Volunteer with the Center of Concern
Volunteer Opportunities
Fill out the Volunteer Application form to apply to become a Center of Concern volunteer and you will be contacted by one of our staff for an interview.
Volunteer Opportunities
Fill out the Volunteer Application form to apply to become a Center of Concern volunteer and you will be contacted by one of our staff for an interview.
There are many many ways you can assist the work of the Center:
- Reception/Data entry
- Telephone reassurance calls to homebound older adults
- Holiday gift delivery
- In-person grocery shopping and delivery
- Serve meals to older adults through our Lunch with Us program
- Handyman services or moving furniture/household items
- Computers/internet (IT – Information Technology managers)
- Install, troubleshoot, and maintain computer hardware, software, and
networks
- Install, troubleshoot, and maintain computer hardware, software, and
- Corporate volunteer Opportunities
- Encourage team-building and communication while receiving positive
exposure by volunteering with the Center of Concern
- Encourage team-building and communication while receiving positive
- Winter opportunities include Adopt-an-Older Adult and snow removal
- Ambassadors for the Center of Concern
- Volunteers represent the Center in the community and at local events
- Event Committee Members
- Volunteers work on committees to plan and execute agency events
Community Service Volunteers
- Health and medical professionals
- Psychologists and social workers
- Income tax CPAs (Certified Public Accountants), bankers
- Prepare simple federal and state income tax returns, especially for the tax
season (February 1 through April 15)
- Prepare simple federal and state income tax returns, especially for the tax
- Legal professionals, attorneys
- Prepare simple wills, durable powers of attorney for health care and
property
- Prepare simple wills, durable powers of attorney for health care and
- Medicare counselors
- Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
- Financial and money management
- Volunteers assist with debt and money counseling to addresses financial
concerns as well as developing a plan to live financially secure
- Volunteers assist with debt and money counseling to addresses financial
- Employment counselors
- Volunteers assist job seekers of all ages to develop resumes, improve
interviewing skills, and job search techniques
- Volunteers assist job seekers of all ages to develop resumes, improve
- Digital literacy Program
- Volunteers engage older adults with younger generations to learn about
technology and ways to connect through the internet
- Volunteers engage older adults with younger generations to learn about
Temporarily Remote Volunteer Opportunities
- Virtual grocery shopping for homebound older adults
- Telephone reassurance calls to homebound older adults
- Assemble COVID-19 Care Packages
Here are some reasons to volunteer:
- It’s good for you – Volunteering provides physical and mental rewards.
- It saves resources – Volunteering provides valuable community services so more money can be spent on local services.
- Volunteers gain professional experience – You can test out a career.
- It brings people together – As a volunteer, you assist in: Uniting people from diverse backgrounds to work toward a common goal and building camaraderie and teamwork.
- It promotes personal growth and self-esteem – Understanding community needs helps foster empathy and self-efficacy.
- Volunteering strengthens your community – As a volunteer, you help: Support families, Improves lives, Support youth.
- You learn a lot – Volunteers learn things like hidden talents that may change your view on your self-worth, learn about the functions and operation of our government, the Center of Concern, and the community.
- You get a chance to give back – Supporting your community ensures resources are being used to benefit the people you care about.
- Civic responsibility – Community service and volunteerism are an investment in our community and the people who live in it.
You make a difference!
Here are links to some information we have prepared to orient you regarding the process.