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Friendly Telephoning Volunteer Opportunities

Senior centers and other organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to help people who are socially isolated due to disability or old age relieve their loneliness by telephoning them on a regular basis to listen, talk and help them maintain contact with the outside world.

• Service code: PX-2300.1700-180
• 4 providers

Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities

Senior centers and other organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to help people who are socially isolated due to disability or old age relieve their loneliness by visiting them in their homes on a regular basis to read, talk, listen, write letters or perform other tasks that help them maintain contact with the outside world.

• Service code: PX-2300.1700-300
• 1 provider

Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to provide companionship and guidance and/or serve as role models for individuals who are disadvantaged because of age, income, physical or developmental disabilities or family environment. Some programs may be looking specifically for male or female adult volunteers to serve as mentors for young men or women from families in which adult figures of the same gender are absent or only available on a limited and inadequate basis or who are troubled and at risk for delinquency; or for people who are willing to serve as peer role models. Also included are volunteer opportunities for career mentors, i.e., professionals who are willing to be paired with people who have an interest in their occupation/job.

• Service code: PX-2300.1700-500
• 13 providers