CALLING 55+ TO VOLUNTEER

Residents of Lake and Sumter counties who are 55 and older are needed to serve in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Those who have a lifetime of skills and experience have a real opportunity to make a difference in the community.

Duties include tutoring elementary school students, mentoring lowincome high school students who are college bound, participating in after-school educational/enrichment programs, delivering meals and/or making telephone reassurance calls to homebound seniors, providing transportation for cancer patients, sorting and distributing food to the needy, and supporting veterans and military families.

Please call 352.365.1995 to learn more about becoming a RSVP volunteer.

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Benefits of volunteering include the following:

• Increased self-esteem – Doing something good for others provides a natural sense of accomplishment.

• Combating depression – One of the risk factors of depression is social isolation. Volunteering keeps you in contact with others and helps you develop a good support system of friends.

• Physical benefits – Volunteering has been shown to lessen symptoms of chronic pain and heart disease.