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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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Peer Mentoring: Recruiting, Training, and Ensuring Longevity (video)
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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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"Neighborhood improvement and recovery is not just for the experts!" That is the motto of Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles, a community outreach program of UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute. NKLA...
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A Community Building Workbook from the Asset Based Community Development Institute. Stories of communities that have found powerful ways to include the individual gifts of people who have been...
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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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At the University of Maryland, College Park, an adult health and development program employs physical and social activities and health education in an intergenerational context that has a solid...
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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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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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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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Often low-income nursing home and assisted living facility residents are unable to advocate for themselves in the areas of social, legal, physical, and mental health. Many of these elders do not have...
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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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A program of gentle weight bearing exercises for seniors and others at risk of or suffering with osteoporosis is being conducted by an RSVP program in conjunction with a local hospital. Classes are...
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The number one killer of older women is cardiovascular disease. Dr. Margie Maddox, Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, designed a five-session program for...
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People on fixed incomes, such as seniors or others in need, often have trouble paying for expensive medications and their options are limited. In a program generated by the Senior Life Cycle of the...
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In Savannah, Georgia, the Senior Companion Program of Senior Citizens, Inc. serves terminally ill seniors through Hospice Savannah, a nonprofit organization providing care and support to patients and...
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Faced with a growing homebound senior population, the Volunteer Center of Orange County needed more volunteers to deliver meals to seniors' homes. Asking local businesses to "adopt a route...
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The RSVP of Elkhart, Indiana, partnered with a local nonprofit service to provide a dial-up newspaper reading service for the visually impaired members of the community. RSVP volunteers read sections...
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Volunteers were at the heart of the Seniors for Habitat project, which joined RSVP and Habitat for Humanity chapters for demonstration projects. Finding devoted volunteers and keeping them satisfied...
