Mission: To provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for low income persons age 60 and older and to provide companionship services to homebound (50+) elderly.

Services: Volunteers serve 20 hours a week and provide companionship and support services to elderly shut-ins and recently discharged acute care patients who might have to be institutionalized otherwise.

Senior Companions receive:

• a $2.55 hourly stipend
• training
• transportation
• lunches
• paid vacation and sick leave
• secondary insurance coverage while volunteering
• mileage reimbursement to volunteers from home to client’s home (roundtrip)
• an annual physical assessment and
• 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. Clients need to be a client of partner organizations or we can refer, homebound, and age 50 and over. If under 50, the director must approve service.

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/senior.htm