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JANUARY 18, 2010: A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF
YOU'RE INVITED
- Attend a Listening Session to share your thoughts and concerns about meeting the needs of the region's older adults, including volunteer opportunities, and services.
- The next one: at the Orford Senior Center December 29, 2009 at noon.
- Fill out and send in Listening Session Survey.
VOLUNTEER OPPPORTUNITIES
- improve people's health and well-being: lead exercise classes -- RSVP Bone Builders or make Good Morning! telephone reassurance calls to elders living alone, or give people rides to medical appointments, (mileage assistance available.)
- improve chances for offenders who will be re-entering the community: teach inmates at the Grafton County or Sullivan County corrections facilities,using the Thresholds & Decisions curriculum to teach decision making skills.
- enhance public safety: inform the community about disaster preparedness, staff a hot-line, or conduct community patrols
- bridge the communication gap: teach the internet to new "surfers" of all ages, or read aloud to those with impaired vision
- encourage enthusiasm for learning: be a home-work helper at an after-school program, read with Head Start students, or tutor adults
- provide social opportunities for people living in nursing homes: share your musical talents or hobbies
- help older adults stay in their own homes: deliver meals, be a friendly visitor, or help with chores or repairs through Chore Corps.
- and much more!
CHANGING SOMEONE'S LIFE ALSO GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO
- Make new friends
- Do service learning for school
- Complement your resume
- Network with others
- Fulfull court mandated service
- Learn more about your local community
- Change another's life...Your own!
YOU HAVE CHOICES
- Lend the skills you developed over a lifetime
or
learn something new
- Be on-call to serve at your convenience
or
do something on a regularly scheduled basis
or
participate in short term projects
- Do something familiar
or
explore something new
RSVP & THE VOLUNTEER CENTER
- Mobilizes the talents and skills of people of all ages to provide creative solutions to community needs through volunteerism
- Works with local not-for-profit agencies and municipalities meeting community needs
- Matches people with volunteer opportunities that suit their interests, skills, and schedule
- Can design custom volunteer activities
- Provides free supplemental insurance that covers you while you serve
- Offers mileage assistance
- Provides on-going support to volunteers
WE ARE
- Your one stop volunteer shop
- Serving Grafton and Sullivan Counties in New Hampshire
OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS
- Find out who won the RSVP Raffle 2009 prizes drawn December 4th and see pictures of great prizes you missed, and how to contact donors to buy their great stuff!
- Thanks to everyone who attended or helped organize the Haverhill Commons Autumn Festival FUNdraiser 2009 event in memory of Keith Darby, for the benefit of RSVP & The Volunteer Center. Join us next year on Saturday September 11, 2010!
Updated 12/22/2009
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