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Adams County Office for Aging (ACOFA) - Aging Service

Provides a wide range of services designed to work with clients to thrive in the home environment best suited to their needs. Assessment of need is done through our office and we work with volunteers and subcontractors to deliver appropriate service. Some of the services are: A) Home Delivered Meals: A meal is provided to functionally disabled, home-bound, or convalescent people age 60+ B) Personal Care Service: Provides personal grooming help - bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting and transferring C) Respite Care: Program designed to provide relief to the primary caregiver. Eligibility and hours will be determined in the assessment process D) Chore Service: Minor home repair may be possible when safety and necessary upkeep is required E) Protective Services: Reports of abuse can be made by calling 717-334-9296 or 800-548-3240 24 hours a day

What's Here

Friendly Visiting
In Home Respite Care
Emergency Alert
Home Delivered Meals
Elder Abuse Prevention
Area Agencies on Aging
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Volunteer Opportunities
Disability Rights Groups
Personal Care

Willow Foundation - Heartwood Center

Provides support to individuals and families who are at risk of experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and/or food insecurity. Provides a day shelter providing an immediate and temporary place for individuals and families experiencing homelessness to stay during the day hours while they seek to regain permanent housing stability.

What's Here

Case/Care Management
Substance Use Disorders
Substance Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Substance Use Disorder Drop In Programs
Day Shelters
Homelessness Prevention Programs
At Risk for Homelessness
Volunteer Opportunities

YWCA Hanover - Safe Home

Provides a 24-hour confidential, domestic violence support hotline. Makes referrals for temporary or emergency safe shelter. Offers legal advocacy, including assistance with filing a Protection From Abuse Order. Coordinates with other social service agencies that provide assistance with health, finances, housing, drug/alcohol treatment, support groups, children's services, employment/training, food, furniture, clothing, and more. Provides referral and support services, child therapy, and the W.E.A.V.E. (Women's Empowerment Against Violent Environments) adult support group, which includes free childcare during group sessions. Delivers community education for all groups, including educational speakers and age-appropriate outreach materials. Provides accompaniment and/or transportation to appointments/hearings, including civil and criminal hearings. Also offers options for counseling and crisis response, with free childcare provided when necessary. Offers volunteer opportunities.

What's Here

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Issues
General Crime Victim Assistance
Advocacy
Volunteer Opportunities
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence

Senior Adult Activities Center of Montgomery County - Meals on Wheels

Provides one hot, and one cold meal, Monday through Friday, to home bound seniors.

What's Here

Senior Centers
Volunteer Opportunities
Wellness Programs
Home Delivered Meals

Lehigh County Humane Society - Animal Shelter and Clinic

Provides a humane animal shelter. Services include adoptions, foster program, animal vaccination clinics, and a low-cost spay/neuter program. Also provides 24-hour rescue and emergency assistance to homeless animals in distress. Investigators check out all reports of cruelty or abuse and prosecutes when warranted. Donations of animal care items and pet food accepted; volunteer opportunities available.

What's Here

Pet Care Services
Cruelty to Animals Investigation
Animal Food/Supplies Donation Programs
Animal Adoption
Neuter/Spay Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Animal Shelters

Hazleton Animal Shelter - Hazleton Animal Shelter

Provides an animal shelter, animal adoption, and pet lost and found. Cares for and provides shelter to homeless dogs and cats until they are adopted or returned to their owners. Unable to accept owner surrenders

What's Here

Animal Adoption
Animal Shelters
Volunteer Opportunities
Animal Lost and Found

York County Library System - York County Library System - Volunteer Opportunities

Seeks volunteers in several departments (Children's Room, Teen Center, Member Services, and Adult Computer Lab) to help with a variety of tasks such as circulation, shelving, programs, and tech help.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities

Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity - Mortgages

Offers mortgages to qualified low-income residents of the service area.

What's Here

Low Income Home Loans

BSST Area Agency On Aging - PA MEDI

Helps beneficiaries understand and enroll in their Medicare and other health insurance benefits, including the Medicare prescription benefit; files appeals, assists with billing/claim issues, and helps with applying for eligibility assistance program that may help lower Medicare costs. Volunteer training provided.

What's Here

General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Medicare Information/Counseling
Volunteer Opportunities

Washington County Senior Centers - Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Provides eligible individuals with vouchers to purchase Pennsylvania-grown produce at participating farmers’ markets and farm stands. Vouchers are distributed in the summer and may be used through November.

What's Here

Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Applications

Domestic Violence Service Center - Domestic Violence Shelter

Provides emergency shelter for women survivors of domestic violence and their children. While in shelter women may receive individual and group counseling, advocacy, parent training, medical and mental health advocacy, and accompaniment to PFA proceedings. Also provides transportation to the shelter if needed.

What's Here

Transportation for Endangered People
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Volunteer Opportunities
Domestic Violence Shelters

For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation - Travel Respite Program

Provides a one-week, expense-paid trip to select vacation locations along the East Coast and in the Caribbean for eligible patients and their caregivers.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities
Wish Foundations

Monroe County Area Agency on Aging - Senior Centers

Offers a wide variety of programs and services, including: A) Meal and nutrition programs B) Information and assistance C) Health, fitness, and wellness programs and social and recreational activities D) Transportation services E) Public benefits counseling F) Employment assistance G) Volunteer and civic engagement opportunities

What's Here

Senior Centers
Area Agencies on Aging

AARP Pennsylvania Office - Tax-Aide Volunteer

Provides training to assist in filing taxes.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities
AARP Tax Aide Programs

American Red Cross - Pillowcase Project

Offers an interactive preparedness program designed for youth. Aims to increase awareness and understanding of natural hazards and teaches safety, emotional coping skills, and personal preparedness.

What's Here

First Aid Instruction
Emergency Communications
Armed Forces Emergency Services
Military Family Service/Support Centers
Post Disaster Food Services
Blood Supply Services

A Woman's Place - Education and Outreach

Promotes safety, justice, and equality through community awareness events, outreach programs, workshops, trainings, coalition work, and also counseling and hotlines.

What's Here

Outreach Programs
Volunteer Opportunities
Workshops/Symposiums
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Issues
General Crime Prevention Programs
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Volunteer Training

Lycoming County SPCA - Animal Services

Operates a full-service shelter that provides services such as shelter, emergency treatment, investigation and prosecution of cruelty and abuse complaints, pet spaying and neutering, adoption, counseling, education, outreach, and humane care. Volunteer opportunities to work at the facility are available.

What's Here

Neuter/Spay Services
Animal Adoption
Volunteer Opportunities
Animal Shelters
Cruelty to Animals Investigation

St. Joseph's Family Hope Center - Volunteer Opportunities

Offers a range of volunteer opportunities that helps the organization meet the needs of its clients and fulfill its mission.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities

West End Christian Community Center - Growing Together / Infant Diaper Program

Provides information to help parents reach their goals. The diaper program provides a pack of diapers and wipes to those that are in need.

What's Here

Diapers
Volunteer Opportunities

Ralpho Township Public Library - Volunteer Opportunities

Offers volunteer opportunities as assistant to librarian.

What's Here

Volunteer Recruitment/Placement

Carbon County Area Agency on Aging - Carbon County Area Agency on Aging

Provides local services, act as advocates, and generally assists older citizens to remain active in their communities. They operate under guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. Services include: - Senior Centers and other activities - Legal Assistance - Benefit Counseling/Assistance with applications - Volunteer Opportunities - Ombudsman Services - Level of Care Assessment - Transportation - Provides Caregiver Support Program - Provides daily hands-on care - Protective Services for older adults to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment and services to reduce risk for incapacitated persons. - Senior Farmer's Market Program distributes free vouchers for residents age 60 or older that meet income guidelines Core services offered after a clinical evaluation: - In-home services - In-home meals - Care/Case management - Consumer reimbursement - Adult Day Care - Personal Emergency Response System - Personal Care services Information and referr

What's Here

Older Adults
State Medicaid Waiver Programs
Older Adult/Aging Issues
Case/Care Management
Adult Day Programs
Adult Protective Services
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Family Caregiver Subsidies
Specialized Information and Referral
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Area Agencies on Aging
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
In Home Respite Care
Medicare Information/Counseling

Lycoming-Clinton Counties Commission for Community Action (STEP), Inc. - Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities include Meals on Wheels distribution, Centers for Healthy Aging services, APPRISE Insurance Counseling, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.

What's Here

Volunteer Recruitment/Placement
Volunteer Opportunities

Sleep In Heavenly Peace - PA Lock Haven - Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Offers to build and deliver beds to children who do not have a bed, as supplies and donations allow. Seeks volunteer builders and donations.

What's Here

Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Volunteer Opportunities
Beds

Dress For Success - South Central Pennsylvania - Volunteer Opportunity

Depends on the support of the community to deliver our programs and services to women who are making an effort to change their lives and become self-sufficient and economically independent. Always seeking volunteers in various capacities.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities
Work Clothing Donation Programs

Special Olympics Pennsylvania - Volunteer Opportunities

Offers a variety of ongoing, one-day, and event volunteer opportunities.

What's Here

Volunteer Opportunities