Assists low-income, Spanish-speaking, elderly to resolve personal needs, gain access to health care, and a range of community service resources. Helps seniors to avoid isolation and remain independent.

Connecting our older adult citizens with the community.

APPRISE - Medicare Counseling Program Free one-on-one or telephone assistance to older persons to help them understand Medicare eligibility and benefits, Medicare supplemental insurance, and prescription drug coverage.

• Legal Assistance Offers limited legal help with issues facing older adults who meet income eligbility.
  
• Senior Center Information For those 60yrs+, a center offers meals, social activities and a range of activities and wellness programming.
  
• Transportation Assistance Rabbittransit has developed a program for those 60+ for specific program and those 65+ for other transportation needs. We can share more info when you call.
  
• Tax Assistance Program This free service can address tax issues for most middle to low-income taxpayers age 60 and over.

Provides KEYS AmeriCorps members tutor and mentor youth and engage them in service to their communities. Members are placed with local schools, after-school programs, and community-based and faith-based organizations.

In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members receive a modest living allowance and may be eligible for forbearance on qualified student loans, child care, and health insurance. Upon successful completion they may be eligible for financial assistance for their education.

Provides opportunities to extend supportive services in Health, Education, and Welfare settings to children having special or exceptional needs. Benefits include annual physical exam, free lunch-time meal, recognition events, socialization, specialized training, tax-free hourly monetary reimbursement and transportation assistance.

Foster Grandparent Volunteers help children learn to read, provide one-on-one tutoring, and guide children at a critical time in their lives.

Promotes the welfare and humane treatment of animals and serves as an advocate on their behalf.

Foster Grandparents are classroom volunteers that share their time to enhance the quality of life of children and youth in preschools, Head Start centers and schools. Provides per hour stipend, meals while volunteering, mileage/transportation, clearances and training.

Foster Grandparents are classroom volunteers that share their time to enhance the quality of life of children and youth in preschools, Head Start centers and schools. Provides per hour stipend, meals while volunteering, mileage/transportation, clearances and training.

Foster Grandparents are classroom volunteers that share their time to enhance the quality of life of children and youth in preschools, Head Start centers and schools. Provides per hour stipend, meals while volunteering, mileage/transportation, clearances and training.

Foster Grandparents are classroom volunteers that share their time to enhance the quality of life of children and youth in preschools, Head Start centers and schools. Provides per hour stipend, meals while volunteering, mileage/transportation, clearances and training.

Provides opportunities for individuals 18+ to engage in volunteer service. Matches interested volunteers with appropriate volunteer positions.

Provides comprehensive senior services which include information and referral/assistance, outreach, case/care management, escort, transportation, homemaker/chores, personal care, home repair and rehabilitation, and home delivered meals.

Provides volunteer opportunities for Seniors at local non-profit organizations.

Offers variety of volunteer experiences, 365 days of the year.

Connects a volunteer’s skills, talents, experience and availability to non-profit programs and agencies that need help.

Volunteers choose activities relating to their skills, interests, and time availability. Volunteers mentor children, conduct environmental tests, perform clerical duties, assist the elderly, tutor adults, and much more.

Program is a subsidized, National Service Program for low to moderate income adults age 55 and over. Participants are placed in classroom settings throughout the county, where they tutor special and/or exceptional needs children one-on-one for 15 to 20 hours per week.

Volunteers receive extensive training in several specific areas of service and are provided with meaningful ways to help abused persons and raise awareness about domestic abuse. Volunteer Opportunities range from legal services, counseling services, the safe house, outreach and education, at the main office, and at the thrift shop.

Offers Pre-K program, fitness facilities, Also hosts a "Blessing Box" food pantry.

Assists the elderly in remaining as active as possible and to help them maintain their independence. Provides companions/caregivers in Senior Living Communities including residential, skilled, memory and personal care, hospitals, rehabs, independent living, and doctors appointments. Assists with post surgery, bathing, dressing, light housekeeping, errands, transportation needs, cooking, and companionship.

Foster Grandparents are role models, mentors, and tutors to at-risk children in an educational setting. The program provides a way for volunteers to stay active by serving children and youth in their communities.
All one needs to join is the ability to give the kind of comfort and love that sets a child on the path toward a successful future. If individuals are 55 or older and want to share their experience and compassion, then they have what it takes to be a Foster Grandparent. GECAC will provide a stipend or other benefits that enable individuals to participate as Foster Grandparents without cost to themselves
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Provides civic opportunity that gives individuals a chance to network with other like-minded peers, explore leadership possibilities, learn new skills, and have fun. Volunteers choose how, where, and how often they want to serve, with commitments ranging from a few hours to 40 hours per week. RSVP volunteers do not receive any monetary incentive or stipend, but the RSVP project may reimburse volunteers for certain out-of-pocket costs

Opportunities to volunteer with UPMC Hospice providers in support of patients and families.

Recruits and trains individuals to serve as AmeriCorps members.

Provides community based organizations with the National Service Resources needed to tutor, mentor, and provide hands-on service learning programs to increase academic engagement of students. This is done through: Recruiting and training AmeriCorps Members to provide educational services; Mobilizing volunteers to serve alongside AmeriCorps members; Coordinating preschool, after-school, summer STEM, and hands-on job skills programs.

Provides non-medical in home care, personal care, around the home services, companion services, and transportation.

Helps older adults take care of children whose parents are unable.

Finds older volunteers to assist with specific duties within programs of the Office of Human Services. Assists programs such as senior centers, APPRISE insurance counseling, and the OMBUDSMAN program as needs arise.

Recruits and trains volunteer reading coaches to increase literacy development by expanding opportunities for children to have shared adult-child book reading time, ultimately helping youth read on grade level by 3rd grade and stay on track to school success.
Both in person and virtual opportunities are available.

Volunteers help educationally disadvantaged preschool children to increase interest in reading and families' support for emergent literacy development so that children are ready for kindergarten.

RSVP APPRISE volunteers are trained to educate and inform potential recipients or caretakers about Medicare, leading to increased access to benefits and savings.

Offers a volunteer opportunity.

Volunteers provide assistance with daily tasks and encourage participants to stay active and connected. Volunteers also provide needed respite for caregivers so they can run errands, take a needed break or tend to themselves, their families and other commitments.

Recruits volunteer Adults 55 or older who want to share their experience and compassion for others to become a Senior Companion. Senior Companions receive a small tax-free financial stipend, training, and transportation cost (mileage) reimbursement.

Matches adults, age 55 and older, with volunteer opportunities that suit their skills, interests, and availability. Volunteers can receive AmeriCorp Member Benefits during term of service including living allowance, money for college/trade school, loan deferment, professional development, and an alumni network.

Program partners with numerous non-profit organizations and schools in Clinton, Lycoming and Tioga Counties to provide service opportunities to meet the region's community needs. The program focuses on areas of Economic Opportunity and Capacity Building to engage unemployed individuals in service that leads to employment for members seeking employment as well as builds the capacity of partner host sites to increase efficiency and effectiveness in their service deliveries. Additionally, members as a corps will identify and provide opportunities for diverse individuals and families to become engaged in their community through volunteerism.

Services focus on improving the health and well-being of your aging loved ones so they can get the most out of life.
Services include:
Caring companionship and conversation
Help with hobbies
Scrapbooking & games
Gardening
Sports & news
General shopping and errands
Transportation and appointments
Assistance with pet care
Reminder services (medications, dates, routines, etc.)
Meal preparation
Light housekeeping
Errands (prescription pick-up, dry cleaning, etc.)
Grocery shopping
Home safety evaluation

An organization of community volunteers that leads, inspires and mobilizes individuals and contributes to help provide solutions to essential health and human service issues to improve the quality of life for the people of Columbia and Montour. At The United Way, we do not aim to minimize the issues- we aim to end them. Through the collection and allocation of donations, we currently fund 23 partner agencies, all with the aim of supporting community members in the areas of health, education, and financial stability. Please note, our United Way does not do an individual assistance. We are happy to help with local referrals.

AmeriCorps is the national service program that provides thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds with education awards and other benefits in exchange for a year or two of community service. AmeriCorps members help meet the nation's critical needs in the areas of public safety, education, human needs, and the environment. Enrollment into Americorps program is available to residents of all counties.

RSVP provides volunteer opportunities in the local community including meal delivery, community food pantries, senior community centers, transporting clients who no longer drive to medical appointments and to shop for groceries, and team counseling on Medicare and health-insurcance-related matters.