Senior Corps
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), and Senior Companion Program (SCP) are established programs which are involved in providing service opportunities for mature adults in Washington State. These programs work in conjunction with the Corporation for National Service to serve needs of communities statewide. Any person wishing to serve in the Senior Service Corps should apply directly to the programs themselves
Senior Corps Program Directory
Retired Senior Volunteer ProgramFoster Grandparent Program
Senior Companion Program
RSVP volunteers serve in schools to increase reading and math
comprehension of elementary and high school students; provide instruction
and guidance to teen parents; organize neighborhood residents in a wide
variety of public safety projects; in cooperation with the State Insurance
Commissioner, counsel elders about health insurance and related matters
through the Senior Health Insurance Benefit Advisors (SHIBA) program;
educate the public concerning methods whereby environmental concerns can
be addressed by recycling and the purchase of products that result in less
waste of packaging materials.
These are merely a few examples of the valuable community service that
is provided by the nearly 16,000 volunteers of RVSP.
Contact: Diane Hart, (509) 735-6772, Fax (509) 735-7884, Email: rsvp@bfvc.org
Clallam and Jefferson Counties - Community Action Council Contact: Michele Erickson, (360) 683-2167, Fax (360) 681-0924, Email:
merickson@olycap.org
Clark County - City of VancouverRetired Senior Volunteer Program
There are seventeen RSVP projects
in Washington State serving thirty-one of the state's thirty-nine
counties. Members of RSVP are at least 55 years of age; there is no upper
age limit. These projects are sponsored by non-profit organizations and
local government agencies.
Benton and Franklin Counties - Benton/Franklin Volunteer
Center
303 Columbia Center
Kennewick, WA 99336
PO
Box 3038
Sequim, WA 98382
2500 NE 65th
Ave
Vancouver, WA 98661
PO Box 2129
Longview, WA 98632
Contact: Libby Odden, (360) 425-3430, Fax (360) 425-6657, Email: libbyo@lccac.org
Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties - Coastal Community Action
Program
117 East 3rd Street
Aberdeen, WA 98520-4002
Contact: Roxanna Jackson, (360) 532-4900, Fax (360) 532-4623, Email: roxiej@coastalcap.org
King County - Fremont Public Association
P.O. Box
31151
Seattle, WA 98103-1151
Contact: Chris Marx, (206) 694-6784, Fax (206) 694-6777, Email: chrism@fremontpublic.org
Kitsap County - Lutheran Community Services NW
830 Pacific
Ave., Suite 101
Bremerton, WA 98337
Contact: Inga Jennings, (360) 377-5511 ext. 11, Fax: (360) 377-3548, Email: ijennings@lcsnw.org
Kittitas County - Central Washington University
707 N. Pearl,
Suite 1
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Contact: Carol Findley, (509) 962-4311, Fax (509) 925-1730, Email: rsvp@elltel.net
North Central Washington - RSVP of North Central Washington
(Chelan/Douglas/Grant/Lincoln and Adams Counties)
1312 - A Maple
Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Contact: Brian Ropp, (509) 662-3461, Fax: (509) 663-3894, Email: rsvp1312@crcwnet.com
Skagit County - Skagit County Senior Services
315 South
3rd
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Contact: Donna Sitts, (360) 336-9315, Fax (360) 336-9310, Email: donnas@co.skagit.wa.us
Snohomish County - Catholic Community Services - WW
1918
Everett Ave.
Everett, WA 98201
Contact: Jerri Mitchell, (425) 257-2111, Fax: (425) 257-2120, Email: Jerrim@ccsww.org
Spokane County - YMCA of the Inland Northwest
PO Box
208
Spokane, WA 99210-0208
Contact: Rig Riggins, (509) 838-3577 ext. 136, Fax: (509) 625-1424, Email: rriggins@ymcaspokane.org
Tacoma/Pierce County - American National Red Cross
1235 South
Tacoma Way
Tacoma, WA 98409
Contact: Kitty Custer, (253) 441-7622, Fax: (253) 473-4843, Email: custerk@arctacoma.org
Thurston, Mason, and Lewis Counties - Friends of RSVP,
Inc.
222 North Columbia
Olympia, WA 98501
Contact: Chris Sullivan, (360) 586-7787, Fax (360) 664-4644, Email: chris@volunteer.ws
Walla Walla County - Board of Commissioners
PO Box
1595
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Contact: Maureen Rice, (509) 527-3278, Fax (509) 527-3219, Email: mrice@co.walla-walla.wa.us
Whatcom County - Whatcom Volunteer Center
411 York
Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Contact: Caprice Teske, (360) 734-3055, (360) 734-3215, Email: capricet@whatcomvolunteer.org
Yakima County RSVP - Yakima Valley Community College
PO Box
22520
Yakima, WA 98907-2520
Contact: Deborah Wilson, (509) 574-6858, Fax (509) 574-6874, Email: dwilson@yvcc.cc.wa.us
In Washington, there are eight FGP projects in which Foster
grandparents provide English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to
young immigrants from Europe, Africa, Central America and Asia; provide
reading assistance to youngsters enrolled in Head Start centers and public
schools; provide emotional support and a stable, loving presence for
children from homeless families staying in emergency shelters; counsel and
listen to teenagers confined to juvenile detention facilities because of
unlawful activity. This is but a sample of community service activities
whereby Foster Grandparents improve the quality of life of youngsters and
teenagers who require the love, personal care and attention which an elder
can so effectively provide.
Site: Clark/Cowlitz/Pacific Counties
Contact: Claudia Dalton, (360) 750-7500, Fax (360) 694-2491, Email: Claudia.Dalton@esd112.org
Colville Indian Reservation Contact: Joan Goujon, (509) 634-2395, Fax (509) 634-2398, Email: joan.goujon@colvilletribes.com
Catholic Community Services - WW Contact: Gail Dubin, (206) 328-5759, Fax (206) 328-6842, Email: gaild@ccsww.org
King/Snohomish County Foster Grandparent Program Contact: Holly Anderson, (206) 328-5925, Fax (206) 324-4835, Email: hollya@ccsww.org
Kitsap - Clallam County Foster Grandparent Program Contact: Bill Tracy, (360) 731-2264, Fax (360) 792-2054, Email: BillT@ccsww.org
Spokane County Foster Grandparent Program Contact: Jeanette McNally, (509) 328-8400, Fax (509) 328-5326, Email:
jmcnally@dioceseofspokane.org
Pierce County Foster Grandparent Program Contact: David Olsen, (253) 502-2743, Fax (253) 572-3193, Email: davido@ccsww.org
Yakima County Foster Grandparent Program Contact: Vernita Adolf, (509) 965-7100, Fax (509) 966-9750, Email: vadolf@cfcsyakima.org
In Washington, there are four SCP projects in which over 170 Senior
Companions assist homebound elderly with shopping, paying bills and
understanding Medicare policies and procedures; provide respite to care
givers who have a family member afflicted with Alzheimer's disease; assist
the elderly who are attempting to recover from alcoholism receive
appropriate treatment, while providing needed counsel, companionship
support; arrange for the required support services and provide advocacy
for elderly patients who have recently been discharged from a hospital or
other medical facility. This is a limited but representative sample of
community service activities whereby Senior Companions improve the quality
of life of older persons who benefit when there is a friend/ advocate
willing to represent their best interests.
Site: Benton/Franklin/Yakima/Walla Walla Counties
Contact: Michael Wise, (509) 946-4645, Fax: (509) 943-2068, Email: mwise@cfcs3cities.org
YMCA of Grays Harbor- Senior Companion Program Site: Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties
Contact: Karen Keogh, (360) 532-9542, Fax: (360) 532-9544, Email: scp@tss.net
Volunteers of America - Senior Companion Program Site: King County
Contact: Cristina Vasconcelos, (206) 329-0515, Fax: (206) 553-1717,
Email: cvasconcelos@voaww.org
Lutheran Community Services NW - Senior Companion Program Site: Pierce/Kitsap County
Contact: Debra McElliot, (253) 272-8433 ext. 226, Fax: (253) 597-6456,
Email: dmcelliott@lcsnw.org
Foster Grandparent Program
Members of the Foster Grandparent
Program (FPG) are low-income people sixty years of age and over. They
serve twenty hours per week and receive a non-taxable stipend of $2.45/
hour. Foster Grandparents provide individual attention, love and personal
care to physically handicapped children; teenagers who have run afoul of
the law because of alcohol, drugs or other behavioral problems; homeless
youngsters; teen parents; and boarder babies.
ESD 112
2500 NE 65th Ave
Vancouver, WA 98661
Colville Confederated
Tribes
P.O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
100 23rd Ave. S.
Seattle,
WA 98144
Catholic
Community Services - WW
100 23rd Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144
Catholic
Community Services - WW
285 5th St.
Bremerton, WA 98337
Catholic Community
Services - WW
1212 W. Sharp
Spokane, WA 99201
Catholic Community
Services - WW
1323 S. Yakima Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98405
Catholic Community
Services - WW
P.O. Box 9817
5301 Tieton Dr., Ste C
Yakima, WA
98908-3478
Senior Companion Program
Members of the Senior Companion Program
(SCP) are low-income people sixty years of age and over. They serve twenty
hours per week and receive a non-taxable stipend of $2.45/ hour. Senior
Companions provide home visits and personal assistance to elders who are
often struggling to maintain themselves in their own residence rather than
exist in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Members of SCP
are advocates for the elderly who may suffer from chronic health
conditions, be physically and/or emotionally disabled, or otherwise
require the help of a caring and knowledgeable friend and advocate.
Catholic Family and Child Services - Senior Companion
Program
2134 Van Giesen
Richland, WA 99352
P.O. Box
667
Hoquiam, WA 98550
701 - 16th
Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
223
North Yakima
Tacoma, WA 98403
