Mission: To provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for low income persons age 60 and older and to provide care, guidance, friendship and educational assistance to children with special or exceptional needs.

Services:

• Volunteers serve 20 hours a week at local organization having a youth clientele (such as Head Start Centers, elementary schools, hospitals, etc.).
• Foster Grandparents receive:
  • a $2.55 hourly stipend
  • training
  • transportation
  • lunches
  • paid vacation and sick leave
  • mileage reimbursement to volunteers from home to client’s home (roundtrip)
  • secondary insurance coverage while volunteering
  • an annual physical assessment and
    o recognition for their services
• Available in Coconino, Yavapai, Navajo and Apache Counties and on the Hopi and White Mountain Apache Reservations

Qualifications: Volunteers must be 60 years old or over and low income. Youth need to be within an organization serving those from newborns to age 21.

Fees: None.

Operating Hours:
8am-5pm, Monday-Friday;
Summer hours 7:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday

Contact:
Carole D. Mandino, Director
Amy Websdale, Volunteer Coordinator
Northern Arizona University Campus
Riles Building (#15), Room 305

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5063
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5063

Phone: 928.523.6584, 928.523.1082

Email: Carole.Mandino@nau.edu, Amy.Websdale@nau.edu

Website: www4.nau.edu/gerontology/foster.htm