April is Volunteer Appreciation Month — and we at Senior Planet from AARP are fortunate sufficient to have a bevy of sensible volunteers to indicate our appreciation to!
Volunteers in Motion
Volunteers at Senior Planet do all the pieces. They co-host dialogue teams; they reply tech questions on Senior Planet Neighborhood; they work at our contact middle; they greet new guests at our walk-in Facilities; they supply enter that helps form the way forward for our lessons and a lot extra.
Volunteers are an integral a part of the material of our neighborhood and influence – so thanks to each single one that has donated their precious time to Senior Planet!
What do the volunteers say?
…in Colorado:
We’ve too many superb volunteers to have the ability to shout all of them out, however we requested a couple of of them from across the nation to share why they select to donate their time and experience to Senior Planet. Here’s what volunteer Ella Walsh (at proper) has to say about her expertise on the Denver walk-in middle.
“I get nice satisfaction from serving to individuals use their digital gadgets which have change into vital to finish our on a regular basis actions.”
– Ella “Doodle” Walsh, Colorado Volunteer
For instructions and extra details about Senior Planet in Lowry, Colorado, go to right here or name 720-328-0875
…in New York State’s North Nation:
Senior Planet’s walk-in Heart within the North Nation of Upstate New York provides alternatives to study and meet different individuals, like Volunteer Rose Martin.
“I really like coming to the middle as a result of I’m able to assist others and study alongside them. I additionally am very snug at Senior Planet and it’s nice to assist others really feel snug as properly. Senior Planet has a really optimistic setting.”
– Rose Martin, North Nation Volunteer
To study extra about Senior Planet within the North Nation, name the Senior Planet middle in Plattsburgh, NY Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm: 518-566-4422
…and on-line:
Not close to a walk-in middle? Senior Planet provides dozens of on-line lessons, teams and webinars. None of them can be attainable with out the efforts of volunteers like Victoria Liska:
I really like the net lessons. I meet so many great individuals from all around the United States!”
– Victoria Liska, On-line Volunteer
Get Concerned!
Need to begin volunteering? There are a couple of methods to get entangled…
In-Individual Alternatives: Take a look at in-person volunteer alternatives right here. Alternatives embrace changing into a entrance desk receptionist, a tech discuss host or class assistant.
Digital Class Co-Host: Need to assist run certainly one of your favourite lessons or dialogue teams? Signal as much as be a digital class co-host by clicking right here!
Share Your Experience: Have a tech product or matter you like and need different individuals to find out about? We’ve the chance for you! Each Tuesday, at our digital dialogue group “Lunch & Be taught,” we’re inviting a neighborhood member to guide a dialogue on a tech-related matter that they’re obsessed with. Click on right here to volunteer!
Your Flip: Shout out a Volunteer
Is there a volunteer that has made a distinction, large or small, in your life? Shout them out within the remark part under!
Photograph (high): courtesy of Senior Planet
Center pictures: provided by interviewees
Pam Hugi is Senior Planet’s Neighborhood and Advocacy Supervisor. Primarily based in Brooklyn, she runs Senior Planet’s Supporter program along with being a contributing author for this website. She could be reached at [email protected].