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HAVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR ECONOMIC STIMULUS PAYMENT? WHY NOT USE A PORTION OF IT TO STIMULATE THE LOCAL NONPROFIT ECONOMY?
Good Shepherd Caregivers urges you to consider making a donation after you receive your stimulus payment. We can't think of a better way to stimulate the economy than by helping us deliver our crucial, free services to older or disabled residents here in our local community. You'll feel good about yourself -- and we'll sure feel good about you! Please click on the "Make a donation" button above this box to find out how you can do this.
WHAT'S NEW AT GOOD SHEPHERD:
AN EASY WAY TO EARN MONEY FOR GOOD SHEPHERD
What if Good Shepherd Caregivers earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, that’s exactly what can happen through GoodSearch.
GoodSearch.com is a new, Yahoo!-powered search engine and online shopping site that donates half its advertising revenue (about a penny per search) and a portion of all purchases made through the site, to the charities its users designate.
Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo!, and every time you search the Internet or purchase something through the site from one of their partner merchants (including Target, Gap, eBay, Macy’s, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, and hundreds more), Good Shepherd will receive a donation. It doesn't cost you a thing — the money comes from the advertisers and the stores.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers as the charity you want to support.
And please spread the word! If you can take a few minutes to email this information to family members and friends, you could make a real difference to Good Shepherd.
NEW WEB PAGE ON OUR SITE! Check out our new Resources page: Just click on "Resources" in the header toolbar at the top of this page. You can download our Senior Services Directory, put together by Good Shepherd Caregivers and the Nelson Cluster of Episcopal Churches, and detailing a variety of services available to seniors in Jefferson County, WV.
GOOD SHEPHERD CAREGIVERS VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION AND TRAINING: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 AT 7 PM Zion Episcopal Church Parish House, 221 E. Washington Street, Charles Town. The workshop will last about two hours and light refreshments will be served.
Good Shepherd Caregivers, a Faith in Action program, provides free, non-medical caregiving to home-based older adult or disabled Jefferson County residents. All of our services are provided by volunteers. Our volunteers provide transportation to medical and other appointments; make friendly visits and reassurance phone calls; do household chores, yard work and fix-it projects; and ,in general, provide neighborly assistance that helps people live independently. Good Shepherd is not affiliated with any particular faith community or religion in its provision of services.
Becoming a volunteer takes very little time. Volunteers give as little or as much time as they wish. Some help out occasionally, while others prefer to have regularly scheduled caregiving times.
There is no age limit on volunteering for Good Shepherd. Some of our care receivers are also volunteers, helping with mailings or making telephone calls from their homes. We encourage young people, families, and civic and church groups to volunteer, as well as other individuals of any age.
For more information, or to register for the workshop, please call the volunteer coordinator at our Shepherdstown office, 876-3325, or call our Charles Town office, 725-2262, or e-mail us at info@gsivc.org. If you’re interested but can’t attend the training, we’ll be glad to make other arrangements for you. We also encourage current volunteers to attend the training, both as a refresher and to share their experience.
CAN YOU HELP WITH LIGHT HOUSEWORK? You could really brighten a care receiver's day (and home) by doing some occasional light housework, such as vacuuming, dusting or washing a kitchen floor. If this sounds like something you could do, please contact us.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Our free medical equipment loan program is in need of durable medical equipment in good condition.
ONGOING NEEDS: Volunteer opportunities are available at various times and include helping care receivers with errands, providing transportation to medical appointments, making friendly visits or phone calls, light housework (including dusting, vacuuming, folding laundry, and cleaning floors), assisting with paperwork (e.g., bill paying, balancing checkbook, reading the small print in documents such as insurance policies), chores (such as repairing screen doors, installing storm windows, weatherproofing doors and windows), yard work, and helping in our main office. A large time commitment is not necessary; even an hour or two here and there can make a big difference in the life of a care receiver. No need to wait until our next training to volunteer – please contact us today! |