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Volunteer Opportunities Fall:

Welcome September and what is always a beautiful time in Southern Rhode Island. However, there are always volunteer opportunities to help those in need. Begin your fall with one of these great opportunities to share your skills:

Where are our dog lovers? A senior with severe physical limitations needs your help to walk the dog. Walking the dog is shared by a few volunteers for this senior. Current needs are Wednesday and or Thursday afternoon—between 2 and 4 pm; perfect for our teen volunteers! Also there is an opportunity to help for the Thursday morning walk. Not only does the dog get out, but great, easy exercise for you too! Beautiful walking in the pier area of Narragansett.

Call the office to hear more about this great opportunity.

On going needs to support our seniors:

Transportation to and from medical appointments including dentists, therapies, and pharmacies to support healthy aging.

This is a very flexible opportunity. You can choose the geographic communities/area you wish to serve, days, times—there’s no schedule that you must follow.

Staff communicates by email and phone calls to let you know what’s available. You choose to accept or not what the presented needs are. There are just over 100 requests per month and a large group of volunteers which is needed to help our seniors.

Delivery of groceries and/or food from area pantries once a week is another way to help a homebound senior. Thursday mornings is a weekly delivery day from some area markets when our volunteers deliver to 2 or 3 senior homes, other times are individual pick-up and delivery from any market that offers that service. Days/times vary and are provided as an opportunity the same way that medical transportation scheduling does. Substitute volunteers are always welcome too.

Meals on Wheels SRIV is looking for someone to help count the meals delivered for our volunteer drivers. This is a sub position to cover Monday through Thursday on an occasional basis. Very flexible, training and more. Call SRIV for details.

RICAN food pantry is looking for volunteers to help in the thrift shop. There is a need especially on Tuesday and Saturday at this time. The thrift shop is open Monday through Saturday 9 am to 5 pm.

Tabitha’s Closet is searching for volunteers to join their team. The openings include Tuesdays 3 to 5 pm to help sort clothing donations; Fridays 3 to 5 pm to help rack those clothing donations; and Saturdays 9 to 1 pm to help with customer service and sales of the clothing.

Hoping to meet you soon and welcome you to the team. If you have time and interest in these offerings we look forward to chatting with you.

SRIV can be reached at 401-552-7661 Monday through Friday between 9 am and 4 pm or by email at info@southernrivol.org.