| YELLOWSTONE COUNTY RETIRED & SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM |
What is RSVP?
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A nationwide (but local) volunteer program, RSVP invites adults beginning at age 55 to use your life experience and skills to answer the call of your neighbors in need.
SHARING your time, strengths, experience, insights, knowledge, heart and passion with others.
INSPIRING hope, friendship, motivation, growth, productivity, accountability and trust.
CHANGING your community and your world ... one person at a time
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Do You Have What it Takes?
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RSVP volunteers:
• Begin at age 55;
• Can volunteer at least a few hours every week; and
• Enjoy working with others to solve community problems
Today's adults are busy, productive people. Many RSVP volunteers use their experience to tutor and mentor children, counsel small businesses, assist at health clinics and teach seniors to use the Internet. Others distribute food to the homeless or volunteer at a variety of one-time community events. They want to stay involved with their community in ways that make a difference for those in need.
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You Benefit.
As an RSVP volunteer, you'll receive:
• Free volunteer placement;
• The opportunity to share your experience and skills;
• The chance to learn something new every day;
• Supplemental accident and liability insurance, and
• The satisfaction of knowing you are inspiring others!
Your Neighbors Benefit.
Among their many accomplishments, RSVP volunteers:
• Provide food for the homeless, shut-in and hungry;
• Build housing for low-income neighbors; and
• Change lives by mentoring and tutoring youth and children whose parents are incarcerated.
RSVP Yellowstone County invites you to put your experience to work solving problems close to home. Whether teaching children to read, helping people prepare for disasters, or providing much-needed support to non-profit agencies, RSVP volunteers are changing their communities
Getting involved is the key to RSVP. Your hard work can solve problems, and you'll get back even more than you give.
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Sharing a LIFETIME of EXPERIENCE to Inspire Others
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RSVP volunteers use their life and job skills to change their communities.
Just a small sampling of what RSVP Yellowstone County volunteers did over the past five years:
• 1,027 volunteers participated;
• Over a half million dollars worth of service (450,026 hours) was freely and passionately contributed to local needs in Yellowstone County;
• 463 active adults became new RSVP volunteers;
• Volunteers served with 175 non-profit agencies and programs; and
• Dozens of critical needs were met and the most needy of our community live richer lives because hundreds of volunteers cared and helped!
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"Volunteering helps me stay active and gives me a reason to learn new things." - RSVP Volunteer from Laurel
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"I love volunteering! I'm helping others who really need the little help I can give." - RSVP Volunteer from Lockwood
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"I do this because it utilizes my skills and talents and has helped me to make new friends." - RSVP Volunteer from Broadview
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"We volunteer because it adds purpose to our lives and helps us feel like we make a difference." - RSVP Volunteers from Worden
"My self-confidence, physical health and overall well-being has increased since I started volunteering. I now look forward to each new day." - RSVP Volunteer from Billings
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Funding for RSVP Yellowstone County
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The Corporation for National and Community Service provides 70% of RSVP's funding. Senior Corps, a part of CNCS, is a network of programs that helps adults aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities to assist in strengthening their communities. Senior Corps includes RSVP, the Foster Grandparent Program and the Senior Companion Program. For more information about CNCS, go to www.nationalservice.org.
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| Our local sponsor, the Yellowstone County Council on Aging, provides 30% of our funding from the Yellowstone County Senior Mill Levy. Providing Meals on Wheels, transportation for seniors, publishing the Senior News, and assistance through the Resource Center are some of the other priorities of YCCOA. For more information about the programs of YCCOA, go to www.yccoa.org.
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Call us at RSVP Yellowstone County
(406) 245.6177
for more information.
RSVP Yellowstone County
1603 Grand Avenue, Suite E17
Billings, MT 59102
Current local volunteer opportunities posted weekly at:
www.volunteermatch.org
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