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S.A.L.T. (Seniors & Law Together)
Paid Referral Services
Once again this year, the Adult Center provided holiday baskets to our Meals on Wheels recipients. These baskets served two purposes - to cheer the homebound seniors during the holiday season and to provide a supply of food items for emergency situations when we are unable to deliver their Meals on Wheels. We had a dedicated group of volunteers filling the baskets in addition to those who delivered them. Our appreciation to all our volunteers who participated in this necessary project: Deanna Yeager, Jeanne Mango, Sandy Tieman, Judy Sachs, Debbie Dakers, Taylor Dakers, Hilary Tatum, Vicki Kiss, Linda Arthur, David Arthur, Mona Swanson, Joanna Krol, Anamarie Friberg, Marilyn Hurst, Margaret Jenkins, and Fred Wilochka. Our meals recipients join us in thanking you for your time and effort.
Congratulations to Jim Nodurf for receiving one of the Reminder Publication's Hometown Hero Awards. Jim is one of our Meals on Wheels drivers and is a dedicated volunteer at Boland Elementary School in Springfield. He will be one of 14 heroes honored at an awards ceremony on February 4th at the Log Cabin. For more information contact Reminder Publications at 525-6661 ext.110.
The Senior Readers program is a wonderful intergenerational program where our volunteers read to children in the town's three elementary schools once a week. The program is coordinated by Phyllis Bogert and has been ongoing for 15 years. We are still looking for several energetic volunteers to join our group as either a permanent reader or a substitute. Call our volunteer coordinator, Ellen Gold, at 565-4150, if you are interested in participating in this wonderful program.
Since there are many of our volunteers taking vacations during the winter months, we find ourselves once again looking for Meals on Wheels drivers and Errand Runners. The Meals on Wheels route consist of approximately 20 homes in Longmeadow and requires about 2 hours to complete, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. We ask for a commitment of one day per month and offer a very flexible schedule. Substitute drivers are available for backup in emergencies and bad weather. Errand Runners take Longmeadow residents to doctor's appointments on a very flexible schedule and you have the option of accepting or declining to drive when you are called. Please contact Ellen at 565-4150 for further information.
ERRAND RUNNERS
- - Volunteers are called
upon to help a senior do a small errand, marketing, a Doctor's
appointment, etc. The volunteer may accept or refuse the request.
The volunteer gets to know the senior while helping out at the
same time and all that is needed is a car and a helping hand.
ATTENTION TEENS! The Longmeadow
Adult Center has a referral program to help elders in town by
doing small projects, lawn work or snow removal. The elder will
pay a reasonable fee to the teen for the task. Please register
your name with The Center at 565-4150 between 9AM and 3PM Monday-Friday
if you can help out with lawn and clean-up work, snow removal,
or just moving small items for an elder. This is a great way
to earn extra cash while helping a senior.
WORKSHOP LEADERS - Are you
a retired professional who is interested in sharing your expertise
on a volunteer basis to act as instructors or facilitators at
the Longmeadow Adult Center? Do you have an interest in Opera,
Civil War History, Stock Market, Economics, Current Events or
Foreign Languages? Is there a special talent or collection you
would like to share?
VOLUNTEER SOLICITOR - If
you love to chat and meet new people, help recruit new sponsors
for our monthly newsletter "The Voice" and become part
of our volunteer team.
SPECIAL EVENTS- Once a month
or whenever a special meal is served due to a holiday, volunteers
perform Kitchen, Dining Room and/or Decoration duties.
TELEPHONE OUTREACH: Call
l or 2 seniors each week as reassurance. Volunteer should be
compassionate and friendly on the phone.
VCR INSTRUCTOR: Teach a senior
how to use a VCR so they might record and play back shows or
movies.
CHORAL GROUP - Join the "Meadowlarks"
and sing at special occasions to entertain elders. Volunteers
meet periodically for rehearsals and performances for seniors
within the Town of Longmeadow.
MAPLE TREE GIFT SHOPPE: CLERK - The
Maple Tree Gift Shoppe, located at The Center has two shifts
each day, Monday through Friday, with morning hours from 9:00
a.m. to noon and the afternoon from noon to 3:00 p.m. The volunteer
will accept donations, price, display and sell items. If you
like people and being creative, you will certainly enjoy working
in our Gift Shoppe.
NEWSLETTER SOLICITOR - Help recruit new sponsors for our monthly newsletter.
NEWSLETTER COLLATOR - Volunteers gather at the Adult Center on the last Tuesday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to collate approximately 2,500 newsletters. This is a great way to meet new friends while getting a very important task completed.
NEWSLETTER DRIVER - After collating, monthly newsletters are brought to area stores, banks, town library, Town Hall, etc.
NEWSLETTER PRINTING - The monthly newsletter
is brought down to the printer and a few days later they are
picked up and brought back to the Adult Center for collating.
INTERGENERATIONAL
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
BRIDGES
PROGRAM AT GLENBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL -
Get to know a couple of the students and write a few letters
to them is all that is necessary to become part of this important
program. All the seniors involved with this program are invited
to the school at the end of the year for a final farewell party.
We can all learn a lot from these very astute youngsters.
GRANDPALS PROGRAM - If you are interested in becoming involved in the Grandpals program, please call 565-4150. This program involves letter writing to Mrs. Rushbrook's third grade class at Center School and meetings with these delightful children at the beginning of the school year and again in May to say goodbye. Both the seniors and children have reaped much enjoyment in the past years, and we hope that this year will prove to do the same in bringing together two generations.
SENIOR READER - Volunteers read to kindergarten, first
and second graders in Longmeadow Elementary Schools for one-half
hour once a week during the school year. If you prefer, your
name can be put on our substitute list to be called when the
regular reader is not available. If interested in finding out
more about this program, please contact the Adult Center. If
you are interested in joining this very dedicated group of readers,
please contact Volunteer Chairperson, Phyllis Bogert at 567-5285
for more info.
LUNCH
PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES
LUNCHES
SERVED IN OUR DINING ROOM - Did you know that lunch is served in our Dining
Room at Greenwood Park Monday-Friday starting at 11:45 a.m.?
Our menus are listed in our Senior Voice and the cost is only
$2.00. All you need to do is call no later than 10:00 a.m. the
morning you plan to attend. Come visit and check out our volunteer
programs while here!!!!
DINING ROOM ASSISTANTS - If you can spare one or more mornings a week, please consider helping out in our Dining Room which is open Monday-Friday helping to serve the noontime meal. The volunteer sets tables, serve dinners while chatting with patrons, and helps with clean-up. Hours are about 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Call 565-4150 for more info.
MEALS-ON-WHEELS DRIVERS NEEDED: Meals-On-Wheels Drivers are needed to deliver the noontime meal to elders in town. Training is provided. If you have a car and can spare a few hours at least one or more days per month, please call 565-4150. Noontime meals are delivered on a daily basis to elders in town in need of our services. Training is provided . . . bring along your spouse or a friend and become one of valuable volunteers!
NUTRITION CENTER - Volunteers may come in one or more days per week from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m. to help prepare the noon meal under the direction of our dietary staff. In this environment, you are not only helping with the meal but also getting a chance to meet the many residents arriving daily for lunch.
GROCERIES- The volunteer picks
up the grocery orders on Thursdays. Payment is given to the volunteer
at the time of delivery by check or in cash who then returns
to the store with the payment. Approval by a Center staff member
is required to use this service.
CRAFT PROGRAM VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
BUSY BEES - Volunteers meet Mondays
from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
to sew, quilt, knit, create craft projects for the Maple Tree
Gift Shoppe and to socialize. Become part of this volunteer team
and you will make friendships while creating new crafts.
CRAFTS-AT-HOME - For those volunteers who prefer to create items while being at home, this is the ideal volunteer position for you. Supplies are provided for projects which are knitted, crocheted or sewn. You will be reimbursed for supplies which you purchase. These items will be displayed in our Maple Tree Gift Shoppe which proceeds benefit the Adult Center.
WORKSHOP LEADER - Share a talent (language, calligraphy, crafts, painting, etc.) with a group of seniors for one class or a group of classes. All supplies will either be furnished or you will be reimbursed if the volunteer purchases them.
PAID
REFERRAL SERVICES
PAID
REFERRAL SERVICES: HAIRDRESSER AND MANICURIST - This is a paid referral service for
seniors to use at home. Call the Center for information.
HOME REPAIR LIST - This is a paid referral service for seniors to use at home. Call the Center for information.
TERRIFIC TEENS - This is a referral
service for seniors which teens may earn some extra money doing
odd jobs such as raking, mowing, shoveling, moving an item, etc.
Call the Center for information.
S.A.L.T. COUNCIL
- SENIORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER
SALT
COUNCIL -
Seniors and Law Enforcement Together. Help address senior safety
issues and join our SALT Council. Council meets monthly to address
issues of concern relating to seniors and law enforcement within
the community.
SALT: Are you a Longmeadow
resident interested in forming a Neighborhood Watch Program?
Please call 565-4150 to find out how you can become involved.