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RSVP
RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
The EXPERIENCE of a Lifetime .

[IMAGE: retired persons loading oranges into a truck]

What is RSVP?
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) invites adults age 55 and over to use their
life experience and skills to answer the call of their neighbors in need.

Giving anywhere from four to 40 hours per week, RSVP volunteers help solve serious problems in their communities.

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Do You Have What it Takes?

RSVP volunteers:

• Are over 55 years of age;
• Can volunteer at least a few hours every week; and
• Enjoy working with others to solve community problems.

Today's older adults are busy, productive people. After retirement, many RSVP volunteers use their experience to tutor and mentor children, counsel small businesses, assist at health clinics and teach other seniors to use the Internet. Others distribute food to their town's homeless or volunteer at a variety of one-time community events. They want to keep active in ways that make a difference for those in need.

A COMMUNITY OF TALENTS SERVING OTHERS

You Benefit.

As an RSVP volunteer, you'll receive:

• Free volunteer placement;
• The opportunity to use your experience and skills;
• The chance to learn something new every day;
• Supplemental accident and liability insurance; and
• The satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference.

Your Neighbors Benefit.

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Among their many accomplishments, RSVP volunteers:

• Provide food for the homeless and hungry;
• Build housing for low-income neighbors;
• Help local law enforcement make communities safer;
• Protect fragile rivers and forests; and
• Change lives by mentoring and tutoring young people.

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The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) invites older adults to put their experience to work solving problems close to home. Whether teaching children or adults to read, creating a recycling program, or providing much-needed support to non-profit agencies, RSVP volunteers are making their communities stronger.

Getting involved is the key to RSVP Your hard work can solve problems, and you'll get back even more than you give.

Become an RSVP volunteer today.

Visit our web site at www.seniorcorps.org , or call us at 800-424-8867.

And look on the back of this brochure for information on your nearest RSVP Program.

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"Volunteering is a way of life for me. RSVP shows me how much good we can do for the community?
— RSVP Volunteer Dorothy Yonemitsu

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"I use all my years as a tax consultant to help Spanish-speaking people understand and fill out their tax forms. They look up to me."
— RSVP Volunteer Manuel Recalde

[IMAGE: older man and a group of children around woodworking equipment]
"We're trying to keep history alive. Every Friday the kids come in and learn what it takes to preserve the past."
— RSVP Volunteer Theodore Tornesella

[IMAGE: older woman planting a shrub with a Boy Scout]
"I do this because I get to know people, stay active and stay young."
—RSVP Volunteer Eunice Good.

Using a LIFETIME of EXPERIENCE to Help Others

RSVP volunteers use their life and job skills to strengthen their communities.

Just a small sample of what RSVP volunteers did in one year:

• Tutored more than 100,000 kindergarten through 12th grade students;
• Distributed nearly 40 million pounds of food, feeding over 2.5 million people; and
• Provided health care services to more than 5 million individuals.

Join RSVP today.

The National Senior Service Corps (Senior Corps) of the Corporation for National Service is the network of programs that helps adults aged 55 and older find volunteer opportunities to help strengthen their communities. The Senior Corps includes the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), the Foster Grandparent Program and the Senior Companion Program.

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