on Aug 2nd, 2007RSVP Grocery Shopping Assistance Program GAP
Growing older usually means losing the ability to perform all your daily living functions with the same energy and enthusiasm that once existed. The thought of getting in the car to drive to the grocery store, for example, can be a logistical nightmare for someone who has poor vision, arthritis, or worse, early dementia. Fortunately for those living in Huntsville, Alabama, The Volunteer Center offers the RSVP Grocery Shopping Assistance Program.
How GAP works:
A Contact volunteer phones the 20 GAP clients each Monday morning to take their grocery orders. The volunteer forwards the orders to the program director. The orders are taken to Kroger on Drake. A Kroger employee does the shopping to put the orders together. GAP has a team of delivery volunteers who rotate one Wednesday per month to deliver the groceries to our clients. The delivery volunteers collect payment by check to return to Kroger. This cycle occurs every week, rain or shine.
There is now an immediate need for a GAP Contact volunteer. Backup volunteers are also needed to cover when the Contact volunteer is unavailable.
Contact: Pam Cox, Volunteer Coordinator, at The Volunteer Center of Madison County at 539-7797 or pam@volunteerhsv.org
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