Community Service is defined as "the performance of voluntary work or duties that are a public benefit, and that serve to improve the quality of life, enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in the community."
1) The Foster Grandparent Program is an intergenerational program that connects volunteers 55+ with opportunities to provide one-on-one mentoring, nurturing, and support to children who need it. It’s a Senior Corps program under the same Federal granting agency as AmeriCorps/VISTA. Currently they have 4 volunteers serving in 3 Rock Springs elementary schools, and are looking for more people that want to give back to their communities by tutoring and mentoring children.
Maryalice Snider
Program Director
Foster Grandparents of the Wyoming Rockies
PO Box 536/968 N. 9th Street
Laramie, WY 82073
307.223.1051
2) Work at a local public or non-profit institution, including but not limited to: adult daycare program, homeless shelter, feeding programs, food bank, or clothes closet, etc.
3) Work with a non-profit organization that serves PHA residents or their children, including but not limited to: boy scouts, girl scouts, boys or girls club, 4-H club, garden center, community clean-up, etc.
4) Work with any program funded under the Older Americans Act, including but not limited to: Experience works, senior meal programs, senior center, etc.
