Volunteer connection
Can you help someone an hour or two a week, or a month? Faith in Action, one of TRPIL’s services, needs caring volunteers to assist senior citizens or individuals with disabilities to remain independent. Some recent requests are:
- Burgettstown senior needs assistance with his laundry. After hip surgery, he will not be able to go up and down stairs a lot.
- Claysville senior woman needs weekly help with laundry.
- McMurray family needs caregiver relief a few hours per week to help with a grandmother who has early Alzheimer’s.
- Monongahela senior needs friendly visits/help with meals.
- Washington senior veteran needs rides/escort assistance to appointments. His walker will fit in a car.
- Washington family needs caregiver relief a few hours per week for a nonverbal senior with dementia.
- Grass cutting and lawn care help is needed in Canonsburg, Charleroi and throughout the county.
Call Faith in Action to get involved at 724-223-5115 ext. 1203. Volunteers are trained and screened prior to placement.