Opportunity Details
87 year old disabled widow, Bernice of Boiling Springs South Carolina, looking for help with her yard.I Want To Mow Your Lawn Inc. is an IRS recognized 501c3 Non-Profit Organization
Providing Free Lawn Care to Senior Citizens, Military Veterans and People with Disabilities.
If you have your own landscaping equipment and have a means to transport it around, we would love for you to join our network of volunteers to help out people like Bernice! Whatever you can do, it's really appreciated.
At your leisure of course!
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
We are a volunteer-driven organization that relies on the energy, talent, and enthusiasm of thousands of people. Because of your help, we can grow and donate nutritious local produce to people in need of fresh, healthy food. We simply could not accomplish our mission without your hard work as a farm volunteer.“Volunteering at Gaining Ground is a time for me to escape the urban rat race and reconnect with the earth. There is an amazing sense of satisfaction one gets from transforming a field full of weeds to one of neat rows of lettuce or beets. The setting is beautiful and the camaraderie shared with the farmers and the other volunteers is something I always look forward to.” -Karin C.
“My team really enjoyed it. Well organized, you know how to host volunteers well! My team loved your passion and felt like they had a greater appreciation for farming.” -Vickie B.
From early April through late October, we depend upon thousands of helping hands working outside with us morning and afternoon. Our community of volunteers is broad-based, often including:
Individuals ages 15 and up
Families with children ages 5 and up
Education groups: schools, colleges, alumni, homeschool coops
Religious groups
Community groups: scouts, camps, senior citizens, civic organizations
Special needs groups
Corporate groups
When you arrive, you walk out through the fields to our farm pavilion. You are welcomed and given an introduction to Gaining Ground and our hunger-relief role. Our farmers explain what’s going on at the farm and the tasks they’ve lined up, based on the the skills and abilities of that day’s volunteers. Then, you work alongside our staff—planting, mulching, cultivating, harvesting, washing… At the end of your visit, our farm staff returns with you to the pavilion to share observations and experiences.
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Having grown up in a time where cellphones were non-existent and when snail mail was one of the most common methods of communication, seniors across Canada would greatly benefit from receiving a handwritten card. Receiving an uplifting card has the ability to create a connection with the community, which many seniors are lacking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Feelings of social isolation and loneliness among our seniors have been serious consequences of the ongoing pandemic, as restrictions reduce the ability to see loved ones face-to-face. By receiving handwritten cards, our goal is to spread some sunshine to as many seniors as possible throughout Canada, and we need your help to do so!
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We are getting about 5-10 voicemails per day to our business line from clients looking for help with yard work. We could use help with someone to monitor the calls in our voicemail platform and regularly perform a quality assurance check. Report on daily or weekly findings, any information that would be useful to disseminate to our network of volunteers. Any familiarity or background in phone call screening is a plus but not required, will train the right person.
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We have Senior married couple both unemployed on fixed income looking for help with Lawn Mowing services throughout Spring, Summer and Fall. If you have the equipment and means to transport it to Stratford, Connecticut, please reach out!
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We have a Senior Citizen named Carol looking for help with her yard work near Aurora Colorado. If you have the landscaping equipment and means to transport it over to help her out, please reach out!
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Helping out with groceries, doing chores, drinking coffee and chat or taking someone for a walk or bike trip. An hour a week can make a difference!It might seem naturally to you, but for some people these things are not that natural. They need an extra hand or companionship.
Do you have an hour a week, or do you want to help out occasionally? Please contact Vrijwilligerspunt.
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Summer is coming!Many elderly people are at home and recreation mainly takes place in their garden. Springtime is the time for maintaince and gardenwork. Cleaning the terrace, pruning, removing old leaves, weed and plant autumbulbs and 'perkgoed'.
Make a difference and help someone in their garden. It takes a few hours to make somebody happy.
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Looking for a Lawn Mowing and Leaf Removal helper in or around Grass Pants, Oregon to help an elderly Senior Citizen (Late 80's) who also served in the Military.