Opportunity Details

For over 40 years, Union Settlement has provided Meals on Wheels to East Harlem's older residents that are often economically struggling and living alone. Our Meals on Wheels program currently serves approximately 450 homebound seniors each day by providing two meals to those in need.

Volunteers with Meals on Wheels assist our program staff with the packing and delivery of meals. As a group, volunteers pack hot and cold meals and prepare them for delivery in carriers. The volunteers are then split into 2-3 smaller teams and go on established delivery routes with staff to deliver the meals. Our volunteers give homebound seniors a chance to interact and see a smiling face while also receiving the meals they need.

Alternative date for those who cannot attend on Friday: Saturday, April 29th

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Packing & Delivering Meals	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Fair Haven provides residential care and affordable housing to more than 350 seniors at two facilities in Burnaby and Vancouver. This is a VCH site operated by the United Church of Canada Society; it is a multicultural & multi-faith facility.

At the Vancouver location, volunteers are needed to refresh two courtyard gardens for spring. Tasks include weeding courtyards, planting annuals, and painting the trim of a shed. The courtyard gardens are a hub of activity and social life for the residents, and are in need of renewal after winter weather.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
air Haven Residential Care Home Courtyard Refresh	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Kiwanis Care Centre is a 189 bed residential care facility operated by Vancouver Coastal Health for older adults, located in North Vancouver.

Volunteers are needed to spruce up the grounds after winter, with tasks including garden clean-up, painting a small shed and oil-teaking wooden outdoor furniture.

Dress for the outdoors and hands-on work! The team at Kiwanis Care Centre would be very appreciative if volunteers could bring a few shovels/gardening tools to help out with the project.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Kiwanis Yard Refresh - Gardening	10	n/a	n/a
Kiwanis Yard Refresh - Shed Painting	10	n/a	n/a
Kiwanis Yard Refresh - Wooden Furniture Refinishing	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

George Pearson Centre is a long term residential care facility located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, owned and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.

The team at GPC are seeking a team to help spruce the patio gardens up for spring. Volunteers will be planting annuals in hanging baskets, filling planter boxes with soil using wheelbarrows, planting annuals or perennial plants in planter pots/boxes/gardens on 5 different ward patios.

Please dress appropriately for gardening, rain or shine. Bring your gardening gloves and trowel if you have them!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
George Pearson Garden Renewal	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Adanac Park Lodge is a residential care home in East Vancouver providing housing and support to 73 individuals. The residents at APL have complex healthcare needs and cognitive impairment related to brain injury, mental illness and dementia. The APL resident community is younger than most care homes. Currently, 70% of the residents at APL are between ages 31 and 70.

We are delighted to have welcomed amazing teams of Telus volunteers to Adanac Park Lodge (APL) for the past two years. This year we would like to welcome volunteers back to assist us with a spring garden & building clean-up and a celebratory lunch. I can’t think of a better way to welcome the summer season!

Team members will be working along side staff and residents to clean up our gardens, plant spring flowers and sort through some unwanted items around the building. We will be cleaning garden beds & pots, replenishing soil and planting shrubs & flowers. We will also been sorting through recycling and unwanted items around the building for removal. A bin will be on site for the day.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Adanac Park Lodge Spring Garden Clean-up	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Help prepare, package, and deliver Meals-on-Wheels to our clients with reduced autonomy.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Meals-on-Wheels kitchen AM	3	n/a	n/a
Meals-on-Wheels kitchen PM	3	n/a	n/a
Meals-on-Wheels deliveries	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

United Way of Northern New Jersey is seeking the assistance of area residents to sign up as volunteer tax preparers to help ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and poverty-level households throughout the northern New Jersey region avoid the high cost of preparation fees during tax season. Despite working hard, ALICE workers struggle to afford life's basics.

No experience required! A free training program provides all the information needed to prepare both federal and state tax returns and to become an IRS-certified tax prep volunteer. Training is offered both online and in person.

Serving as a volunteer tax preparer is a tangible way to give back to the community and help your fellow neighbors in need. During the last tax season, volunteers helped United Way and its partners file more than 5,600 tax returns across the region, saving ALICE households an estimated $1.5 million in tax preparation fees.

Along with becoming a volunteer tax preparer, there are other opportunities to get involved during tax season. Volunteers are also needed to:

Greet clients and assist with necessary paperwork

Provide translation services

Help residents find additional community services that may be available to them

Offer administrative support, such as scheduling and other office tasks

For more information or to volunteer, contact Monica.Conover@UnitedWayNNJ.org.

Opportunity Details

Volunteers are needed to assist with monthly court appointed home visits to our clients.

Training will be provided.

Opportunity Details

Volunteers are an integral part of Carter Burden Network's 50+ years of success. Volunteers share in our dedication to ensure that older people live safely and with dignity, and help to overcome food insecurity to vulnerable NYC older adults.

Corporate volunteer opportunities include:
- Meal Service & Socialization in our 4 older adult centers (small and large groups welcomed and we offer customized corporate service days).
- Meal Delivery to homebound older adults
- Class Instruction (crafting, holiday card making & computer classes, etc.)
- Special Projects (gardening, painting and renovating, etc.)
- Special Events & Holidays

Weekday and weekend volunteer opportunities available.

If you are interested in volunteering with CBN, please contact Jenny Moreno, Director of Volunteer Services at morenoj@carterburdennetwork.org

Opportunity Details

The mission of the Our Gang Clubhouse is to provide a fun and comfortable “clubhouse” environment for persons with dementia. Participants enjoy a welcoming atmosphere and the opportunity to join in activities with their friends. Volunteers assist the Coordinator in helping participants take part in the activities. A mind, body & soul focus in used in planning each session.
Volunteers are asked to attend a minimum of one day a month. Due to the training involved, a year commitment is requested.
The Our Gang Clubhouse meets at Alzheimer’s Orange County on the 2nd and 4th Friday and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturday of the month.
Volunteers must be present from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM in order to assist with set-up, prep activities and cleanup for breakfast and lunch.
Volunteers may participate in suggesting activity ideas.

Volunteers in the Clubhouse should be comfortable in a social setting and have a warm and understanding demeanor. Experience working with individuals with memory loss is preferred, but not required.

All volunteers are required to attend New Volunteer Orientation, 2 on-line courses, a confidentiality form and complete HIPAA training and a background check

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Our Gang Clubhouse Volunteer	no limit	n/a	n/a