We are partners with community organizations in Colorado to promote visitation to senior citizens in nursing homes and providing a Pack of Hope to remind each senior that they are valued.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Attention Crafters!
Do you knit, crochet, sew, or quilt? Please consider donating your wonderful creations to a resident in a nursing home for their birthday!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Volunteers needed!
Please join us as we host a birthday party each month to remind senior citizens in nursing homes that no one has forgotten them on their birthday! We are partners with 3 homes in Arvada and Golden. Contact us for more information, info@packsofhope.org
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
2014 Volunteer Opportunities
September 6: join us for Bingo!
October 4: volunteers needed for crafts
November 1: volunteers needed
December 6: volunteers needed
Each month we meet from 2-3pm to host a Birthday Club and all residents are invited to celebrate upcoming birthdays as they receive a Golden Pack of Hope as a gift from our organization. We need volunteers to help serve cake and socialize with the residents. This is a perfect way for your family (even the little ones), small group, or scout troop to participate together. Contact us if your family/group would like to volunteer at info@packsofhope.org
Monday, October 7, 2013
Rake-Up Colorado
The Volunteers of America Safety of Seniors Handyman Program is excited to announce the 11th annual Rake-Up Colorado event, which will help limited-income seniors in the community with leaf raking. This exciting event will be taking place on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. Rake-Up Colorado is among the many services offered to seniors by the Safety of Seniors Handyman Program, including minor repairs and safety modifications in the home. All services are intended to keep seniors living safely and independently in their home.
For more information about this event or about the Safety of Seniors Handyman Program at Volunteers of America, please call 303-297-0408.
For more information about this event or about the Safety of Seniors Handyman Program at Volunteers of America, please call 303-297-0408.
Friday, August 9, 2013
Volunteers Needed
Not sure where to start? Come spend the most rewarding hour giving back to the community on the first Saturday of each month from 2-3pm as we host a birthday party for residents in a local Arvada nursing home. We bring cake and socialize with some of the neatest folks you will ever meet. We celebrate all the birthdays for the upcoming month and hand out Golden Packs to the birthday people. Your small group or family can host, let us know what month your group is available. Please, please let me know if you play a musical instrument and would like to share your talents with the residents for one of the parties. For more info contact us at golden@packsofhope.org.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Cool Down & Be Safe
The Safety of Seniors Handyman Program at Volunteers of America is excited to announce the 11th annual Cool Down & Be Safe, Colorado! The purpose of this event is to help protect seniors during the hot summer months by providing one free fan. Volunteers will deliver the fans to the homes of seniors, age 60 or older, who reside in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties. The fans will be distributed between June 3rd and June 14th. For more information about this event or about the Safety of Seniors Handyman Program at Volunteers of America, please call 303-297-0408.
Summit on Aging - June 25,2013
The Summit on Aging is open to the public and especially those working with seniors or have an interest in Jeffco's aging population, as it doubles over the next 20 years. For more info contact Chelsea Rybak at crybak@srcaging.org
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