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Sample RSVP community survey aimed at identifying community needs and potential volunteers. Submitted by RSVP of Iowa City.
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A small, coastal Oregon town that has experienced many transitions in employment and lifestyle has come together around community-wide service-learning projects that benefit its citizens. Their...
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Every year Americans lose over 40 billion dollars in telemarketing, investment, and charity fraud. Research shows that vulnerable seniors are less likely to fall prey to telemarketing scams when...
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In an effort both to raise funds and to serve the community, Florida Gulf Coast University's Center for Civic Engagement holds a basket making competition each year in which university groups compete...
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Answering the President's "call to service" resulted in the Ohio Community Service Council partnering with other lead service organizations in creating Citizen Corps in that state. County...
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At Greenbriar Elementary in Anderson, Indiana, preschoolers with disabilities are paired with older alternative students who are encouraged to help them with varied activities. With supervision from...
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RSVP volunteers and other national and community service members and volunteers support the efforts of small faith-based and secular community groups. Fifty-two senior volunteers with the RSVP of...
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Volunteers with RSVP present a ready population that is able and willing to participate in homeland security efforts. RSVP programs seeking new ways to appropriately utilize seniors in this capacity...
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Homeland security brings together community partners in an effort to prepare, mitigate, and if necessary, respond to disasters and other emergencies. RSVP volunteers serving in southeastern Vermont...
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Leadership programs for seniors allow retirees to become vitally involved in the future of their communities. The Leadership Asheville Seniors, a program of the North Carolina Center for Creative...
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Bus riders in Anchorage, Alaska, needed a clean, safe, and warm place to catch the bus. Due to the efforts of the RSVP of Anchorage, what had been a filthy, gang-infested place that people moved...
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Because there is no home pickup for recycling in Cascade County, Montana, the Cascade County RSVP organized a recycling program. Approximately 187 volunteers collect and transport materials from...
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RSVP volunteers in Orange County, California, are assisting law enforcement agencies by performing many non-risk tasks that would otherwise pull officers away from their focus on citizen safety....
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Several Senior Corps programs have small training projects that share computer basics with seniors by obtaining donated computers, setting them up in community locations, and offering classes or...
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It may be difficult for poor families to provide books for their toddlers and young children. During this one-day event, held on Make A Difference Day, books were collected for 75 families in...
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A collaborative project that involves RSVP volunteers, post office staff, elementary school teachers, and after-school programs provides a way for children to write to Santa Claus and get a reply by...
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Many seniors want to become computer literate, both to serve others and to benefit themselves, but they often have trouble finding suitable training. A large training program at the Lubbock, Texas,...
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Volunteers working as individuals can accomplish many things, but volunteers working together as a team, with effective leadership, can accomplish much more. The Seniors for Habitat initiative...
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Through the Treasure Valley, Idaho RSVP, the seniors at Chateau de Boise have started a mutually beneficial relationship with local nonprofits in their area. The Chateau de Boise Craft Club gives...
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Cellular phones with discontinued service can be used for 911 emergency calls without having to pay monthly service fees. Collecting donated cell phones, and distributing them to low-income seniors,...
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At-risk youth often can benefit from hearing how others have overcome adversity and turned their lives around. RSVP volunteers in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, provide support, wisdom and advice to youth...
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The research study, Effective Practices of Foster Grandparents in Head Start Centers, was conducted by Westat, Inc. for the Corporation for National and Community Service in 1998. Findings from...
