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Senior Helpers In Home Elder Care of Richmond, Virginia, Encourages Seniors to Look for Local Volunteer Opportunities Older adults who volunteer report higher levels of well-being You can find many opportunities for yourself or a loved one to get involved with volunteering in your community or anywhere in the world. Here are a few ideas to get you started: • Local theater, opera, and dance companies use volunteer ushers to stretch their budgets. And you get to see performances for free! • Be a friendly visitor and companion to an elderly, home-bound senior. • Volunteer to help plan a fundraising walk for a cause about which you are passionate, such as the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. • Your church or temple may have opportunities to volunteer during parts of services. Teach religion classes to youngsters or care for youngsters in the nursery during services. Tutor students through school-sponsored programs. • Act as a mentor for a young boy or girl through your local Big Brothers Big Sisters. • If you love animals, volunteer at a local zoo, veterinary clinic, or animal shelter.

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Senior Helpers In Home Elder Care of Richmond, Virginia, Encourages Seniors to Look for Local Volunteer Opportunities

Older adults who volunteer report higher levels of well-being

You can find many opportunities for yourself or a loved one to get involved with volunteering in your community or anywhere in the world.

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Local theater, opera, and dance companies use volunteer ushers to stretch their budgets. And you get to see performances for free!

• Be a friendly visitor and companion to an elderly, home-bound senior.

• Volunteer to help plan a fundraising walk for a cause about which you are passionate, such as the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

• Your church or temple may have opportunities to volunteer during parts of services. Teach religion classes to youngsters or care for youngsters in the nursery during services.

• Tutor students through school-sponsored programs.

• Act as a mentor for a young boy or girl through your local Big Brothers Big Sisters.

• If you love animals, volunteer at a local zoo, veterinary clinic, or animal shelter.

• Don’t forget your neighbors, friends, or relatives with young children who could use a babysitter for a night out or a few hours to run errands.

• Ask a local childcare facility, library, or school if you can read children’s books aloud to kids.

• Help young people of all ages become workforce ready through programs such as those sponsored by Junior Achievement.

Look for volunteer opportunities for seniors in your local area by searching the Internet or visiting your local senior center. Retired Brains (www.retiredbrains.com) has a long list of opportunities that you can find not only in your local area but that also involve travel domestically and internationally.

About Senior Helpers:

Senior Helpers provides many in-home, caregiving services for the elderly in Richmond, Ashland, Petersburg, Goochland, Midlothian, Mechanicsville and surrounding areas. We offer extensive in-home health care services for seniors who embrace their independence and the

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personal dignity that goes with it. Our in-home health care services are provided by bonded and insured caregivers all of whom pass a national background check.

If a senior family member needs in-home care services in Richmond, Henrico County, Hanover County, Chesterfield County, Goochland County or the surrounding area, we are an excellent choice with exemplary references. In-home care is the compassionate choice for your elderly loved ones' continued independent living. We promise we will do our best to make it a positive experience for them and you. For more information, please visit: http://seniorhelpers.com/location/5103 .