One-to-One Friends
One-to-One Friends is the heart of LITA's connections. It matches volunteers with residents of long-term care facilities for weekly visits.
We screen and match volunteers with residents who have common interests. LITA volunteers bring friendship, laughter, and something to look forward to for otherwise isolated older adults. Over 60% of the older adults living in facilities receive very few if any visitors.
LITA supports its volunteers in many ways including:
A personal orientation
Monthly email updates
Regular “brown bag lunch and learn” opportunities with other volunteers
Staff easily available for questions and conversations.
Here are the forms you will need to complete and/or read before volunteering.
“I am grateful to LITA for having an option for one-on-one friendship meetings with isolated elders at long term facilities. Our weekly visits are a mutual delight. Long-term studies reinforce my desire to participate. Reading to my friend each week parallels a memory of her young life, listening to adults talk.”
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