By Janet Souter, Senior Corps-RSVP Member It may sound strange, but Stewart Smith actually enjoys volunteering for a task that most of us dread this time of year. For the past two years, as a Senior Corps-RSVP volunteer for the AARP Tax-Aide program, Stewart has been helping low- to moderate-income seniors prepare their 1040s, which…
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Senior Corps-RSVP Member shares advice on giving back and having fun in the giving.
Through HandsOn Suburban Chicago, Senior Corps-RSVP member Janet found the best of both worlds-giving back and having fun in the giving.
Senior Corps-RSVP Member plays significant role in the success of Annual Community Paint-A-Thon
As each fall arrives hundreds of Paint-A-Thon (PAT) volunteers (including Senior Corps-RSVP members) are ready with brushes, scrapers, and rollers in hand, eager to help restore the exterior of local homes greatly in need of a facelift. Days later, when their work is completed, they are rewarded with smiles and hugs from the homeowners.
Decades of volunteering still bring joy and satisfaction for Senior Corps-RSVP Members
Senior Corps-RSVP volunteers Marilyn Hermann and June Wulfert, who have a combined 50-plus years of serving at the Lutheran Home for senior living in Arlington Heights, have found so many ways to contribute-by engaging with residents through one-on-one visits, setting up group chat sessions, or assisting with entertainment events.
Senior Corps-RSVP Member providing hope to children through international and intergenerational programs
Senior Corps-RSVP member, Walt (Corky) Riesing shares his international volunteer experiences with his fifth grade pen pal student, tutors and mentors elementary students with Lunch Buddies program and comforts hospice clients and their families. He finds that the “more time you spend with all these people, the more hope you have. What I do is no big deal. I’ve been truly blessed in my life.”
Senior Corps-RSVP of HandsOn Suburban Chicago Honors Local Volunteers at Annual Member Recognition Brunch
For Immediate Release: Arlington Heights, IL, May 16, 2018 – One hundred seventy volunteers representing 62 local agencies will gather at the Metropolis Ballroom in Arlington Heights on Thursday, May 16, 2018 to be recognized for outstanding service in their communities. The First Bank of Highland Park, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the…
Senior Corps Week Spotlight on Service: RSVP member brings Pen Pals program to Wheeling elementary school
When Janet Isaacman, a Senior Corps-RSVP volunteer tutor at Tarkington Elementary School in Wheeling, learned about the new Senior Corps-RSVP Pen Pals Program, she saw an opportunity for the school’s fourth and fifth graders to improve their writing skills as well as their grades. Pen Pals volunteers write to third-, fourth- or fifth-grade students (one…
Village of Palatine Recognizes Senior Corps-RSVP Volunteers for National Service Recognition Day 2018
In honor of National Service Recognition Day, Mayor Jim Schwantz & the Village of Palatine Council presented our Senior Corps-RSVP program with a proclamation recognizing the service of Senior Corps-RSVP members who volunteer throughout the Palatine community.
