Athol Daily News – LifePath seeks volunteers to help with neighborhood food delivery programs

Revealed: 6/7/2022 6:07:36 PM

Modified: 6/7/2022 6:05:26 PM

GREENFIELD — LifePath, the organization that cares for older grownups and people today with disabilities in Franklin County and the North Quabbin, has an urgent want for volunteers to enable with a few food items distribution systems:

Meals on Wheels drivers are essential straight away to provide pre-designed foods to homebound individuals in our local community. Meals shipping and delivery routes go out in the early morning, Monday-Friday. Volunteers can signal up for one to five days.

The Grocery Shopper method pairs a volunteer with a person who can put together foods but simply cannot get to the retailer to invest in the meals. Volunteers are matched with somebody who life nearby (volunteers are essential during our service space), and the volunteer and customer decide alongside one another how usually searching outings will take place.

Our latest method, Farm to Property, provides contemporary food stuff from community farms to men and women throughout the area who fulfill revenue needs. Volunteers are needed to assist folks location their orders, just one to 4 weeks for every thirty day period, by telephone. Volunteers can perform from the comfort and ease of their individual households.

Between these a few packages, LifePath has a need for extra than 25 volunteers to hold meals on the desk for their neighbors.

Even though volunteers give existence-preserving services to other people, they also profit individually. Experiments display that volunteering provides this means and joy into our lives while aiding us join with other individuals, combating inner thoughts of isolation and loneliness in the approach.

How to volunteer

Anyone aged 18 and above can qualify to become a LifePath volunteer. Please discover these and other volunteer opportunities on our web site at LifePathMA.org/get-included/volunteer or get in touch with Carmela Lanza-Weil, Affiliate Director of Volunteer Sources at [email protected] or contact 413-773-5555, ext. 3006.