RSVP Highlights Volunteering for Home Share

The summer 2008 edition of Silver Voice, a newsletter published by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), includes a profile of HSCVT volunteer Rosemary Wheelock.  Here’s an excerpt:

“Rosemary’s work for Home Share has also taught her the importance of listening. ‘I feel like I’m helping just by listening — particularly with the elderly because they’re lonely and often disabled and can’t go out,’ she observes.  ‘Sometimes they just need to be listened to.’

The bottom line for Rosemary is that her volunteer position as an interviewer for HSCVT has ‘been the most heartwarming work I’ve ever done as a volunteer.  I’ve met so many wonderful people, and I’ve learned a lot.’

And last but not least, ‘it’s a lot of fun!”

To learn more about RSVP and volunteer opportunities at Home Share of Central Vermont and other programs throughout Washington, Lamoille and Caledonia counties, visit www.volunteervt.com.