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Whether its singing holiday songs, delivering a nutritious kosher meal to a homebound senior or having a heartfelt conversation over a game of cards, CJE SeniorLife volunteers bring comfort and cheer to seniors.

CJE SeniorLife Volunteer Department provides the agency with a corps of trained volunteers, putting in more than 65,000 hours of compassionate service, equal to $ 1,200,000 of compensation. We recruit and train volunteers who are committed to CJE SeniorLife’s mission of providing vital services to older adults in the community. There are many rewarding volunteer opportunities within CJE SeniorLife, depending on your interests.

Volunteer opportunities: (click to learn more)

Bernard Horwich Volunteer Group

Volunteers are hosts/hostesses and substitute receptionists at Consumer Assistance. Volunteers assist staff on a variety of projects, as needed.

Bill Paying

Volunteers are assigned clients and visit with them in the client’s home on a monthly basis to help organize/pay their bills.

Clerical

Volunteers assist clerical staff with typing, mailing, collating, filing, billing, or gathering data for special projects.

Crime Victim/Witness Program

Volunteers accompany clients to provide comfort and knowledge about what is occurring through the court system. Volunteers help coordinate educational workshops on crime and safety.

Docents

Specially trained volunteers guide visitors through the agency’s facilities and speak about its programs.

Friendly Visiting

Friendly Visitors are trained to provide a variety of duties on a one-to-one basis with clients and may include listening, talking, reading, writing letters, walking, shopping and escorting clients. Friendly Visitors are supervised by the older person's caseworker and report back to the professional staff regularly. Visitation takes place in a client’s home one hour/per week.

Gift Shop

Volunteers operate CJE SeniorLife’s gift shop located at Lieberman. The hours of the shop are Monday through Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Group Activities

Volunteers assist with arts and crafts, help with horticultural projects, provide entertainment, lead discussion groups, share hobbies or special interests, assist with Shabbat and Holiday Programs, go on trips and do a variety of other tasks as needed at all CJE SeniorLife facilities. Individuals and/or groups may volunteer.

Home Delivered Meals

Volunteers deliver daily meals as well as observe clients’ nutritional needs. Meals are delivered from Lieberman, Monday-Friday.

Intergenerational Programs

Volunteers facilitate programs (like Bubbies & Babies) where young people visit with CJE SeniorLife clients.

Legal Counseling

Volunteer attorneys provide legal counseling to individual clients and educational seminars to groups on such issues as wills, landlord-tenant relationships and consumer rights.

Lieberman Assistants

Volunteers help feed breakfast, lunch or dinner to Lieberman residents. A commitment of one hour/per week is needed.

Manicures

Volunteers give mini-manicures weekly to clients in CJE SeniorLife facilities.

Pet Therapy

Volunteers bring their dogs (following CJE SeniorLife approval) to visit clients one hour/per week.

Shabbat Luncheon

Shabbat Luncheon is a group volunteer activity in which individual or corporate donors sponsor a pre-Shabbat luncheon, approximately every other Friday, for about 55 CJE SeniorLife clients. Volunteers organize and manage the Shabbat Luncheon at the different sites.

Special Resource

These volunteers are available as needed for special projects like translating, registrations, surveys, outreach, rent rebate assistance, etc. The variety of requests for special tasks is endless and volunteers with special skills and talents are much needed by the agency.

Transportation

Volunteers provide much needed transportation to clients as needed. While all that is required is transportation to/from the destination outside the agency's target area, moral support plays a large role in each service delivery.

If you have a talent or interest you’d like to share let us know.
Call Anne Schuman, CJE SeniorLife’s Director of Volunteers at 773.508.1064 Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. to explore further the many opportunities that are available to help seniors in our community. Time commitments are variable so we welcome your call, regardless of how much you can participate. Our needs are great and our older clients need assistance throughout the day, seven days a week.