Disaster Preparedness Volunteer
Heart of the Valley, SERVICES FOR SENIORS, Inc.
Volunteers go through disaster training and then help seniors in three ways. They can volunteer to educate seniors and help them develop a disaster plan. Volunteers can deliver Disaster kits or help seniors develop their own. Volunteers can conduct safety walk thrus to make sure this are secured. Volunteers can refer needed repairs to other volunteers or do it themselves. Volunteers can do all three or pick and choose which tasks appeal to them.
About Heart of the Valley, SERVICES FOR SENIORS, Inc.
Location:
PO Box 418, Santa Clara, CA 95052, US
Mission Statement
Heart of the Valley, SERVICES FOR SENIORS, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) corporation, committed to facilitating, advocating and supporting independent living for seniors residing in West Santa Clara Valley.
Description
Heart of the Valley, SERVICES FOR SENIORS, Inc. is a volunteer agency that recruits volunteers to act as friendly neighbors would to help seniors stay independent in their lives, by providing a wide variety of services for them to utilize. All services are offered at no cost to the senior. Heart of the Valley began in 1987, has three part-time staff, approx. 700 seniors and a little over 150 volunteers. Volunteers get to select the kinds of services they want to do, the areas in which they want to serve, and their availability. Heart of the Valley's services include the cities of Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos, Campbell and the west San Jose zip codes of 95117, 95125, 95126, 95128, 95129 and 95130.