We are putting the finishing touches on a handbook that will walk you through, step by step, to do exactly that. We are also planning on setting up a message board for those folks who have questions after they read the handbook. The book will be available on Amazon as a print publication, as well as in a Kindle edition. We hope to have both editions available no later than the middle of December.
We have been looking all over the country for a program such as ours, that has minimal overhead and gets food from the donor stores to the recipients within a half hour of pickup. Many people have asked us to help them set up a program in their area. This handbook is the first step in doing that, and a separate website with a message board will be the second.
If you want to make sure you are notified as soon as the book comes out, please sign up on our mailing list, and select the third box on the list. You can select any of the others as well, depending on your interests.
Curt and I are excited to be moving in this direction. BTW, 10 percent of every book or Kindle edition sale will go directly to Respecting Our Elders.
Don’t have a website for this yet but am interested in starting a program like yours for Bradenton, FL
Daphine – I will make sure you get the advance notice on our handbook as soon as it is ready. Thanks for your interest!
I don’t have a website but I would be interested in starting a program like this in my area. Or if there is already one in my area I would be interested in volunteering.
Dolores – thanks for your interest. We will be in touch. I am pretty sure that there is not a program like ours in your area yet.
I don’t have a website, but have a huge interest in this program! We see people that need food every day in conditions that are truly tragic. Eastern TN is one of the most economically challenged areas around, and I would love to organize, gather sponsors/providers for these services and get volunteers to make this happen! We are blessed to have what we have in our lives, but no one knows how close they live to the edge until they are there. All of the surrounding counties to us have a great demand for this and I would love to know how to make this happen for this area, then beyond.
Thanks for the article in Woman’s World. It was a gift from heaven to read this and know that we are not alone in this quest.
Mary Ann Grove
hello. our family would love to begin and coordinate a program like this (yours) in our area. we live in a big city and there is a great need for this. pls. advise when the materials are ready. it certainly is no accident that i came across your article in Woman’s World today! also, i know you meet many seniors in need. if anyone would like a xmas (holiday) care package, we’d love to assemble one for them. will wait to hear from
you. pls. advise name, address, and wishlist. i often hear how blankets, soup and personal hygiene items are most senior’s biggest needs. we are here to serve! the brown family
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For those of you, like Alex and his family, who would like to help out some seniors in need, I suggest you check with your local Home Instead franchise (they provide dementia care in people’s homes) and see about helping them by fulfilling the wish lists for the people they have already identified. The Home Instead program, with which we are a major partner here in Marin County, has identified seniors who don’t really have anyone in their lives who will be giving them gifts during the upcoming holidays. Barring that, check with the local churches or even the senior center and see who might fit that profile and be needing some extra help.
would love to know how to set up program in my area or if there is one available for seniors in my area already. Thanks