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Visiting Volunteers
Do you want to make a new friend?
Visiting Volunteers commit to spending time with an older adult twice a month. When you become a Visiting Volunteer, you’ll be matched with an LBFE older adult based on your mutual interests, geography, and other factors. Once you’ve been introduced, you and your new friend will plan your visits based on your own schedules.
There are two distinct ways to be a Visiting Volunteer: in-person or on the phone.
In-person Visiting Volunteers get together with LBFE older adults at their homes and out in the community. Phone visitors call their matched older adult twice a month for nice long chats. Both commit to a minimum of two hours a month for at least one year. For many Visiting Volunteers, that’s just the beginning. Some matches continue on for many years, resulting in deep and mutually meaningful relationships.
To get started, become an LBFE volunteer by attending an orientation.
In-home Visits
We celebrate with our older adults everywhere, including where they live. Volunteers bring friendship, conversation, and laughter to our older friends at home and in nursing homes, assisted living centers, or the hospital.
In-home Visitors connect with older adults by bringing good cheer on:
- Birthday Visits: Everyone should feel special on their birthday! Volunteers spend time with older adults marking the occasion together with cake, song, and a birthday present.
- Holiday Visits: No one is left out of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Spring celebrations at LBFE. If an older adult can’t leave home for a party, volunteers bring the party to them, with special meals and seasonal fun.
- Summer Vacation Visits: For older adults who can’t join us for a getaway to Audrey’s House or a summer event at LBFE, volunteers deliver a slice of summer with a friendly visit and summer treats.
- Food Bag Delivery: During the second-to-last week of the month, when other resources can run low, we provide Food Bags containing a week’s worth of food to 150 elders in our program. Our volunteers pack bags with pantry staples and fresh groceries, customized to fit each elder’s specific dietary needs and preferences. Food Bags are delivered by volunteers during a friendly visit — nourishment for the body and the soul.
Holiday Gift Visits
Every December, with the help and generosity of our donors and volunteers, each LBFE older adult receives a specially chosen holiday gift. It’s often the only gift an older adult can expect to receive at this time of year: a powerful reminder that they’re a loved member of the community and not forgotten. Volunteers help deliver these presents and cheer during an in-home visit.