In less than 2 hours, you can deliver a delicious and nutritious difference to local older adults. A variety of routes and schedules are available.
Volunteer
Are you ready to deliver a difference?
Aging Ahead welcomes you to volunteer and serve our aging community through a variety of flexible individual and group opportunities.
For more information on supporting individuals through the journey of aging by becoming a volunteer, please complete our volunteer application or contact Lydia Franklin at lfranklin@agingahead.org.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Volunteers enable Aging Ahead to better serve the aging community through a variety of roles like:
Volunteers are paired with clients to make regular social telephone calls thereby helping clients stay connected and meet new people.
Volunteers help deliver pet food to participating senior centers.
Help our centers with activities such as computer classes, arts and crafts, music, etc.
Empower our Aging Ahead community with resources and measures to prevent healthcare fraud. Further training will be provided.
Become an advocate for the aging population in Missouri.
Aging Ahead Advisory Council is a voluntary group of citizens who provide information, guidance, advice and support to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors of the agency to plan, develop, review, coordinate and administer services to older persons.
Gather your friends, family, or co-workers, and host a drive for Aging Ahead. The items collected help provided much needed essential items including adult diapers, nutritional supplements, personal care wipes, gloves, and cleaning supplies.
GROUP OPPORTUNITIES
Adopt-a-Route
Deliver a scheduled lunchtime meal to home-bound adults in your area. Take the next step. Express Interest in volunteering to connect with us and discuss your interest in volunteering with Aging Ahead.
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Aging Ahead volunteers give back to their community while supporting the needs of older adults and their caregivers. Relationships are built, friendships are formed and a lifetime memories are created. Are you a volunteer with a story to tell? Please reach out to us to share your story here and on our blog.
Sharon and Rick’s Story
During National Volunteer Week (April 21-27) Aging Ahead awarded its second annual Delivering a Difference Volunteer of the Year Award to Sharon and Rick Tick who are long-time volunteers at the Wentzville Senior Center. They were nominated for the award by Gabby Peatross, the new RCA (Resource Center Administrator) at Wentzville.
Not only did the Ticks help make Gabby feel welcome, they work hard to make the Center a warm and welcoming place for everyone who attends. They take new visitors under their wings, helping to set them at ease and find their place in the community. Through membership in the Center’s Support Committee, Sharon helps to plan fun and engaging events and activities. They both lend a hand wherever there is a need.
“I don’t look at this as work of any kind. For us, it’s all about being a part of the community we love!” Sharon shared.
She went on to say, “Our volunteer work at the Wentzville Senior Center is personally very fulfilling. It gives us purpose. We absolutely love watching people blossom from their nervousness on their first visit to the center to laughing and enjoying their new community. We do that through engaging them in the activities and experiences provided by the Center’s amazing volunteers. They say it takes a village and we are fortunate to have an amazing village of volunteers at Wentzville.”
“Seniors sometimes get pushed aside. We like to re-engage them and bring them back into the community, helping them see their own and each other’s value.”