Here is what we did in one recent, busy week: we took dozens of seniors to medical appointments; took several seniors grocery shopping; changed screen doors and installed air conditioners; helped a blind member with his mail; made a friendly visit to a housebound senior; took an elderly lady who lives alone to get her hair done; paid a friendly visit to a member with age-related dementia so his wife could run some errands without worry; took one elderly member to visit her sister, and another to visit his wife in local nursing homes; took several seniors to rehab appointments; fertilized 4 rosebushes for a member with disabling back arthritis and unable to bend over to do it herself; clipped back some avidly growing ivy for a senior disabled by emphysema; took a non-driving senior for cancer treatments in Hyannis; picked up needed medication for senior just back from rehab with 2 new knees; moved small rugs for an 88 year old member, relit her pilot light and showed her how to work her cell phone; took a screen to be repaired and re-installed it and more!
Most requests are for transportation. This includes rides to doctors, shopping, yoga classes, the library, the hairdresser or barber shop and a variety of other destinations. We also help members with shopping and occasionally run errands, such as picking up a prescription.