Volunteer

Do Yourself Some Good by Doing Good for Someone Else

Volunteering is its own reward. It opens your eyes to the world around you and makes you feel uplifted by making a positive difference in someone else’s life. Helping seniors or disabled individuals makes the reward even sweeter.

The United Way Area Agency on Aging of Jefferson County offers a variety of volunteer opportunities.

You might deliver hot noontime meals to homebound seniors through United Way of Central Alabama’s Meals on Wheels program.
You could become an Ombudsman Volunteer, who helps ensure that long-term care facilities are providing proper, quality care to residents.
You could help seniors with the application process for SenioRx, which provides free or low-cost prescription medication to qualifying seniors.
Or you might become a Certified SHIP Councilor, helping seniors navigate the Medicare system to make sure they get the benefits they’re entitled to.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities, check below for listings or call 1-800-AGE-LINE.

Senior Medicare Patrol Volunteers

Want to play a part in stamping out Medicare fraud? UWAAA’s Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) needs you.

As a grass-roots program, SMP depends on trained volunteers going out into the community to inform and educate seniors about identity theft and the types of ploys used to defraud the Medicare system and its rightful beneficiaries.

We’ll provide all the free training you need. Learn more about how you can help with this and other volunteer opportunities by calling 1-800-AGE-LINE (1-800-243-5463) or emailing volunteer@uwca.org.

Meals on Wheels Volunteers, Ongoing

Meals On Wheels’ success depends on a network of faithful volunteers who help coordinate and deliver hundreds of meals each weekday to homebound seniors in Jefferson county. We need your help.

Meal Delivery – Volunteers are needed to deliver hot noontime meals to homebound seniors in various areas of Jefferson County between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Administrative Help – Volunteers are periodically needed to assist with general office duties.

For more information on these volunteer opportunities, please email volunteer@mowjeffco.org. Or call 1-800-AGE-LINE or 205.592.0413.