Services We Offer        

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Transportation 

⏰ Appointments (doctor, hairdresser, physical therapy, classes)

🏣 Shopping & Banking (groceries, gifts, pet supplies, farmer’s market, bank visit, post office)

🎼 Cultural Events (concerts, museum visits, library visit, movie, lectures, presentations)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Get-Togethers (coffee with friends, birthday lunch, town beach visit)

🚗 Weekend & Evening Transportation (religious services, funeral, special event, town meeting)

📬 Errands for Members (mail, dry cleaning, medications, take-out meals, pre-ordered groceries)

 

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Light Home Repairs & Upkeep

🔅 Occasional Cleaning Tasks (helping with the wash, changing the sheets, sweeping the porch, cleaning up spills or broken glass, cleaning out the fridge)

🛋 Light Moving Tasks (household furniture, reorganize room to accommodate return from hospital)

🔨 Repairs (changing light bulbs, repairing a broken lamp or vaccuum)

♻️ Organize Recycling

🗑 Dump Run (take trash/recycling to curb or to recycling/transfer station; dependent on town policy)

🌿 House plant care

👕 Reorganize Closets (take goods to local thrift store for donation)

👨‍🚒 Detector Check (schedule a visit from the fire department to check smoke/carbon dioxide detectors; dependent on fire department services)

 

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Yard/Outdoor Home Care-occasional

🌷 Gardening (planting flowers, shrubs, variety of outdoor plants)

🍁 Raking/Blowing Leaves

🌱 Light Weeding

💦 Garden Watering

⛄ Sanding Walkways

 

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Change of Season Chores

🏡 Yard Furniture (Putting away porch furniture and planters)

🚪 Changing Screen/Storm Doors

🌬 Fans (installing/removing small air conditioners and fans)

🌲 Firewood (stacking or bringing in wood)

🔥 Fireplace (end-of-season removal of fireplace ashes)

💧Hoses (putting away/taking out yard hoses)

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Friendly Visits & Wellness Checks

☕ Drop Ins (informal visits for tea or coffee or lunchtime chats)

👬 Pastimes (card games, puzzles, crafting, read alouds)

📞 Check Ins (phone call check-ins, including check-ins during and after big weather events and power outages)

😇 Respite Care (relieving family caregivers for short periods of time or dropping by when other caregivers are unable to visit)

🚶Walking Buddy

 

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Short-Term Emergency Supports

🗝 Home Checks (checking that doors are locked, services are off, all is in good order)

🌿 House Plant Watering

📬 Mail Pick Up

🐶 Pet Care (pet feeding, dog walking)

 

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Support with Technology

📱 Learn how to use phones, ipads, Kindle, computers / laptops, remotes, answering machines, TVs and related units

🌐 Learn how to use applications, such as Zoom, FaceTime, Facebook, email

🤳Install home assistance devices like Amazon Echo (Alexa) and Google Assistant

🖥 Install or update applications on the computer, TV, phone

👨‍💼Troubleshoot technology difficulties and/or contact technical support services directly

🖨 Replace printer cartridges

🔋 Change remote or back-up batteries

⏺ Research personal emergency assistance devices (like LifeAlert, 5-Star/Great Call)

 

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Home Management Support

📅 Scheduling (schedule home services or appointments)

📫 Mail and Bill Payment Assistance

🖍 Fill out Forms

☎️ Phone Call Assistance

📁 Organizing (paperwork or files)

💻 Local Service Research (help research local services available for members to hire)

 

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Social & Educational Activities

(some free, some paid or tickets req'd)

🎲 Interest Groups (cribbage club, book groups, knitting gathering, woodshop talk, gardening club, hiking group) (free)

🍧 Social Gatherings (coffee club, food and performances)

💡Learning Events (speakers, classes, workshops)

🧘‍♂️ Health & Wellness Classes (classes provided by local organizations)

🎡 Trips (museums, fairs, sporting events, concerts, or cultural affairs)

🎗Civic Engagement (conversations with local and state officials, get-out-the-vote activities, discussion forums) (free)

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