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6 people are interested
Chess Player Needed!
ORGANIZATION: Lifeforce in Later Years
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6 people are interested
Are you a strategic or tactical chess person? If you are either, an elder in West Harlem hoping to play some serious chess! This volunteer should play intermediate to advanced chess.
West Harlem Neighbors, a part of Lifeforce in Later Years (LiLY), helps elders with maintaining fulfilling, independent lives. WHN connects elders with friendly visitors, social events, and social services.
We know the well being of our community improves when elders, volunteers, and community resources come together in the spirit of friendship.
Wouldn't you love to make the world a better place with a warm smile, an engaging conversation, and a continuing friendship with an elder from West Harlem?
More opportunities with Lifeforce in Later Years
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About Lifeforce in Later Years
Location:
PO BOX 250402, NEW YORK, NY 10025, US
Mission Statement
Lifeforce in Later Years (LiLY) provides life-affirming programs by directly engaging the issues that face elderly people in need. By connecting elders with volunteers in forming friendships, stimulating groups, celebratory events, and addressing individual needs, LiLY strives in helping elders to remain active in their community while living in their longtime homes. LiLY supports "villages" in New York City's Morningside Heights and West Harlem serving elders who generally are 80+ years old.
Description
LifeForce in Later Years provide life-affirming programs, all aimed at confronting the issues that face elderly people in need, including:
- a culture that has made invisible the plight of the very old and their families- an inadequate health care system
- living in a time when the number of elders 80+ who are living alone is mushrooming
- nursing homes without the capacity to fill the array of individual needs of elder residents
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
530 West 133rd StreetNew YorkNew York, NY 10027
DATE POSTED
October 18, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 21
- 1 hr/week after volunteer interview, orientation
- Good gamemanship, ready smile, and a sense of fun!