Episcopal Senior Ministries:
Volunteer Opportunities
Each year more than 2000 individuals volunteer at ESM's programs and sites. Opportunities include:
- working one to one with residents helping with light clean up, organizing personal papers, bill paying, and errands;
- serving as part of a group on a home repair project so that a senior can remain safely at home;
- organizing a special event or activity for residents of a senior community
- bringing a musical, drama, slide show or other presentation to share with residents
As part of their Covenant, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and Episcopal Senior Ministries, in cooperation with Episcopal-affiliated senior housing in the Diocese, are launching a campaign to encourage each Episcopal congregation in the Diocese to commit to one Parish Volunteer Day for Seniors. St. Mary’s Court, in Foggy Bottom, Friendship Terrace in Northwest Washington, Christian Communities Group Homes and its Age-in-Place program in Northeast Washington, Collington in Mitchellville, MD, St. Philip’s Home in Brandywine, MD, and St. Mary’s Home (Cedar Lane Apartments) in Leonardtown, St. Mary’s County are all possible recipients of the talents, experiences, and time of parishioners in the Diocese. If you have a youth group, a choir, mission volunteers, musicians, workers, this is an easy way to provide meaningful outreach that will impact the volunteers as well as the seniors being served.
The campaign is to encourage each congregation to provide volunteers for one project, one day, once a year, for one of these Episcopal-affiliated homes or services. Scheduling is flexible and the time commitment ranges from one to six hours for a variety of projects.
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