The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield has a critical need for volunteer drivers over the age of 25 to transport seniors to essential medical, dental appointments, and grocery or food pantries. Areas in the greatest need of drivers include Chesterfield County, Colonial Heights, Chester, and Hopewell. Can you help by offering a few hours to provide a ride to a senior in our community?
The Center is also looking for volunteer instructors to teach classes online virtually. If you have a passion for a subject and would love to share it with our Adventures in Learning students, we would love for you to join us as we navigate our “new normal.”
Become a part of this close-knit volunteer community!
Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield’s mission of enriching the lives of adults 60 and over in Chesterfield County and surrounding communities by offering volunteer opportunities for community service and lifelong learning and helping them remain healthy, active, safe, and independent in their own homes for as long as possible.
The Shepherd’s Center’s volunteers carry out this mission by providing:
1. Free, accompanied transportation for seniors to their critical medical appointments, for prescription pickup, to food pantries and for grocery shopping
2. A minor home repair service called “HandyHands.”
3. Because there is more to life than just staying healthy and safe, their senior volunteers are instructors in their 24-week lifelong learning program, Adventures in Learning. This program allows other seniors to continue to engage their minds and stay actively involved in their communities.
This past year, Shepherd’s Center volunteers: They have provided 2010 free, accompanied rides to critical medical appointments and grocery shopping, and enrolled over 668 senior adults into their services.
· They made 123 minor home repair visits to help those on fixed incomes and living in their own homes. They offered 80 educational classes resulting in 349 low-cost class registrations.Finally they have provided 1,400 low-cost lunches for those attending their Luncheon Forums.
For more information about The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield, call 804-706-6689 or visit shepcenter.org.
