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Sometimes...happiness
is just having someone to talk to!
Would you consider becoming a
volunteer Visitor for Aid For Friends?
- If
you are interested, call AFF to arrange a meeting with a Social
Service staff person who will explain the requirements of a
volunteer visitor and you will view a short video explaining our
program. Consequently, shut-ins on our waiting list in various
communities will be anonymously described and upon discussion, you
would choose a shut-in with whom you feel you would be compatible.
After the initial
interview session/orientation, your tasks would include:
- Pick
up seven frozen home cooked dinners from a local Aid for Friends
freezer (there are 250 freezer locations throughout Philadelphia and
surrounding counties.)
- Deliver
the dinners to your frail elderly homebound client/friend once
weekly.
- Visit
with the shut-in for approximately one hour each week, discussing
various topics of interest to the shut-in, such as their early life,
sports teams for those who are interested, etc. Be a listener;
let the shut-in set the pace. You
may find that this conversation may not only be enjoyable to the
client/friend but for yourself, as well.
When Aid For Friends provides free - tasty - nutritious home cooked dinners to the frail elderly homebound
- when
we offer not only our meals but the hand of friendship to the isolated
and compassion to the neglected, we are providing food and friendship to
the needy homebound; little miracles love can bring.
Steve and Mrs. Vchey |
