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Texoma RSVP helps people age 55 and older use their personal interests and skills to work in their communities. RSVP volunteers may continue the type of work they enjoyed earlier in life, or opt to try something new. Participants serve in organizations such as: hospitals, nursing homes, youth centers, police stations, and educational facilities. Lending their business skills to community groups that provide critical social services, distributing food to the homeless, mentoring children and working with environmental issues are among the variety of services volunteers provide.

Partnerships
Texoma Senior Corps is funded in part by the Corporation for National and Community Service, sponsored by Texoma Council of Governments and is a program of the Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Texoma.

Benefits
RSVP is a free membership that supports agencies that utilize RSVP volunteers by providing:

Free supplemental accident and liability insurance at no additional cost.

Annual recognition events in each county for its volunteers and the agencies that utilize RSVP members.

Nomination for special recognition at local, state, and national levels.

Quarterly newsletter featuring information that address volunteer concerns and local items of interest.

A list of additional volunteer opportunities in the area. RSVP keeps a list of agencies that need volunteers along with job descriptions and can make recommendations based on an individual’s interests, time, and talent.

Listed below are service statistics for Texoma RSVP program from September 2003 to September 2004.

Texoma RSVP: A Smart Investment

Senior volunteers served 69 public and private nonprofit community organizations.

828 volunteers actively served the region.

More than 119,133 service hours were provided during this period.

Texoma RSVP’s fiscal 2005-2006 federal budget is $70,051. A 30% local match of federal funds is required for the project to demonstrate local support, to recruit and retain volunteers as well as develop new opportunities for volunteers.

Texoma Senior Corps
Serving Cooke, Fannin, and Grayson counties Texoma Senior Corps encompasses the Foster Grandparent Program and the RSVP. Together, these programs involved more than 873 seniors in approximately 95 sites across the Texoma region.

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