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Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Ernie, RSVP Volunteer
What is RSVP?
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) involves seniors in service that matches their personal interests and makes use of their skills and lifelong experiences.
Telephone: (707) 573-3399
Hours: 8:30-5:00 Monday-Friday
Contact: Laurie Parish, RSVP Coordinator at 573-3399x117
or email: lparish@volunteernow.org
Check here for Volunteer Opportunities
OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, 2010
READ: A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Read all about recent events, people and more ! The RSVP Newsletter
How does the community benefit?
In Sonoma County more than 800 RSVP volunteers serve more than 250 local agencies and provide more than 130,000 hours a year of their valuable time. Through such efforts, RSVP is meeting the needs that strained local budgets cannot afford.
Click here for a list of partner agencies who work closely with us in this program.
Click here to learn of some places where you can volunteer.
RSVP
volunteers serve through a variety of organizations, agencies,
and institutions designated as volunteer stations. The stations
include courts, schools, libraries, day-care centers, hospitals,
nursing homes, economic development agencies and other community
service organizations.
Volunteer
services include adult basic education, mentoring, tax aides,
consultant services, community policing, low-cost weatherization
and home repair, classroom aides, health care and substance abuse
counseling, respite and in-home care, environmental surveys, telephone
reassurance, and many other services.
How do RSVP volunteers benefit?
The benefits of volunteering are considerable.
- Limitless
opportunities to broaden life experience and touch the lives
of friends and neighbors in your local community
- Supplementary
accident and liability insurance while on assignment
- An
invitation to Volunteer Recognition Events
- RSVP
newsletter mailed quarterly to volunteers
- Membership
in the National Senior Service Corps
Studies show that people who volunteer are healthier, feel greater purpose in their lives, and have higher self esteem.
Call
the Volunteer Center at 573-3399 and ask to speak with the RSVP Coordinator, Laurie Parish to select a volunteer placement that is right for you. Click here to read an interesting article by Laurie, A New Look at Volunteering.
Click here to view the 2008-2009 Annual Report
RSVP is sponsored by:
    
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