ElderNet's Need for Volunteers is Great in Summer

, a not-for-profit which provides free services to older, disabled and disadvantaged residents, has about 200 volunteers, but many of them go away for vacation.

“In the summer, we always need new volunteers,” said ElderNet’s Executive Director Ruth Sperber.

Volunteers go shopping with people or for them, provide daily telephone reassurance calls, visit to help with bills and sort through mail, or participate in an odd jobs program, Sperber said. Another volunteering opportunity is to drive people to and from doctors’ appointments.

ElderNet is based in Bryn Mawr, but is involved with the county and does work throughout the Main Line area. Behind the Bryn Mawr Community Center, there is a building called the Ada Mutch Community Resource Center, which houses a food cupboard that's open from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sperber said.

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