About CJE SeniorLife
Volunteer at CJE SeniorLife
CJE SeniorLife Volunteer Department provides the agency with a corps of trained volunteers, putting in more then 65,000 hours of compassionate service, equal to $ 1,200,000 of compensation. We recruit and train volunteers who are committed to CJE SeniorLife’s mission of providing vital services to older adults in the community. There are many rewarding volunteer opportunities within CJE SeniorLife, depending on your interests.
Bernard Horwich Volunteer Group
Volunteers are hosts/hostesses and substitute receptionists at Consumer Assistance. Volunteers assist staff on a variety of projects, as needed.
Bill Paying
Volunteers are assigned clients and visit with them in the client’s home on a monthly basis to help organize/pay their bills.
Clerical
Volunteers assist clerical staff with typing, mailing, collating, filing, billing, or gathering data for special projects.
Crime Victim/Witness Program
Volunteers accompany clients to provide comfort and knowledge about what is occurring through the court system. Volunteers help coordinate educational workshops on crime and safety.
Docents
Specially trained volunteers guide visitors through the agency’s facilities and speak about its programs.
Lieberman Assistants
Volunteers help feed breakfast, lunch or dinner to Lieberman residents. A commitment of one hour/per week is needed.
Friendly Visiting
Friendly Visitors are trained to provide a variety of duties on a one-to-one basis with clients and may include listening, talking, reading, writing letters, walking, shopping and escorting clients. Friendly Visitors are supervised by the older person's caseworker and report back to the professional staff regularly. Visitation takes place in a client’s home one hour/per week.
Gift Shop
Volunteers operate CJE SeniorLife’s gift shop located at Lieberman. The hours of the shop are Monday through Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Group Activities
Volunteers assist with arts and crafts, help with horticultural projects, provide entertainment, lead discussion groups, share hobbies or special interests, assist with Shabbat and Holiday Programs, go on trips and do a variety of other tasks as needed at all CJE SeniorLife facilities. Individuals and/or groups may volunteer.
Home Delivered Meals
Volunteers deliver daily meals as well as observe clients’ nutritional needs. Meals are delivered from Lieberman, Monday-Friday.
Intergenerational Programs
Volunteers facilitate programs (like Bubbies & Babies) where young people visit with CJE SeniorLife clients.
Legal Counseling
Volunteer attorneys provide legal counseling to individual clients and educational seminars to groups on such issues as wills, landlord-tenant relationships and consumer rights.
Manicures
Volunteers give mini-manicures weekly to clients in CJE SeniorLife facilities.
Pet Therapy
Volunteers bring their dogs (following CJE SeniorLife approval) to visit clients one hour/per week.
Shabbat Luncheon
Shabbat Luncheon is a group volunteer activity in which individual or corporate donors sponsor a pre-Shabbat luncheon, approximately every other Friday, for about 55 CJE SeniorLife clients. Volunteers organize and manage the Shabbat Luncheon at the different sites.
Special Resource
These volunteers are available as needed for special projects like translating, registrations, surveys, outreach, rent rebate assistance, etc. The variety of requests for special tasks is endless and volunteers with special skills and talents are much needed by the agency.
Transportation
Volunteers provide much needed transportation to clients as needed. While all that is required is transportation to/from the destination outside the agency's target area, moral support plays a large role in each service delivery.
Call CJE SeniorLife’s volunteer director at 773.508.1064 Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. to explore further the many opportunities that are available to help seniors in our community. Time commitments are variable so we welcome your call, regardless of how much you can participate. Our needs are great and our older clients need assistance throughout the day, seven days a week.
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