THE CAREGIVERS: CARING CARDS FOR SENIORS

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THE CAREGIVERS: CARING CARDS FOR SENIORS

For those of you who would like to volunteer but do not have a lot of spare time, why not consider creating greeting cards for The CareGivers clients? It’s the perfect Random Act of Kindness!

The CareGivers Caring Cards for Seniors Project main objective is to help ease some social isolation amongst The CareGivers clients by sending cards. Most of our clients do not have the social support structure, so anxiety and/or depression can become a struggle. This is where we need the volunteer, to offer a simple gesture...a card for a CareGivers client, to show that these clients do matter.

HOW THE CARING CARDS FOR SENIORS WORKS

This on-going project is meant to be a "Random Act of Kindness" in which the recipient (our client) is offered a generic card created by a volunteer. Volunteers, decorate a card and write a brief message, such as "Have a Great Day!" or "Sending a card to let you know that you matter" for our clients. All finished cards can be mailed to The CareGivers, 700 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester NH 03109. Should you have any questions, please contact our main office at 603.622.4948.

WHO CAN VOLUNTEER

Any age group and any level of ability can create a Caring Card. Use a social or school group. Involve friends and family members. Get creative. Have fun.

MATERIALS

You may create your own cards by using items around your home or you may purchase cards from the store and handwrite a general "Thinking of You" or "Have a great day" "Enjoy Your Week" message. Create (1) card or many. We will take as many as you would like to create.

GUIDELINES WHEN CREATING CARDS

• GENDER NEUTRAL: Please keep it gender neutral as we will be randomly dropping these into the mail or the client’s food delivery bags.
• REFRAIN FROM HOLIDAYS AND/OR RELIGION: Please no religious cards or Holiday cards. Since everyone has different beliefs, we want to be mindful and stay away from specific Holidays or religions. For example, instead of a "Happy Easter" card, create a card that states "Happy Spring"
• REFRAIN FROM IDENTIFYING INFORMATION: The volunteer may write his/her first name on the card but please do not write your last name, mailing address, or other personal information on the card. Any cards with identifying information will not be used. Our agency will not pass contact information to/from the volunteer to/from our clients.

NOTE: All cards will be viewed by our staff prior to sending them out to our clients. Any cards mailed to us that do not adhere to the guidelines above will not be used for distribution to our clients.

WHERE DO I SEND COMPLETED CARDS

Please mail to: The CareGivers, ATTENTION Michele, 700 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester NH 03109

VOLUNTEER TRACKING FOR THIS PROJECT/COURT MANDATED TIME:

We will not be tracking any volunteer time for this on-going project. No exceptions.

For more information on other volunteer roles, please visit caregiversnh.org.