Give a Visit: Giving Tuesday 2026

Volunteers for Community Impact
EIN# 59-1626348

Ways you can help:

Senior Companion Program

About
The Senior Companion Program provides grants to organizations with a dual purpose: to engage persons 55 years and older, particularly those with limited incomes, in volunteer service to meet critical community needs; and to provide a high-quality experience that will enrich the lives of the volunteers. The AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in this program provide supportive, individualized services to help older adults with special needs maintain their dignity and independence.

AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers
VCI recruits individuals for this program who are 55 years and older
Volunteers for this program serve as friends and companions to older neighbors, making sure they can live in their own homes for as long as possible.
Volunteers are eligible to receive a stipend for their volunteering if they meet income eligibility requirements.

The Senior Companion Program focuses on providing assistance and friendship to older adults who have difficulty with daily living tasks, such as shopping or paying bills. Through this program, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers keep seniors independent longer and provide respite to family caregivers. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers themselves report better health and longevity having served their community.

Learn more:
https://volunteersforcommunityimpact.org/vci-program/senior-companion-program/

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ANY amount will help us in providing our volunteers with what they need. Please donate what you can. Thank you!

A Senior Companion talks with a client about the day.

AmeriCorps Seniors - Senior Companion Program volunteer and client sitting and car and ready to head to the doctor's office.

Your gift puts a Senior Companion at a homebound senior’s door. Give on Tuesday, December 1, or give early. Every gift counts toward our goal.

She’s 89, and she still lives in the home she loves.
Twice a week, her Senior Companion stops by to run errands, drive her to appointments, help with a light meal, and sit down for a good conversation. Her family helps when they can, but they can’t be there as often as they’d like. Her companion gives her the help she needs, and gives her family peace of mind.

She is one of the fortunate ones. Some of our clients have no one else.

Seniors helping seniors
Senior Companions are older adults themselves. Through Volunteers for Community Impact, they help other seniors keep living independently in their own homes for as long as possible. As one volunteer put it: “I have a lot to give and have found that the best way for me to spend my time is simply helping others.”

Last year, 56 Senior Companions gave more than 40,000 hours of service to more than 150 seniors in Orange and Seminole counties.

The waitlist is growing
More than 50 seniors are waiting for a companion right now, and 20 older adults are waiting to become one. The volunteers are ready. What’s missing is the funding to bring them on.

We want to add new Senior Companions in Altamonte Springs and Longwood, Casselberry and Maitland, Apopka and Ocoee, Winter Park, Oviedo and Winter Springs, and Alafaya.

What your gift does
About $3,000 funds one Senior Companion for a full year: 1,044 hours of service for up to five seniors. Your gift covers the volunteer’s stipend, mileage, training, and recognition.

$25 provides about 8 hours of companionship
$60 funds a week of visits
$250 funds a month
$3,000 sponsors a Senior Companion for a full year
$25 a month provides more than 100 hours a year

To sponsor a Senior Companion or provide a Giving Tuesday match, contact Scott Chauveaux (schauveaux@vcifl.org) or Hue Jacobs (hjacobs@vcifl.org)

Our goal: fund three new Senior Companions by midnight on Tuesday, December 1.

Volunteers for Community Impact is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Central Florida since 1974. The Senior Companion Program is an AmeriCorps Seniors program. Volunteers for Community Impact holds a 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid:
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VCI’s EIN (59-1626348)