STARS Program

• STARS Uber Ride Assistants – Supports seniors with Uber taxi rides by assisting seniors with getting in and out of the vehicle, and minor lifting of groceries (max. 50Ibs). May assist seniors at social events, grocery shopping, medical appointments, and/or to other locations pertaining to the client’s transportation needs.

• Bus Assistants – Supports seniors on the STARS bus by assisting seniors with getting on and off the bus, and minor lifting of groceries (max 50Ibs). May assist seniors at social events, grocery shopping, medical appointments, and/or to other locations pertaining to the client’s transportation needs.

Social Prescribing Program

• Friendly Visitors/Group Friendly Visits – A friendly visit creates lasting, meaningful relationships between seniors and volunteers. With regular visits, isolated seniors experience improved physical, mental and emotional health and gain a more positive outlook. No clinical care is required. Your role as a friendly visitor volunteer would be to provide friendship, support and stimulation in the lives of isolated seniors.

• Monthly Friendly Meals – Our community Meals on Wheels program would provide a meal for you and a senior in the community to pick up and then deliver and eat with the senior in their home. It would provide them with companionship as well as fill the practical need of a meal. This could be done once a month.

• Community Connection Courier – Involves picking up donated items from community locations and delivering them to clients in need. This role is not needed frequently—requests typically come in about once a month—but occasionally, they may be urgent. It requires a volunteer with access to an insured vehicle who can handle light to moderate lifting when necessary. Professionalism, care and reliability are essential for this position.

Meals on Wheels Program

• Casual/Back up Drivers – To pick up and deliver hot or frozen meals to clients living in their own home, who because of illness or disability, cannot prepare adequate meals for themselves. Looking for people who could be “on call/back up” when regular delivery drivers aren’t able to make their volunteer shift for unforeseen reasons.

Better at Home Program

• Weather Warriors – Providing help to seniors in the community when extreme weather hits. We are looking for able-bodied people who would be willing to: drive, drop-off groceries, do personal check-ins, snow removal, meal deliveries or other small acts of kindness for seniors in Chilliwack who may need assistance when the snow starts to fall. Also, back up drivers for Meals on Wheels food deliveries in case other drivers are not comfortable to drive in the snow.

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