WHAT'S NEW AT GOOD SHEPHERD:

GOOD SHEPHERD CAREGIVERS IS NOW ON FACEBOOK!  Visit us at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=12181&uid=340669738352#!/pages/Good-Shepherd-Interfaith-Volunteer-CAREGIVERS/331640814652?ref=ts

MARCH 16:  VOLUNTEER TRAINING WORKSHOP (Date change)

Tuesday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Zion Episcopal Church Parish House, 221 East Washington Street, Charles Town, WV.

Volunteers with Good Shepherd Caregivers provide non-medical, neighborly assistance to elderly and/or disabled residents of Jefferson County.  Services include transportation to medical appointments, helping with errands, light yard or house work, simple chores, visiting, and reassurance calls.  Volunteers also help at our office.  

To register or to learn more, please contact Nancy Marmorella at (304) 725-2262 or nmarmorella@gsivc.org.

MARCH 17:  MAGGIE'S CARD PARTY                       

Maggie Drennen will host a bridge, Bunco and mahjong party to benefit Good Shepherd Caregivers on Wednesday, March 17 at Cress Creek Country Club, located on Shepherd Grade Road in Shepherdstown. 

 The party will begin with coffee and pastries at 10:30 a.m.  Lunch will be served at noon.  Play will continue in the afternoon.  Prizes will be awarded in each game.

Bridge and mahjong tables will be set up in the dining room.  Bunco tables will be in the conference room.  If you have not played Bunco before, come and learn – it’s fun and easy!

Tickets are $25.00 ($12.50 of that is tax-deductible), including lunch, and will be sold at the door.  However, advance reservations are required.  For reservations, please call Maggie Drennen at (304) 876-0897 for bridge, Judy Ringer at (304) 876-6740 for mahjong, or Betty Severson at (304) 876-1444 for Bunco.  It’s a great way to have fun while helping Good Shepherd Caregivers!

DINING TO DONATE:  APPLEBEE'S IN CHARLES TOWN

Dine at Applebee’s in Charles Town on Wednesday, March 17, and you can have 20% of your bill donated to Good Shepherd Caregivers!  Just tell your server you want to benefit Good Shepherd Caregivers and, through their Dining to Donate program, Applebee’s will donate 20% to aid Good Shepherd in its provision of free, nonmedical caregiving services to older or disabled Jefferson County residents.  This is for one day and only at the Applebee’s at 129 Jefferson Crossing Way, Charles Town, WV. 

DINING FOR DOLLARS FUNDRAISER AT GLORY DAYS

From now through April 30, 2010, Good Shepherd can receive 10% of your food purchases at Glory Days Grill, at 190 Oak Lee Drive in Ranson, WV.  Just ask your server for a copy of your guest check (not credit card receipt) and either bring it to one of our offices (101 S. Princess Street in Shepherdstown or 221 E. Washington Street in Charles Town) or mail it to Good Shepherd Caregivers, Attn: Angie Hill, P. O. Box 1882, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. 

So, come on down to Glory Days and bring your friends and family!  For further information, please call Angie at (304) 876-3325.

AN EASY WAY TO EARN MONEY FOR GOOD SHEPHERD:  GOODSEARCH.COM

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.  This is a great way to shop from home and help Good Shepherd at the same time.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers as the charity you want to support.  

SENIOR SERVICES DIRECTORY AVAILABLE ONLINE!  Check out our 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.  We are currently revising and expanding the directory and will put the new one up when it is ready.

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!