIVERS' volunteers get involved with other volunteers to serve their elders in long-term care facilities:

Corporate Volunteers

Most companies — no matter what size — realize that being a good corporate citizen includes
giving back to their communities. Several San Francisco Bay Area businesses contribute generously
to ELDERGIVERS and support its mission in a variety of ways. Here are some of them:

  1. Employees are given a certain amount of time away from work each month to make volunteer visits to a nursing home resident
  2. Employees are encouraged to undertake a one-time project in a nearby nursing home (e.g. paint the Activity Room, accompany residents on a field trip)
  3. Employees are invited to plan and implement a holiday party
  4. Corporate staff offer their expertise (strategic planning, fundraising,
    event planning, etc.) to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness
    of ELDERGIVERS' operations
  5. An employee participates in ELDERGIVERS as a board member
  6. Pro-bono or below-market office or utility space is provided for
    ELDERGIVERS' administrative or storage function
  7. Your idea here _____________________________________________

Public and Private School Volunteers

Most San Francisco Bay Area schools - public and private - ask their pupils to engage in some form of community service to expand their learning experience beyond the classroom. ELDERGIVERS has substantial practice in creating and maintaining partnerships with K-12 classrooms and long-term care facilities. Staff works carefully with teachers to craft curricula appropriate to the grade level.

College and University Volunteers

ELDERGIVERS collaborates with undergraduate and graduate programs to offer guidance and supervision to interns interested in working with the elderly in an institutional setting - one-on-one, in pairs or in groups.

Volunteers from Affinity Groups

The range of ways in which Bay Area residents gather themselves together in groups around a particular interest — whether it's cars, computers, gardening, travel, cultural similarities — is amazing! Nursing home residents often share these interests, or shared them when they were younger. Some of the women in nursing homes used to be Girl Scouts, for instance. Having a Girl Scout Troop visit is a real treat for them.

If you are interested in linking your company, school or affinity group with elders in a local nursing home, assisted living or retirement center, please contact us.

Faith-based Volunteers

This is where is all started 20 years ago and faith-based congregations are still at the heart of the
ELDERGIVERS Volunteer Visitor Program. Several Bay Area congregations field teams of volunteers who provide nursing home residents with worship services on a regular basis, as well as a range of other activities that nourish their religious and spiritual needs.

Each participating congregation has an ELDERGIVERS' Coordinator with whom our staff work closely to facilitate either individual volunteer or team visits. If your church, parish, synagogue or mosque isn't yet involved in ELDERGIVERS and would like to be, contact us at:

ELDERGIVERS
1755 Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.441.2650
info@eldergivers.org