The senior companion program is looking for caring, healthy and enthusiastic people to look in on some of the isolated elderly in our neighborhoods. If you are age 55, have a limited income, and can volunteer 10 hours weekly you might want to consider becoming that committed individual who will visit with two to five people in the community each week. In addition to the wonderful feeling you will get from helping others, the program also provides a non-taxable stipend. The non-taxable stipend means money that cannot be weighed against subsidized housing, food stamps or other government subsidies. Other benefits of being a senior companion volunteer include: mileage reimbursement to and from the visitees home, training, paid snow/heat days and personal days, secondary insurance coverage, and recognition.
Just taking the time to visit with someone, who has found themselves alone because their kids have moved away, a spouse has passed on or their friends have chosen to live in a warmer climate can make all the difference in the world. You can chose to make that difference to a visitee. Became a senior companion; it is easy. Just call the offices of the Senior Companion program; a part of Community Action Program of Belknap-Merrimack Counties at 603-225-3295. We cover the entire state of NH.
