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Opportunities, Inc. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

RSVP is sponsored by Opportunities, Inc. and is funded by National Senior Corp and Oklahoma DHS Aging Services  Division. RSVP works with senior citizens, age 55 and over, who volunteer in their community's services such as hospital auxiliaries, tutoring and literacy programs with schools, assisting in nursing homes, clinics, libraries, museums, county offices, legal programs, senior centers and other related facilities. RSVP serves Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher and Woodward

Serving Northwest Oklahoma

for the past 45 Years.

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

RSVP, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program recruits volunteers 55 years of age and older and places them in volunteer opportunities that match their skills and interests. We are one of 750 RSVP programs throughout the country funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service.  To learn more about RSVP nationally and other Senior Corps programs, visit their website at www.nationalservice.org.

  Benefits of Being a Volunteer

RSVP offers maximum flexibility and choice to its volunteers as it matches the personal interests and skills of older Americans with opportunities to serve their communities. RSVP volunteers choose how and where they want to serve - from a few hours to more than 40 hours a week.

RSVP volunteers provide hundreds of community services, such as:

• Tutoring children and adults in reading and math

• Congregate meals/Meals on Wheels

• Modeling parenting skills to teen parents

• Participating in neighborhood watch programs

• Planting community gardens

• Companion Outreach

• Relief services to victim of natural disasters

• Helping community organizations  operate more efficiently

• Hospital volunteering

• Other Volunteer Services

RSVP provides service opportunities for those who want to make a difference in their communities while maintaining the flexibility to decide who and how frequently they serve.

Other benefits include:

•Excess automobile and liability insurance while volunteering

•Limited mileage reimbursement on request 

•Annual Recognition event

•Ongoing support from staff.

Why Should I Join RSVP?   There are many reasons to join RSVP.

  By joining RSVP you receive free supplemental insurance, which will cover any incremental costs not covered by your own insurance if you are injured while doing volunteer work scheduled through the RSVP office.

RSVP matches the interests and life experiences of seniors age 55 and older with the volunteer opportunities in the community.

RSVP serves as a link to over 40 volunteer sites or stations throughout the Opportunities 7 county area.

RSVP provides recognition to the volunteers for their efforts in the community.

Volunteer hours are reported to the State and Federal Government to help obtain grants which fund the program.  These grant dollars provide further opportunities for growth in our communities!

  You have an opportunity through RSVP to utilize your knowledge and skills to help others.

What Are My Commitments to RSVP After I Join?

  Commit to report your hours monthly. At the first of each month report your volunteer hours to RSVP.  This can be done by mail, in person at the office, by phone, or by e-mail to the designated sites.

What RSVP Doesn’t Do!

  RSVP staff act as facilitators and not as supervisors of volunteer activities.

Become an RSVP volunteer today!

CONTACT US:       

RSVP

Opportunities, Inc.

P.O. Box 569

Watonga, Ok 73772

Phone:  580.623.7283

E-mail:   jgibson@opportunities-inc.org

Updated August 2011