Roles for Seniors in NORC Programs

Governance

• Advisory board member
• Program development committee member

Individual Support Services

• Friendly visitor
• Escort
• High school volunteer
• Interpreter
• Clothes mender
• Driver
• Minor home-repair person
• Mail reader
• Shopping assistant

Programmatic Activities

• Coffee hour leader
• English as a second language instructor
• Food service worker
• Peer advisor
• Lecturer
• Teacher
• Intergenerational activity organizer
• Blood pressure volunteer
• Community service provider
• Social action leader
• Computer lab/information technology support person
• Support group leader
• Entertainer
• Choral/theater director

• Clerk
• Receptionist
• Librarian
• Writer and designer of flyers, newsletters, and press releases

Social adult day program volunteer

• Notary
• Resource acquirer
• Fund raiser
• Flea market organizer
• Handy man for the program office
• Preparer of holiday foods/gift baskets for the homebound
• Trip assistants
• Surveyor
• Floor/Block captain
• Gardener