National Contracting Center encourages its agents to support the older population in their communities. Each quarter we will feature nonprofit volunteer opportunities in different areas.
Get ideas here for volunteering in your community and share your volunteer work on your social media pages. Sharing nonprofit content is another way to help organizations spread the word.
Feel free to send us a pic of you and your agents in action – email, share, tag – and we will post it on our social media. Your pics may give other agents ideas of how they can help their own communities.
If emailing your photos please include a description with your name/agency name, city & state where you volunteered, and the name of the nonprofit organization. Send pics to maeve.smith@nccagent.com
Featured Volunteer Opportunities
Senior Neighbors
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
(In-person and Virtual Opportunities)
Senior Neighbors has many opportunities for both individual and group volunteers:
- Get involved with group and individual recreational activities
- Perform minor repairs in seniors’ homes
- Assist with special events
- Assist seniors in a variety of ways (for example: yard clean up, transportation, companionship)
- Serve lunch at one of our five Senior Centers
- Suggest an idea which utilizes your skills
Visit https://seniorneighbors.org/volunteer/serve-seniors to learn more!
The Salvation Army
Location: Nationwide
In-person Opportunities
The Salvation Army is dedicated to serving seniors and the elderly through:
Community – Each Salvation Army corps community center serves its local senior citizen community in unique ways to meet specific needs. A wide variety of program offerings – ranging from clubs and classes to groups and gatherings – empowers older adults to learn, laugh, and thrive among like-minded friends.
Activities – The Salvation Army works to stimulate the minds and bodies of older adults via educational opportunities, low-impact exercise, dances, lunches, fellowship, and countless other “young at heart” activities.
Residences – To help ease the functional transitions associated with advanced age, we offer housing assistance and living quarters for the elderly – each cultivated with a loving atmosphere of help, kindness, and acceptance.
Adult Daycare Centers – Because the mental and physical disabilities associated with old age impact both the elderly and their loved ones, The Salvation Army offers adult day care facilities. Here, older adults unable to independently care for themselves enjoy friendship, kindness, and monitored activities while their caretakers enjoy a much-needed break.
Serving All Without Discrimination – In providing its programs and services to the aging and elderly, The Salvation Army is committed to accommodating all those in need without unlawful discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic in accordance with our capacity to help.
To get involved, please contact your local Salvation Army to see what opportunities are available. https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/love-the-elderly
Wood County Senior Citizens Association, Inc.
Location: Wood County, WV
Wood County Senior Citizens Assoc. is a nonprofit organization that provides a variety of services, including nutrition, transportation, in-home care, and information services to senior citizens of Wood County in cooperation with the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services and the Northwestern Area Agency on Aging.
The mission of the Senior Citizens Association is to assist Wood County’s seniors in living their lives with dignity and independence.
This organization is always looking for volunteers of any age to help out at the center. Volunteering can range from meals to activities and trips, and anything in between.
Any amount of time is greatly appreciated. Have you helped a senior today?
For more information on volunteering at the Wood County Senior Citizens Association, Inc., please contact us at (304)-485-6748.
Why Volunteer?
- Giving back to seniors puts you directly in touch with the community you serve.
- Volunteering allows you to spend time with those who qualify for Medicare, and it also puts you more in tune with the needs of the older population.
Share your volunteer work! Sharing nonprofit content on your social media is another way to help organizations spread the word. National Contracting Center encourages agents to support the older population in your communities by volunteering. Each quarter we will feature a nonprofit volunteer opportunity in a different city. Use these ideas to help you get started.
Things to Remember When Volunteering:
- Know what is expected of you.
- Be aware of the organization’s COVID-19 policies and wear a mask if required.
- Don’t volunteer outside of your home if you or someone you live with is sick and follow CDC guidelines to keep yourself and others around you safe.
- Do not conduct or engage in business while volunteering.
- If you are working with a nonprofit in your community stay compliant with CMS guidelines. Please contact NCC if you have questions.
