Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
RSVP offers men and women meaningful volunteer
assignments working in community-wide projects throughout the Miami Valley.
Last year close to 300 older adults contributed over 62,000 volunteer
hours.
RSVP volunteers do everything from aiding
terminally ill persons, supporting community policing efforts, helping
seniors understand medical insurance, to teaching immigrants English and
children to be responsible.
Your Community is Calling
Your community needs you! RSVP can help you use your
skills and talents to assist others. Volunteers are the "helping hands" of
the majority of non-profit organizations and are often in short supply. As
an RSVP volunteer, you provide the expertise to help these agencies meet the
community's many needs.
Are you ready to answer the call of your community?
We're ready to help when you are. RSVP offers you the opportunity of a
lifetime. You choose the type of work, the place to go and the time
schedule.
Join the caring group of over 300 Montgomery and Greene
County volunteers who serve over 60 agencies. You can make a difference in
your community.
Why Volunteer?
- To help your community.
- To stay active and vital.
- Because we all know that "doing good feels good."
- To put your lifetime of experience to good use.
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What is
RSVP?
Funded by the Corporation for National
Service, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program focuses on your needs and
interests. Its purpose is to develop a recognized role for older Americans
through significant volunteer service. We offer men and women meaningful
volunteer assignments working in community-wide projects. If you're 55 years
old, 65, or even 75 and older--RSVP is for you. You may have retired from a
job but not from living and learning. Accept the challenge and see the
results of your efforts in the improved lives of your neighbors.
We're With You Every Step Of The Way.
The staff of RSVP will match your skills
to the specific needs of our community's agencies. We can open doors to make
the right contact for you as a volunteer. And we support our volunteers by
sending a quarterly newsletter, furnishing accident and liability insurance,
providing limited mileage reimbursement and hosting an annual recognition
event. We're always interested in hearing about your volunteer experience
and will contact you periodically to make certain you are satisfied with
your assignment.
How Do I Get Started?
Let RSVP help you discover the best years
of your life! Whether you have one hour or 20 hours a week to give, we can
help you find a place where your skills and talents are needed.
For more information about volunteering
in Montgomery and Greene Counties, call us at (937) 223-8246, stop
in or mail us a note at the lower level of the Senior Resource Connection:
RSVP, 105 South Wilkinson Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402.
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Seven Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP)? |
The
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) helps people age 55 and
older find service opportunities in their home communities.
RSVP
participants serve from a few to over forty hours a week in
organizations that range from hospitals and youth recreation centers to
local police stations and education facilities. RSVP involves seniors in
service that matches their personal interests and makes use of their
skills and lifelong experience |
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How does
RSVP benefit communities? |
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RSVP volunteers provide hundreds of community
services, ranging from tutoring at-risk youth to planning community gardens to setting up computerized information
systems for community health organizations. Through such efforts, RSVP
is meeting needs that strained local budgets cannot afford. |
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How does
RSVP operate locally? |
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Local public and private nonprofit agencies receive
grants to sponsor and operate RSVP projects in their community |
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What
organizations are eligible for RSVP assistance? |
A wide variety of community organizations may apply
to be RSVP volunteer stations.
Organizations interested in RSVP assistance should
contact their area RSVP project (listed in telephone directories) or
call the toll-free Senior Corps information line: 1-800-424-8867. |
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Who can
participate in RSVP? |
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RSVP participants must be at least 55 years of age.
Interested applicants should call their area RSVP project office or the Senior Corps information line
(1-800-424-8867). Project directories
will meet with applicants to discuss interests and service
opportunities. |
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What is the
National Senior Service Corps? |
The National Senior Service Corps (Senior Corps) is a
network of federally-sponsored programs that help Americans age 55 and older find opportunities to address
community needs through service. In addition to the Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program, the Senior Corps includes the Senior Companion
Program, through which seniors visit elderly people who need assistance
with simple chores and errands in order to live independently, and
Foster Grandparent Program, which provides opportunities for seniors to
help community organizations meet needs of children and youth.
Together, these programs involve over one half million seniors in
service at tens of thousands of sites across the county. Foster
Grandparents and Senior Companions meet income eligibility requirements,
serve 20 hours per week and receive small stipends. |
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What is the
Corporation for National Service? |
| The federally-funded
Corporation for National Service offers opportunities for Americans of
all ages and backgrounds to make their communities
safer, healthier and stronger through service. In addition to the
National Senior Service Corps, the Corporation oversees AmeriCorps (the
new domestic Peace Corps) and Learn and Serve America programs for
students |
