Open Requests From: Family Service Rochester

A homeowner is asking for assistance.  She needs someone to install a new storm door.  Client will purchase door.  Volunteer should bring a few basic tools along.

After you respond with your interest, Family Service Rochester will provide the homeowners address and phone number. Volunteer will work with the homeowner to schedule a date and time around the volunteers availability.  

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity!

Location: 23000 block of Fertile Ave

A homeowner would appreciate a volunteer's assistance with gardening, planting plants, unsealing windows painted shut, wash outside windows (1 story house).

After responding with your interest, Family Service Rochester will provide the homeowner’s address and phone number. You may work with the homeowner to schedule this request around your availability.

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity!

Location: 800 block of Rogers Row, Faribault

A senior is seeking a volunteer to visit with him and play cards.

Family Service Rochester will provide the volunteer with the person's name and address once the volunteer responds so that they may work out a time for their first outing together.

Thank you for considering this request!

Location: 800 block of Faribault Rd, Faribault

Please respond to this open request if you can help remove snow for a homeowner this winter.

Task: Clear steps, driveway, and around to patio and deck door.
Location: Owatonna

The homeowner does not have a shovel or snowblower.

*Snow must removed within 24 hours after it stops snowing. 

Thank you for considering this opportunity!

Be a friend!

A woman is looking for a volunteer to be a weekly companion. She would like to meet someone with similar interests - quilting, reading, and word puzzles. She lives in her own home.

 

Location: Owatonna, MN

Further information: After responding with your interest, Family Service Rochester will provide the homeowner's address and phone number. You will then work out a time for your first visit together to see if you are a good match.

 

Volunteers are needed to mow lawns for seniors and those with disabilities this summer. Mowing begins as soon as the yard is ready for mowing and ends in November based on need and weather.  The volunteer should be available to mow every 5 - 7 days early in the season, every 7 - 10 days later in the season, or as needed and agreed upon with homeowner.  Homeowners may or may not have a lawn mower.  If you are able to transport your mower to a location, please include that in your response.

This lawn would take approximately 1 hour 45 minutes to mow.

Please respond if interested and you will be contacted when you are matched to a request for assistance.

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity!

Location: 1  block of Ginseng Ct, Northfield

Volunteers are needed to clear driveways and sidewalks for elderly neighbors. 

Once the match is made, the volunteer will be assigned to clear the sidewalks and paths surrounding the same home after each storm this winter.

If you're not able to help on a regular basis, you can let us know you'd be willing to be a snow shoveling substitute, and we will contact you to check your availability.

Thank you for considering this need!

 

 

 

 

A woman is asking if a volunteer would be willing to pick her up and bring her to Northfield Care Center (900 Cannon Valley Dr) to visit with her husband for an hour or so and then bring her back home.

Additional information, including the woman's location, will be sent to the volunteer once they respond.  

Thank you!

Location:  Faribault

 

Volunteers are needed to mow lawns for seniors and those with disabilities this summer. Mowing begins as soon as the yard is ready for mowing and ends in November based on need and weather.  The volunteer should be available to mow every 5 - 7 days early in the season, every 7 - 10 days later in the season, or as needed and agreed upon with homeowner.  Homeowners may or may not have a lawn mower.  If you are able to transport your mower to a location, please include that in your response. Please respond if interested and you will be contacted when you are matched to a request for assistance.

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity!

Location:4100 block of 66th St NW, Medford

A woman is asking for a volunteer to hem curtains.  

FSR will provide the homeowner's address and phone number. The volunteer will work with the homeowner to schedule a date and time.  

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity!

Location: Gingsen Court

A woman is asking if a volunteer would be willing to pick her up at her home and bring her to visit with her husband at Northfield Care Center in Northfield.  She anticipates her visit(s) will be one hour with a ride home.  Contact client to arrange date(s) and time(s).

Additional information, including the woman's location, will be sent to the volunteer once they respond.  

Thank you!

Location:  Roberds Lake Blvd, Faribault

A woman is asking if a volunteer would be willing to pick her up at 5:15am and bring her to DaVita Faribault Dialysis in Faribault.  Anticipates she should be ready at 9:00am for a ride home.

Additional information, including their location, will be sent to the volunteer once they respond.  

Thank you!

Location:  District One Hospital, Faribault

 

By volunteering as a Senior Companion, you can make a positive difference by providing weekly or bi-weekly visits that keep older adults feeling well — both physically and emotionally. 

Senior Companion volunteers offer assistance with daily tasks and transportation to older adults who wish to stay active, healthy, and continue living at home. Through weekly or bi/weekly in-home visits a few hours, our volunteers offer assistance by:

Being a friend who listens and offers encouragement. Providing non-medical support - helping an older adult run errands, get to medical appointments, go grocery shopping, etc. Sharing hobbies and interests such as playing cards, having a meal, going for a walk or doing a puzzle Providing a break for family caregivers

Caregiver Respite ensures caregivers know they are not alone and that help is available. Volunteers provide non-medical companionship, supervision, and a friendly face for older adults and those with disabilities so their primary caregiver can have some time away for work, family, and rest. 

Often people living with disabilities or memory loss and their caregivers have limited social contact outside their families. Volunteers are welcomed as friends, relationships develop, caregivers begin to cope better with daily stress, and thus the whole family is served. Volunteers are paired with a family and serve 4 – 16 hours a month, although there is no minimum or maximum about of time that can be donated.

Respite Care
Respite care volunteers offer quality companionship to someone with memory impairment or a chronic condition, so the primary caregiver can take a few hours off to attend to their needs. This has several benefits as it gives the primary family caregiver time:

To enjoy other activities like lunch with a friend or other social outings. To run errands or make appointments without feeling rushed. Respite care volunteers typically provide respite to their assigned family for 2-4 hours weekly or every other week.

Training
Respite Volunteer Training is offered to support respite volunteers. The training and education explore HIPAA and client confidentiality, boundaries, professionalism, and respect, case examples/caregiving-centric issues, and dementia education.   

Matching Process
Neighbors Helping Neighbors takes great care to match a volunteer and family. The Volunteer should feel comfortable handling the Care Receiver’s level of functioning. The Care Receiver should feel comfortable and respected by his/her new Volunteer companion.

Household helper volunteers are needed to assist older adults and those with disabilities with household chores. Typical tasks include vacuuming, dusting, mopping, cleaning kitchens and bathrooms, and other housekeeping items. 

Flexible--volunteer as your schedule allows! 

 

 

Transportation is an essential need among older adults and the most requested service we receive. Many seniors in our community are no longer driving but have doctor appointments to get to and errands to run. We are here to assist these individuals, and we do so by making volunteering to drive easy!

As a volunteer driver, you assign yourself to requested trips that fit well with your schedule and transport the consumer in your own vehicle! Most transportation requests are for medical appointments, but we also accept transports to grocery stores, community centers, banks, hair salons, churches, shopping centers, and social events.

If you would like more information about volunteering with Family Service Rochester, please reach out to a member of our Senior Independence Team at 507-287-2010 or volunteers@familyservicerochester.org. 

Thank you!

Volunteers are needed to help homeowners clean up their yards in the spring, summer, and fall.

Please respond if you're interested in helping, and we will contact you as request for assistance are made.

Thank you for considering this volunteer opportunity!