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Season of Giving Give Good C heer to a Senior LUTHERAN SENIORLIFE PASSAVANT COMMUNITY Address: 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople Contact: lutheranseniorlife.org/senior-living/volunteer Start 2017 with helping others by volunteering with your kids! Spend just 30 minutes with a senior; you can make his/her day (and yours!). Visitors are always welcome! Let the staff introduce you to residents who like to play card games, read poetry, do puzzles or get outdoors for a stroll. But most important, they would appreciate meeting someone just to talk with. Could that someone be YOU? Days and times are flexible. Visit the website for more information. NORTH COUNTRY MEALS ON WHEELS Address: 3281 Wexford Road, Gibsonia Contact: mealsonwheelssouthwestpa.com/NorthCountryKitchen.asp, or 724.935.1877 PRESENTS FOR PATIENTS Address: St. Barnabas Charities, 5850 Meridian Road, Gibsonia Contact: presentsforpatients.com, or 724.443.0011 Give the gift of companionship this holiday season! Volunteer to brighten a senior’s holiday by purchasing and delivering a gift to a nursing home or assisted living facility! Other options include monetary donations, or volunteer to wrap, sort gifts and more. Visit the website for more information. SENIOR CENTERS IN BUTLER COUNTY AND THE NORTH HILLS AREA Address: Butler County locations in Cranberry, Evans City, Mars and more; North Hills locations in Allison Park, Bellevue and Sharpsburg. Visit the websites for address information. Contact: co.butler.pa.us/Area-Agency-on-Aging, or 724.282.3008; alleghenycounty.us/Human-Services/Programs-Services/Older-Adults/ Senior-Centers.aspx Whether you would love to help out at a holiday party, play games or lead an exercise class, the volunteer opportunities are endless when it comes to enhancing a senior’s life. Visit the website for ways to get involved at your neighborhood senior center. Put a smile on a senior’s face in your neighborhood this winter! The program operates in conjunction with four other northern area kitchens to provide nutritious meals to individuals who are homebound or unable to prepare their own meals. Volunteers currently deliver meals Monday through Friday to Bradfordwoods, Franklin Park, Marshall, McCandless, Pine, Richland, and West Deer in Allegheny County, as well as Adams, Seven Fields, and portions of Cranberry, Mars and Valencia in Butler County. New clients and volunteers are always welcome! Visit the website for more information. VINCENTIAN HOME ENCORE PROGRAM NORTH HILLS AND BUTLER MEALS ON WHEELS New Year’s Resolutions That Count Contact: mealsonwheelsamerica.org Keep our neighboring seniors happy and healthy this winter! The Meals on Wheels program is designed to help individuals who are homebound, or unable to prepare their own nutritious meals regularly. At the core of the Meals on Wheels service is a nutritious meal, companionship and a watchful eye on the health and safety of our seniors. Get the whole family involved by volunteering to deliver meals, help in the kitchen or by making a monetary donation or contributing in-kind products or services useful to Meals on Wheels kitchens. Visit the website for more information on the many North Hills and Butler locations. OPEN YOUR HEART TO A SENIOR Contact: fswp.org/services/open-your-heart-senior-program, or 888.222.4200 A great winter charitable project for the family or teenage youth group! Open Your Heart to a Senior is a volunteer initiative sponsored by the United Way of Allegheny County that matches volunteer caregivers with older adults in the area to provide non-medical assistance, helping them remain safe and independent in their own homes. There are opportunities to help in the North Hills area. Visit the website for more information on this and other volunteering opportunities. 36 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE | Cranberry Address: 111 Perrymont Road, McCandless Contact: vcs.org/volunteer Perform for seniors this holiday season! The Encore Program is a guest artist program that includes poets, painters, performers, and players who want to share their talent with residents and engage them with creative projects, or offer the pleasure of a good performance. Encore volunteers are people who play instruments, write and read short stories, essays or poetry, juggle, or perform magic tricks, create crafts, dance and more. Visit the website for more information. GOODWILL RETAIL STORES Address: Check the website for the multiple North Hills locations. Contact: goodwillswpa.org, or 412.481.9005 Clean out your closet of gently used clothing and household goods to help others! It’s simple. When you donate your stuff to Goodwill, you create opportunities for individuals in your community looking to find a job and build skills, including veterans and military families, single mothers and many others. Visit the website for more information on this and other ways to volunteer. TREASURE HOUSE FASHIONS Address: 7607 McKnight Road, Ross Township Contact: thfashions.org, or 412.364.3256 Remember that holiday dress you only wore once, or those expensive dress pants that no longer fit? Make a woman in need’s holiday more stylish by donating to Treasure House Fashions! Treasure House Fashions is a nonprofit organization promoting the dignity and self-esteem of women, particularly women in crisis, by providing gently worn quality clothing. Donate clothing or monetary