Employment / Volunteerism in Connecticut
The following list is just a small sample of organizations that need your help or that offer stipends for volunteers.
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
10 Prospect Street • 800-994-9422 • www.ctelderlyservices.state.ct.us
Offers employment and training opportunities to interested older persons wishing to remain in the work force.
Alzheimer's Association
96 Oak Street • 800.356.5502 • www.alz.org
Volunteer opportunities are available in the Chapter office helping with programs, services, and special events.
Better Business Bureau
94 South Turnpike Road • Wallingford, CT, 06492 • 203-269-2700 • www.connecticut.bbb.org
Volunteer opportunities for answering telephones, complaint handling, mediation and arbitration, public speaking, data entry, receptionist and clerical duties.
Breaking Through to the Aging (BTA)
860-236-1295 • www.ctelderlyservices.state.ct.us/ProgramsFrm.htm
Provides caring outreach to homebound, frail older adults. Friendly Visitors are trained to make weekly home visits providing friendship, companionship and some assistance with tasks.
Caring Cuisine Drivers
203-624-0947 • www.apnh.org
Caring Cuisine is a meal delivery program specifically designed to fulfill daily nutritional and individual dietary needs. The program provides meals for homebound clients and their dependents three times per week.
The Children's Center Community Programs, Inc.
1 Long Wharf Dr., New Haven • 203-786-6403
Mentoring Program • www.ctmentoring.com
The Connecticut Kindness Club
860-594-4502 x.6309 • www.cthumane.org
Department of Social Services, Elderly Service Division
860-424-5293
Friendly Shoppers
860-236-1295 • www.ctelderlyservices.state.ct.us/ProgramsFrm.htm
Volunteers use their own car to drive the elderly to the store, bank, and barber or beauty shop. Volunteers help the senior with their shopping needs including carrying the groceries and putting them away. Shopping is available for those who are homebound.
Foster Grandparents
100 Constitution Plaza, 7th Floor • www.seniorcorps.org
Foster Grandparents serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for at-risk children and youth with special needs through a variety of community organizations, including schools, hospitals, drug treatment facilities, correctional institutions, and Head Start and day-care centers. For their service, Foster Grandparents receive $2.65 an hour (tax free), reimbursement for transportation, meals during service, annual physical examinations, and accident and liability insurance while on duty.
Goodwill Industries of Western Connecticut
165 Ocean Terrace • 203-368-6511 • www.goodwillwct.org
Jewish Family Services
203-389-5599 • www.jfsnh.org
League of Women Voters of Connecticut, Inc.
1890 Dixwell Avenue, Suite 113 • 203-288-7996 • www.lwv.org
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut
203-261-9044
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
Meals on Wheels
Volunteers can be drivers, deliverers, kitchen helpers, bakers, and Steering Committee members. Volunteers do much more than prepare and deliver meals. Daily, they bring a cheerful greeting, observe the well being of the client and handle emergencies when necessary. Commitment can range from several hours per week to 2-4 hours per month.
Greater Hartford, 860-560-5828 or 860-728-3201
Kosher Meals on Wheels, Inc., 203-777-5002
Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Hartford • 555 Windsor St. • 860-560-5760 • www.seniorcorps.org
Central • 147 W Main St., New Britain • 860-224-7117
North West • 564 Prospect St., Torrington • 860-482-9102
South Central • 201 Noble St., West Haven • 203-933-6180
South Western • 98 South Main St., Norwalk • 203-663-7333
RSVP is open to people age 55 and over. Partners/Operations Local organizations, both public and private, receive grants to sponsor and operate RSVP projects in their community.