Strengthen your community - visit with Dorchester elders!

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To volunteer: Submit a volunteer application at https://fw4elders.org/get-involved/volunteer-application.html

We are currently looking for people interested in strengthening the fabric of their community by visiting in-person with older adults living in Dorchester (Upham's Corner and South Dorchester especially). These one-on-one matches are critical to addressing the social isolation that has been exacerbated by COVID-19.

Ideally, this commitment will be once a week for 10-12 months and will be in-person. The time is flexible but the volunteer must be 18+.

FriendshipWorks was founded 35 years ago to help reduce social isolation, enhance the quality of life, and preserve the dignity of older adults in Greater Boston. This work is accomplished by recruiting volunteers of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds who provide friendship, advocacy, education, assistance, and emotional support. Volunteers are critical to helping address the serious health risks posed by social isolation in the elder community, including accelerating brain and cardiovascular aging.

Help us make matches that create connections, lead to friendships, and reduce isolation, one elder at a time. In turn, you are rewarded with rich one-on-one relationships. The beauty is in both the giving and receiving at FriendshipWorks.