Volunteer Network

Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) shows you how you can apply the skills and wisdom you've acquired throughout your life to make a positive difference in the lives of others.  A part of Senior Corps, RSVP is America's largest volunteer network for people 55 and over, with more than 300,000 volunteers tackling tough issues in communities nationwide.  You choose how and where you want to serve, how much time you want to give and whether you want to share skills you have or develop new ones. Click here to visit the AmeriCorps Senior website.

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RSVP links the skill of volunteers 55 years and older with identified community needs. These volunteers serve nonprofit and public organizations by tutoring children in classrooms, helping people recover from natural disasters, delivering meals to homebound seniors, and tending community gardens. 

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Who do the programs serve? Community members who want to volunteer, the agencies who need volunteers, and the people the agencies serve in Lake and Mendocino counties. 

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When were the programs established? RSVP and the Volunteer Network were both established in Lake and Mendocino Counties in 2000.

 

What funding do the programs bring into the community? RSVP received $67,782 in 2013 from the Corporation for National Community Service. The Volunteer Network received funds from a variety of sources, including $20,000 from Mendocino County, $18,000 from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, $10,000 from Friedman Brothers, $8,000 from FEMA for disaster relief volunteers, and $2,000 from the Department of Public Health, for a combined total of $125,782.   

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How many people do the programs serve? RSVP and the Volunteer Network have a combined total of about 500 volunteers who reach thousands of community members through their service. 

 

What would life be like without RSVP and the Volunteer Network? There would be an across-the-board decrease in the quality of community services provided by non-profits and government agencies.  Libraries and food banks would not be able to serve as many people; senior citizens would lose companionship and assistance; shelter animals would not get the same level of individualized attention; the list goes on.  

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Questions about RSVP? Contact Monica Vanoven mvanoven@ncoinc.org

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Mendocino County RSVP Volunteer Opportunities

Willits Senior Center, Ukiah Senior Center, Redwood Coast Senior Center (Ft.Bragg), Plowshares Meals on Wheels, Humane Society for Inland Mendocino, Mendocino Cancer Resource Center, Noyo Center for Marine Science, California Highway Patrol, United Disaster Relief of Northern California, Caring Kitchen Project, NCO Gardens Project, and the Foster Grandparent Program (learn more about this program below).

Click here for RSVP Volunteer Application Form and return to:

NCO Volunteer Network
Attn: RSVP 
413 North State St,
Ukiah, CA 95482

or Fax: (707)462-0191

or email: volnet@ncoinc.org

Call us at 462-1959 for more information and to schedule an interview.  

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Lake County RSVP Volunteer Opportunities

Highlands Senior Center Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity, Live Oaks Senior Center, Lakeport Senior Center Meals on Wheels, California Highway Patrol, Citizens Caring for Clearlake, Upper Lake Senior Support Services, and The Foster Grandparent Program (learn more about this program below)

Click here for RSVP Volunteer Application Form and return to:

NCO Volunteer Network
Attn: RSVP
850 Lakeport Blvd
Lakeport, CA 95453

or fax: 707- 263-7513

or email: mvanoven@ncoinc.org.

Call us at (707) 263-4688 ext. 421 for more information and to schedule an interview.  

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Humboldt County RSVP Volunteer Opportunities

Foster Grandparent Program (more information below), Area 1 Agency on Aging, and Meals on Wheels.

Click here for RSVP Volunteer Application Form and return to kevansizer@ncoinc.org