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Presents an 8-minute film about the power of community partnerships. Describes the benefits of Senior Companions, Foster Grandparents, and Retired and Senior Volunteer Programs. Includes the...
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The Wisconsin Intergenerational Network (WIN), a program of the Dane County RSVP, accepted the challenge of generating interest in the Corporation for National and Community Service’s SaYES...
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North Dakota State University, sponsor of six regional RSVP programs in the state, has formed an innovative partnership with the North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service agents to train RSVP...
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In collaboration with local judicial and law enforcement authorities and a nonprofit child-advocacy organization, RSVP of Allen County, Indiana supplies books and tape-recorders to inmates of a...
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Seniors experience many health benefits as a result of volunteering, including increased levels of exercise. A Senior Corps program in Michigan uses pedometers to encourage their 150 senior...
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From the perspective of a potential volunteer, a volunteer fair is a great way to become familiar with different organizations, and to explore opportunities by talking with representatives in a...
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During summer break Foster Grandparents from the Mexia State School Foster Grandparent Program partnered with local city libraries to provide reading programs for children with special reading needs...
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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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The internet is a great place to find funding opportunities from federal, state, and local agencies. Funding is also available from the Corporation for National and Community Service and...
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During wartime, families whose members include military personnel are often separated and/or relocated. At a military base in El Paso, Texas, Foster Grandparents provide emotional and academic...
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Homeland security needs call for a cadre of trained volunteers. Recruitment and training can be easy with the collaboration and support of community and faith-based organizations, and by offering a...
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In Franklin County, Washington, RSVP volunteers participate in the Franklin County Emergency Management Agency's annual disaster drills conducted at the Pasco Regional Airport. As part of a daylong...
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The Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) of Memphis, Tennessee sponsors the Senior Companion program serving the Memphis area and three outlying counties. In 2002, 95 Senior Companions served...
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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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Collaboration is an effective method for national service organizations and other volunteer agencies to meet common goals. This effective practice describes some of the benefits of cross-agency...
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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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The Salvation Army Senior Companion Program (SCP) in Newark, New Jersey, has 105 Senior Companions serving 384 clients in Essex and Hudson counties in northern New Jersey (2002). Services are...
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Service agencies have staffing requirements that need to be communicated to volunteers so they know what opportunities are available. Extrapolating from Robert Kennedy's idea that a small ripple...
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RSVP volunteers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are assisting police by helping with office work that would otherwise pull officers away from their focus on citizen safety. Volunteers log in...
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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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Use local businesses, media outlets, and service agencies in your community as resources for targeting potential senior volunteers. This effective practice suggests several ideas for targeted...
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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...
