Volunteer Opportunities
You don’t have to be a senior to help. To see where you might fit in serving our Senior Citizens of Taos County, or if you are a Senior Citizen and would like more information on how we can help you.
Call or come by the Center you would like to volunteer at.
Donations
To donate to the Taos County Senior Program please send check or money order to:
601 Lovato Place
Taos, NM 87571
If you know of a senior in need please call Margie Anglada or Alexandria Valdez at 575-758-4091 to register a senior who is 60 and over so that we can provide services to them.
Programs
Foster Grandparent Program
Adult volunteer (55 and up) serve as mentors and/or tutors to children in Head Start Centers, schools, and youth groups settings. Volunteers pass on language tradition, share cultural values, and help students make academic gains. Foster Grandparent will have two students they are assigned too, to work within the classroom
Senior Companion Program
Adult volunteer (55 and up) provides assistance and friendship to older adults (frail) who have difficulty with daily living tasks, such as shopping, paying bills, going to the doctors, filling out forms or needing assistance with ADLs or dressing, meal prep or participating in social activities. We help these adults to remain living in their homes independently.