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Our Volunteers Save Lives

It only takes a phone call to get started and you will be so happy you did!

The NEK Council on Aging celebrates our 400+ volunteers who dedicate their valuable time and expertise to support NEK families. We need Vermonters of every age to make our communities into the places we want to live. Join our team!
Contact Emily Sanderson (802) 751-0431 or email: esanderson@nekcouncil.org.

Why Volunteer for the NEKCOA?

- Discover a new way to express your sense of service and

support to your neighbors and community.

- Utilize your own skills and talents to benefit others

- It helps your elderly friends and neighbors to remain

independent with dignity

- Gives you a new sense of purpose

- Helps to combat stress, loneliness, and social isolation

- Because it's fun!

Ways You Can Help!

- Call a friend and share a friendly conversation

- Deliver pet food with our Pets4Life Program

- Serve as a home delivered meals driver

- Deliver groceries to those who are home bound

- Assist with household relocation

- Transport an elderly friend to medical

appointments

- Lawn Care/Stacking Wood/Snow Removal

- Light Home Maintenance (installing air conditioners)

- And so much more!

Current Volunteer Needs and Opportunites

*If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer for NEKCOA and want to know more!*

Please fill out the quick interest application below. Your information will be sent directly to our Volunteer Coordinator, Emily Sanderson. Emily will follow-up with you to discuss our volunteer program and its guidelines!

Emily Sanderson, AmeriCorps Senior Program Coordinator

The AmeriCorps Senior network is one of the largest volunteer networks in the nation for people 55 and over. You can use the skills and talents you’ve learned over the years, or develop new ones while serving in a variety of volunteer activities within your community.

For information regarding the AmeriCorps Seniors Program, contact Emily Sanderson at (802) 751-0431 or email esanderson@nekcouncil.org.

To apply as a volunteer, please refer to the Volunteer Interest Application above.

Pam Moon, Volunteer Enhancement Coordinator

Pam Moon serves as our boots on the ground staff to meet with community partners and area businesses to recruit new volunteers. She also attends area events to draw awareness to the services of the Council and to welcome volunteers to join our team.

If your business is looking for community service projects for your employees, please give Pam a call. She will be happy to meet with you and discuss volunteer needs at the Council. Call her at (802) 748-4182 or email pmoon@nekcouncil.org.

“Volunteering with NEK Council on Aging provides me with a way to channel my energies towards positive outcomes for others, while sharing my own resources and thus making better use of them. The experiences that I am having as a volunteer illustrate to me the tremendous benefits of working interdependently with neighbors so as to strengthen ourselves and our community.”

Neil Glassman, Tech for Today Coordinator

Our Tech for Today program aids our elder community members to live well by helping them clear technology hurdles using computers, tablets, cell phones, and the Internet.

The goals of the program are greater independence, reduced isolation, and staying connected with family, friends, and resources. Home visits are our most frequent means of providing assistance. Office visits and virtual help sessions are also options. Issues are commonly addressed during a single visit, though a series of support sessions are provided when needed.

Tech for Today services are available at no charge to those aged 60 and older in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties. If you or a loved one is in need of technical support, call our Help Line toll-free at (800) 642-5119.

We are seeking volunteers to assist us in growing our Tech for Today support network. If you are tech-savvy and can patiently take others through the steps they need to be connected, you may be our next Digital Champion!

For information relating to the Tech for Today program, contact Neil Glassman (802) 745-2284 or email nglassman@nekcouncil.org.

To apply as a Tech-for-Today volunteer, please refer to the Volunteer Interest Application above.

"I am so grateful for Neil's help. I could barely use my flip phone for simple phone calls, and it was outdated. I was able to get a new smartphone and Neil has helped me to keep in touch with medical appointments via texting and I am now learning how to use the calendar. I am the transportation for four friends to and from medical appointments at Dartmouth, NVRH, and Burlington and managing my schedule in a planner is hard. He is very patient and understands that I may not get it the first time. He is the real deal, thank you!" Frances from Lyndon, VT

Brooke Brown, Volunteer Wellness Program Coordinator

Brooke leads our at-home wellness program where volunteers provide one-on-one wellness support to elders in their home.

She is certified as an Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program and Fall Prevention Tai Chi leader. The NEKCOA pays for training in Fall Prevention Tai Chi and Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program leaders.

The above wellness services help to maintain strength and mobility for elders who need assistance with a transition from medical treatments to home or for those who have the desire to continue wellness programs but have difficulty venturing to an outside location.

For information about the At-Home Wellness Program, contact Brooke Brown, (802) 745-2212 or email bbrown@nekcouncil.org.

To apply as a At-Home Wellness Program volunteer, please refer to the Volunteer Interest Application above.