Visit with a Low-Income Elder on Easter Sunday - March 23rd! March 23, 2008

Are you going to be in Boston for Easter? Would you like to spend one day doing something for someone else? Volunteer with Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly! Volunteers are ordinary people with extraordinary love and concern for others, contributing their time, talent and energy. Little Brothers is seeking volunteers to visit our elder friends throughout Boston to bring a home-cooked meal and flowers and spend time visiting with them.

Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly needs volunteers (individuals and groups) on Sunday March 23, 2008 to help us celebrate Easter by escorting elders to a PARTY at the Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly offices in JP. We will ALSO need Friendly Visiting volunteers to help distribute traditional meals from Northeastern University’s (NEU) Churchill Hall to DELIVER home cooked meals and happy cheer into peoples homes. (Green E Line @ Northeastern OR Ruggles on the Orange Line)

First opening its Boston doors in 1979, Little Brothers has a mission to relieve the isolation that is present in the lives of so many elders. With no family and inadequate social contacts, the elderly men and women who turn to Little Brothers benefit from regular contact with staff and volunteers, social activities, direct services, and holiday programs offering them year round programs to relieve isolation. Our elders are in the city of Boston, are 70 years and over, living at or below the poverty line and are without friends or families to celebrate the holidays with.

Our elders are over 70, very low-income, and are without friends or families to celebrate the holidays with. Little Brothers volunteers bring a home-cooked meals and flowers to elders and spend time visiting with them on the holiday. Most importantly, they bring companionship and caring.

If you would like to make a difference in one of our elder's lives, please contact us at 617-524-8882 or boston@littlebrothers.org

Requirements:
In order to be matched with an elder person, Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly–Boston complies with state regulations that requests information from the Criminal History Systems Board pursuant to Chapter 6 §172C that mandates agencies which accept such individual as a volunteer.
Simply, in order to volunteer with our organization you MUST complete the application (pg.2) which includes the CORI page (pg.4 - as stipulated by law). Currently the processing by the government is slow-taking up to 2 weeks. It is for this reason that we heavily recommend that you apply before March 10th, 2008.
For more information, to be properly CORI screened and then matched, please contact our offices at 617-524-8882.

You can choose to volunteer for any of our upcoming events.
* Wed. Feb 13th - Sat. Feb 16th, Valentine's Visits
* Sat. Feb 16th, Valentines Day Party, 12noon - 2pm
* Wed. Feb 27th, Brunch, 10am - 12noon
* Thurs. March 6th, “Carnival for a Cause”, 6pm – 9pm @ Rumor Nightclub, 100 Warrenton St, Boston, MA, 02116 – General Admissions $100 (includes two drink tickets) & VIP $175 (includes an open bar, valet parking and extra gaming chips)
* Sat. Mar 15th, St. Patrick's Day Lunch, 12noon - 2pm
* Saturday March 22nd, Prep NEU Churchill Hall for Easter package delivery, 9am – 1pm
* Sunday March 23rd, Escort elders to a traditional Easter Lunch at LBFOE, 12noon – 2pm
* Sunday March 23rd, Traditional Easter package delivery from NEU Churchill Hall, 10am – 12:30pm
* Wed. Apr 9th, Brunch, 10am - 12noon
* Mon. Apr 14 – Fri. Apr 18th, Passover visits
* Wed. Apr 16th, Passover Party, 2pm - 4pm
~~~ brunches, errands, events, and visits the next time you have free time for an elder within Boston.
~~~ Looking to keep busy over the winter season by meeting an elders?
~~~ MULTIPLE OPP: Escort an elder person to complete tasks of daily living

Web site: www.boston.littlebrothers.org/

If you have any other friends or family who are over 18 years old that you think would like to participate, please forward this to them, and they could apply by completing the Full volunteer application.

In order to become a volunteer, please complete the attached application packet {email it back or fax it to 617-524-8905 or mail to 3305 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, 02130}.

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Official Website: http://www.boston.littlebrothers.org/