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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Colorado Experience Bank
Colorado Experience Bank is your gateway to a wealth of resources for Baby Boomers and maturing adults. If you want to make a meaningful contribution to your community, the Colorado Experience Bank will connect you with great opportunities to explore a new career, enroll in lifelong learning classes and contribute to your community through volunteering opportunities.
Health Passport
Health Passport members are a dynamic group of well-educated, engaged Coloradoans. They want to learn how to live better, be healthier, stay active, meet interesting people and contribute to their community. We provide any necessary training and all materials.

Volunteers
• Become a ReConnect Leader providing non-medical support to patients and families
• Assist patients as they transition from hospital to home
• Facilitate a chronic disease management course
• Counsel clients who need prescription drug assistance, help with day-to-day living expenses, Medicare and Medicaid issues
• Schedule classes, plan excursions and travel, recruit instructors
• Edit or write articles for the quarterly newsletter
• Manage the blogs, nings, and social networking sites
• Host early morning coffee at Colorado Mills Mall
• Attend fairs and events, representing Health Passport
• Present information about Health Passport to community groups and organizations
• Lead a book study or a discussion on current events
• Work in the offices at Colorado Mills Mall or at the Raleigh Medical Building, answering member questions, registering members for classes, and helping with general office work
• Teach classes in your areas of expertise
• Meet and greet classes at all locations
• Help with outreach and marketing
• Become a trainer for Healthier Living – a chronic disease management program.
• If you speak a second language, especially Spanish, help at various events in the community!
• Other ideas? You tell us.
For more information, call 303-629-4921.

http://myhealthpassport.blogspot.com
Metro Volunteers
Metro Volunteers is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that helps individuals, families, and corporate and community groups find volunteer opportunities at diverse service organizations throughout the metro Denver area. Our capacity-building programs and services allow volunteers to work hand-in-hand with nonprofit agencies to develop strong and vibrant communities.
Volunteer Match
VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Our popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 50,000 nonprofit organizations.

Seniors Inc.
Seniors Inc. was founded with a mission dedicated to promoting independence, offering support, providing home care, encouraging growth, and enhancing the quality of life as we age. Our organization extends throughout 21 counties in Colorado with offices in Denver, Canon City, and Trinidad. In the past year, Seniors Inc. provided services to over 8,000 seniors and their families throughout the Denver Metro area and southern Colorado.

Seniors' Resource Center
Since 1978 the Board of Directors, Staff and Volunteers of Seniors’ Resource Center (SRC) have worked to preserve the independence and dignity of our community’s older adults. Seniors’ Resource Center is a
501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization. SRC’s programs include a continuum of services, everything from education and employment opportunities to providing basic sustenance needs. As the older population continues to increase, the Seniors’ Resource Center will continue to evolve to ensure that individuals who need our services will receive them in a timely and caring manner.
Senior Hub
The Senior Hub, Inc. is a Senior Services agency offering support and referral to older adults age 55 and over in the north Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. Some of our programs also serve seniors in Aurora and the rural eastern I-70 corridor.  Here's a sampling of our programs:
Meals on Wheels, Respite Care and In-Home Supportive Services, Senior Solutions, RSVP, Adult Day Service, and Rural Meals on Wheels.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Programs (RSVP)
Our mission is to mobilize volunteers aged 55+ to meet community needs and to promote the security, independence and comfort of seniors and adults with disabilities.
Currently, we can link you with opportunities at more than 250 nonprofit, governmental and community agencies where your unique abilities will be utilized to the fullest. RSVP is a national program, part of Senior Corps and under the same umbrella as VISTA, Peace Corps and Americorps.

For a list of RSVP programs in Colorado go

Boulder County RSVP


San Luis Valley RSVP slv

Foster Grandparents Program
Volunteer positions created for seniors ages 55 and over throughout several Colorado counties. These programs connect seniors of all income levels to a wide variety of fulfilling and rewarding volunteer jobs so that these valuable seniors continue to make a positive impact in their communities well into retirement. go

 

 


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Colorado Options
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