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Volunteers Needed for Transportation Programs
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To help address the transportation needs of older adults in Dauphin County, the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging has established and is seeking volunteers for its community-based volunteer transportation program.
Volunteer Spotlight: Longtime Volunteer Donates More Than 2,400 Hours
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Jay Stanton, RSVP Dauphin County’s Volunteer of the Month, is the president of Hummelstown Elder Express senior transportation service and has been an RSVP volunteer for more than 10 years, donating more than 2,400 hours to his community.
Volunteer Spotlight: Friendship Matches Support Mental-Illness Recovery
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Cindy Stager is the RSVP Lebanon County Volunteer of the Month; she has been a volunteer with Compeer of Lebanon County since 2015.
Volunteer Spotlight: Volunteers Help Schools Receive Thousands of Books
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Eanie Bard and Jill Burhman are the RSVP Cumberland County co-volunteers of the month. They have been faithful volunteers for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in Camp Hill for more than five years.
Volunteers Needed for Meals on Wheels
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Volunteers are needed for the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging’s Meals on Wheels Program, which serves seniors 60 or older throughout Dauphin County.
Volunteer Spotlight: Teacher Shares the Joy of a Green Thumb
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The RSVP Dauphin County Volunteer of the Month for February is Bernadette Rhodes. She has volunteered at Steelton-Highspire Middle and Senior High schools in the Garden of Youth for six years.
Volunteer Spotlight: Volunteer Provides Meals, Transport, and Companionship
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The RSVP Lancaster Volunteer of the Month for January is Peggy Long. Long has been a driver and client visitor for Meals on Wheels clients for 16 years. She is a caregiver to her sister and previously to her dad.
Volunteer Spotlight: 4 Retired Professionals Continue to Serve York Area
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For their service and dedication to York’s older adults, Barbara Clark, Julie Geyer, Bill Tileston, and Suzanne Piccolo are York County Area Agency on Aging’s volunteers of the month.
Volunteer Spotlight: Retired Nurse Continues Decades of Teaching, Caring
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The RSVP York January Volunteer of the Month is Amy Schlottag. She began volunteering with the GED program when she retired in October 2016 after almost 43 years as a registered nurse at York Hospital, primarily in cardiovascular nursing.