Seniors helping Seniors - Become a Senior Companion!

Senior Companions are active seniors living on a fixed income that assist homebound seniors living in their own homes. It's a wonderful program, seniors helping seniors!Volunteers provide companionship and much needed respite to family members. Senior Companions and clients benefit from building a wonderful friendship, and remain active in the community.Pre-service traning is provided before assisting clients and monthly 2-hour trainings are required once a month.Volunteers and clients are matched on a variety of factors, including likes/interests, needs, activity level and personality. The program is designed to be one-on-one, assisting one client at a time, a few hours a couple of times a week.Who is Eligible to volunteer?You can become a Senior Companion volunteer if you are 55+ and:Reside in our service area: Chino, Chino Hills, Claremont. La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland. Must live in these cities in order to volunteer.Pass a background checkMeet income eligibility and are physically able to volunteerHave a car, valid driver's license and insuranceAttend pre-service training and monthly in-service trainingCan volunteer at least 10 hours a week between business hours for at least 12 monthsInterested in joining our Senior Companion?Visit agingnext.org or call our office at 909.621.9900.Senior Companion Program is Federally funded by AmeriCorps Seniors.