| Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
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RSVP offers maximum flexibility and choice to its volunteers as it matches the personal interests and skills of individuals with opportunities to serve their communities.
RSVP volunteers choose how and where they want to serve - from a few hours to more than 40 hours a week. RSVP volunteers provide hundreds of community services, such as:
- Participating in neighborhood watch programs
- Planting community gardens
- Providing counsel to new business owners
- Offering relief services to victims of natural disasters
- Tutoring children in reading and math
- Helping community organizations operate more efficiently
- Building houses
- Helping get children immunized
- Modeling parenting skills to teen parents
Who can be an RSVP volunteer?
RSVP provides service opportunities for those who want to make a difference in their communities while maintaining the flexibility to decide who and how frequently they serve.
Eligibility: RSVP volunteers must be at least 55 years of age.
Benefits: RSVP volunteers are able to put their unique talents to work for community and faith-based organizations that are significant to them. In addition, they receive the following benefits:
- Pre-service orientation
- On-the-job training from the agency or organization where they are placed
- Supplemental insurance while on duty
Each Year:
- Fifteen programs serve 33 counties
- 6,012 volunteers serve
- 786,275 hours are served
Counties Served:
Broadwater - Carter - Cascade - Chouteau - Custer - Daniels - Dawson - Fallon - Fergus - Flathead Gallatin - Golden Valley - Hill - Jefferson - Judith Basin - Lake - Lewis & Clark - McCone - Mineral Missoula - Musselshell - Park - Petroleum - Ravalli - Richland - Roosevelt - Rosebud - Sheridan - Silver Bow - Teton - Wheatland - Wibaux - Yellowstone
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