Helpers Needed! Special Project Volunteers Assisting Older Adults

Special Project Helper volunteers receive occasional emails from us (4-6 per month) asking for volunteer support for a variety of upcoming activities and needs including but not limited to:

• delivering flowers for a special occasion
• helping-out at the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging for specific events and projects
• holiday projects & special initiatives
• escorting older adults' to medical appointments (assist with navigating directions and transportation and ensure that clients arrive at their destinations on time and return home safely).
• helping will small household tasks and/or technology help

How often you will hear from us is hard to predict since we are responding to the real-time needs of our clients and programs, but we try to give you a week or two notice and bundle a few requests together at a time whenever possible. Some weeks you may get as many three emails, some weeks you may not receive any, it all depends on the requests we get from the folks we work with and the projects we have going on.

How often you volunteer is up to YOU! You only need to respond to our emails if you want to help-out with a shopping request, we do NOT need to hear from you if you can’t help. We know you would if you could!

• Must be 15 years or older, if younger than 18 must have written consent from parent/guardian
• Flexible, mature, kind, compassionate and reliable
• Able to communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to follow through on commitments
• Ability to carry semi heavy items
• Willing to learn and follow organizational policies, confidentiality laws and volunteer guidelines
• Willing to attend our New Volunteer Training
• Willing to complete a no-cost criminal background check (for those 18 years or older)

Preferred Skills: Spanish and/or Creole speaking

Important Note: Please be advised that we serve 21 neighborhoods in Brooklyn, please visit our Who We Serve page for the full list. Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Heights and Hills! Currently, we strongly prefer volunteers who live and/or can travel to the following Brooklyn neighborhoods: Flatbush, East Flatbush, East New York, Crown Heights, and Bedford Stuyvesant. Although we encourage all to apply, please be advised there will be a wait if you have other neighborhood preferences.

Training: Please email volunteer@heightsandhills.org for more information.

Volunteer Application: All volunteers must submit an application, please click here to access the application.

Thank you!