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)
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)
Yard/Outdoor Home Care-occasional
🌷 Gardening (planting flowers, shrubs, variety of outdoor plants)
🍁 Raking/Blowing Leaves
🌱 Light Weeding
💦 Garden Watering
⛄ Sanding Walkways
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
