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Volunteer with The Senior Connection

The Senior Connection needs volunteers from Gaithersburg and Germantown to help their older adult neighbors “age in community”.   The nonprofit group matches volunteers with their neighbors 62+  Volunteers provide escorted transportation to medical appointments and help with grocery shopping.

For more information, contact Mary Murphy at mary.murphy@seniorconnectionmc.org or 301-942-1049. 

www.seniorconnectionmc.org

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Volunteers can be a huge help to the community by giving just a few hours a month.  Schedules are flexible and volunteers who work full time can assist during the evenings and on weekends.   Seniors living in Gaithersburg and Germantown experience transportation challenges.    With more volunteers to support seniors in these communities, seniors will receive the much needed transportation that they need. Volunteers receive an orientation, training, liability insurance coverage and many other benefits.   Statistics show that people who are involved in helping others live longer and healthier lives

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