Category Archives: Elderly

Caring for Friends

  website12271 Townsend RdPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19154 Jeannette Fournier, Executive Director, jfournier@caringforfriends.org (215) 464-2224 Caring for Friends mission is to provide food and friendship to homebound seniors, disabled, the homeless and families with children in need.  Remote volunteer!Caring for Friends offers a variety of volunteer opportunities to build a more caring community. You can write caring notes for our seniors, share a meal from your home, or collect shelf stable food donations.https://caringforfriends.org/volunteer/https://caringforfriends.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-Make-Caring-Notes.pdfhttps://caringforfriends.org/wp-content/uploads/assemble_a_meal_tray-e1581641785808.jpg

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Nationalities Service Center

Nationalities Service Center 1216 Arch Street, 4th floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Contact:  Volunteer Coordinator (215) 893-8400 volunteers@nscphila.org Here at Nationalities Service Center (NSC), we believe that immigrants and refugees are a critical part of the fabric of life in the United States, and it is our vision that all immigrants and refugees achieve a life of dignity, safety, stability, sustainable opportunities and meaningful connections to their communities. To this end, NSC provides comprehensive services to immigrants and refugees, including legal protections, community integration, access to health and wellness services, and opportunities to achieve English language proficiency. Our dedicated staff are […]

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Music and Memory

Music and Memory 17 West Seventeenth Street New York, New York 10011 Contact:  Alexis Gregos (646) 856-0381, alexis@musicandmemory.org MUSIC & MEMORY℠ is a non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of the elderly or infirm through digital music technology, vastly improving quality of life. We train nursing home staff and other elder care professionals, as well as family caregivers, how to create and provide personalized playlists using iPods and related digital audio systems that enable those struggling with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive and physical challenges to reconnect with the world through music-triggered memories. By providing access and education, and by creating […]

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Christmas Mitzvah Project

Christmas Mitzvah Project 3600 S. Yosemite St. #600, Denver, CO Contact:  Mary Ann Weiss, Project Coordinator, 303-515-3284, christmasmitzvah.co@gmail.com The Christmas Mitzvah Project offers volunteer opportunities at a diverse range of organizations in need of assistance during the Christmas Holiday. Participants provide support to staff and help out at a time when many organizations are understaffed. One of the best gifts a person can give is a mitzvah (good deed) and the Christmas Mitzvah Project is a unique way to engage in a community-wide mitzvah at a time when we can. No special skills are required, only a few hours to give in […]

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New Eyes

New-Eyes.org 549 Millburn Ave., Short Hills, NJ 07078 Contact:  Sally Golding, Volunteer Manager 973-376-4903 sgolding@new-eyes.org Our mission is to improve the vision and lives of adults and children who are in need by purchasing new prescription eyeglasses in the U.S. and redistributing donated eyeglasses in developing countries.  New Eyes empowers children and adults in the United States and overseas with the improved vision they need to pursue a better quality of life for themselves and their communities. 11 million people in the United States struggle with uncorrected vision and have no resources to buy eyeglasses. Uncorrected vision problems can seriously affect a […]

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National Parkinson Foundation

www.parkinson.org 200 SE 1st Street, Suite #800, Miami, FL 33131 contact@parkinson.org,  1.800.4PD.INFO (1.800.473.4636) Today, more than four million people around the world suffer from Parkinson’s disease. The disease is chronic and progressive, with symptoms ranging from tremor, stiffness, rigidity, and pain to speech and swallowing, memory loss and depression. Because of the complexity of this disease, patients and their families, as well as physicians and health care professionals, need access to the most effective care and treatment information available. That is why the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) works every day to improve the quality of Parkinson’s care through research, education and outreach. We believe by […]

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KleinLife

KleinLife.org 10100 Jamison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19116Contact:  Sue Aistrop, 215-698-7300 x110, saistrop@kleinlife.org “Serving Up Meals, Driving Out Hunger!” The KleinLife’s Home Delivered Meals Program serves seniors who are unable to shop and/or prepare their own meals, so no senior goes hungry. Volunteers support the program by providing a friendly visit, preparing for deliveries, and help to cook meals.  This is done in partnership with the Cook For a Friend network in the Philadelphia region. For your mitzvah or teen community service project, KleinLife is in need of:  Food sorters and packers: Pick a day when your school has in-service, or on a Federal Holiday […]

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The Passover League

The Passover League 215 N. Presidential Boulevard, 1st floor, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 Contact: Paul M. Perlstein, Esq. or Brian M. Levine 610 660-0530 info@passoverleague.org The Passover League, founded in 1933, is supported by volunteers and many Philadelphia charitable organizations. Its mission is to help needy individuals and families celebrate the Passover holiday. Seders, funded by The Passover League, are held throughout various Delaware Valley locations. These seders reach thousands of individuals who would normally be unable to celebrate the traditional Passover holiday. The Passover League also serves Jewish veterans in various local hospitals.  Additionally, kosher meals are served through The […]

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B’nai B’rith Project H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People Everywhere)

B’nai B’rith Project H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People Everywhere) 3213 Burn Brae Drive, Dresher, PA 19025 Contact: Samuel Domsky, Chair samuel@netreach.net Project H.O.P.E. works with the community family service agencies and local Jewish social services and with B’nai B’rith members and synagogue volunteers. Jewish organizations provide the lists of people who need packages and the facilities for collecting, storing, and packing the food. B’nai B’rith volunteers assemble and deliver the packages. Begun in New York, the program has spread to Boston, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Last year in Philadelphia, 540 families received Passover food. As a once a […]

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Twilight Wish Foundation

Twilight Wish Foundation P.O. Box 1042 Doylestown, PA 18901 Contact: Michelle Bowren, Director of Wish Management, Wishdirector@twilightwish.org, 215-230-8777 Twilight Wish grants wishes to economically-disadvantaged seniors age 68 and older who cannot make their own dreams come true. Our mission is to honor and enrich the lives of deserving elders through wish granting celebrations connecting generations. Our vision is to make the world a nicer place to age, one wish at a time. We would love to match you with what we call an open wish (a wish in progress) as a wonderful bar or bat mitzvah project. Examples of some […]

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