Who can request help from the RSVP Volunteer Caregiver Project?

• Friends
• Family
• Neighbors
• Clergy or congregation members
• Social service, health care or other agencies
• You, please call us.

Call 715-985-2391 ext. 1205 or 715-985-2391 ext. 1232 to speak to our project coordinators.  Your call will be confidential and we will listen to you.  You can learn about how you can receive assistance in your home.  

RSVP Volunteer Caregiver Project Request For Services Form

Our volunteers can:

• Make friendly visits
• Help with local errands
• Help with shopping
• Provide a needed break for family caregivers (respite care)
• Light housekeeping 
• Other tasks (please call to discuss what our volunteers may be able to do for you or a loved one)

An example of a client's story:
Helen hated to ask for help...but as she got older, everyday tasks became more difficult.  Helen was a widow and her children lived far away.  Some of her friends had gone to live in the nursing home but Helen wasn't ready for that.  She wanted to keep living in the home and community in which she had raised her family.  All she needed was a little help.  So she called the RSVP Volunteer Caregiver Project.  A staff person visited Helen and they talked about what help she needed most.  A volunteer was found to help Helen with basic things such as vacuuming and laundry, which she can no longer do by herself.  The volunteer also takes Helen to the local grocery store twice a month to do her shopping or to the drug store or bank.  Sometimes they stop at the cafe for lunch or coffee.  Helen doesn't worry so much about being able to stay in her home and her kids feel better knowing the RSVP Volunteer Caregiver Project is looking out for and helping their mother when they can't be there.

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RSVP Volunteer Caregiver Project is a project of the Western Dairyland Community Action Agency
23122 Whitehall Road  -  Independence, WI 54747  -  715-985-2391 ext. 1205