Board Members: meet regularly (usually on a monthly basis) to provide leadership and direction for our overall program and services.

Committee Members: 

• Fundraising Committee:  meet monthly to plan and execute special events to raise funds for our not-for-profit charitable program.  
• Membership Committee:  a recently formed group of individuals exploring ways to enhance support of our efforts through membership.  
• Radio Committee:  a ‘yet to be formed’ group of individuals interested in sustaining our weekly radio show for seniors. 

Fundraising Volunteers: assist the fundraising committee with special events and promotional activities, in a variety of ways; e.g., providing baked goods/refreshments for intermission tables at special events, selling raffle tickets, giving out information at display booths, selling admission tickets & greeting people as they arrive to special events, and helping with hall ‘set-up/tear-down’ at special events.  Activity in this role is on an ‘as needed’ basis, dependent on the special events and activities planned by the Fundraising Committee.

Volunteer Drivers:  Ensure that clients get to health appointments out-of-town (e.g., Ottawa, Arnprior, Pembroke) and that those clients living in our outlying townships are able to get into the town of Renfrew for health appointments and other essential services (e.g., grocery shopping, banking, etc.).

Volunteer dispatcher: co-ordinates trip requests by matching clients with available drivers.  While this volunteer assignment, which plays a vital role in assisting staff daily, is generally filled, those interested in helping as a ‘back-up’ in times of need, would be most appreciated.

Grocery Deliverer: delivers groceries to clients enrolled in our weekly grocery program.  We have sometimes split this role into two, creating ‘teams’ for grocery delivery, with one volunteer providing the transportation, while the other accompanies the driver to carry the groceries into the client’s home. 

Frozen Meal Delivery Volunteer: delivers frozen meals to those clients unable to have their meal orders picked up locally.  Once again, ‘back-ups’ to our regular volunteers in this role would be appreciated.

Friendly Visitors: provide one-on-one weekly visits within a pre-arranged match, to help prevent clients, who spend a lot of time on their own, from becoming isolated.

Telephone Security Check Volunteers: call clients on a pre-arranged schedule to ensure their wellbeing and/or offer an opportunity to chat.

Office Volunteers: assist staff with day-to-day office procedures and preparations for fundraising/special events; e.g., newsletter mail outs, tickets for raffle, etc.  Activity in this role is on an ‘as needed’ basis as workload extends beyond staffing resources.

The following are reasons given to us by our volunteers as to why they volunteer for our organization.

• To help out people
• Give back to the community
• Put extra time available in retirement to good use. 
• Because seniors need us
• Enjoy working with seniors
• Family member benefited from service and volunteers so that others can be assisted
• Way to get to know people
• Asked to volunteer by someone involved with the organization
• Has skills that could be used by the organization 

We asked our volunteers what they liked best about volunteering and here is what they told us:

• Meeting people
• Accomplishing something that needs to be done
• Working for a good cause
• Helping people out
• I feel like family
• Provides opportunities for personal growth
• To give back to the community
• Can use skills/develop skills
• People need and appreciate it
• Get to know people, hear their stories and learn history of community
• Rewarding
• Lets me share my previous life/work experience