Volunteer
We just can’t say enough about how important volunteers are to our programs. Volunteers help us:
- to serve more people with our existing programs (like Meals on Wheels and Insurance Counseling)
- to improve and expand programs delivered to Senior Center members
- to even offer certain programs that completely rely on volunteers
Please read below about many of our volunteer opportunities.
Meals on Wheels
Kitchen Helpers: These volunteers work 9a – 11a on weekday mornings to help pack up items for our Meals on Wheels clients.
Drivers: A group of 25 churches get together to provide all our drivers for the four Waynesboro Meals on Wheels routes all year long. Members of those churches volunteer when their church is on the schedule.
We do have a couple openings for new churches to join this program. A church would sign up to deliver a certain number of routes (from 1 to 4) for an entire month depending on how their size.
Very dedicated individual volunteers deliver Meals on Wheels to the Fishersville area. Occasionally, one needs to stop serving in this way, which opens a spot for a new volunteer to deliver one day each month all year.
Frozen Meals on Wheels: Volunteers pack an assortment of meals for each client from boxes that contain all one type of meal. This happens a couple days a month for an hour or two each day.
Contact Person: Senior Center Director Janice Gentry at 540-042-1838 or janice@waynesboroseniorcenter.org.
Senior Center
Programs
- Fitness Instructor
- Craft Leader
- Musical Entertainment
- Leading a book group
- Teaching a skill or hobby (lanquages, painting, etc.)
- Administrative (mailings, computer data entry, filing, etc.)
- Special projects (painting, sewing)
- Garden maintenance for our flower garden
Contact Person: Senior Center Director Janice Gentry at 540.942.1838 or janice@vpas.info.
Transportation
Drive seniors and people with disabilities to destinations within the city limits of Waynesboro or to medical appointments outside of that area. Use our vehicles, or you can choose to drive your own.
Contact Person: Jacquie Horton at 540-949-7141 or jacquie@vpas.info.
Click here for more information on this program.
Insurance Counseling
Trained and certified counselors assist older adults, persons with disabilities and their caregivers understand and compare Medicare and other health insurance benefits.
For assistance, please call the local Waynesboro/Augusta VICAP Intake Line at 540.471.9232.
Click here for more information on this program.
AARP Tax Aide
The AARP Tax Aide program is an all volunteer program providing free income tax preparation to low and moderate income individuals of all ages. Service is provided during the tax filing season, generally from February 1 to April 15.
If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering, please call Mark Bonar, our local coordinator at 540-942-7877.
