Services
Our members receive services from members and nonmember volunteers who have been background checked and trained to help with everyday tasks, such as:
- Making social visits—for conversation, reading, and games
- Providing transportation to medical appointments and social events
- Making friendly phone calls
- Being a regular walking buddy
- Helping with household tasks, like occasional cleaning, and putting away groceries and trash
- Decluttering
- Helping organize mail, calendars, phone calls, and appointments
- Providing tech support with computers, phones, and home electronics
- Helping in the yard and garden, including raking leaves, watering, pruning, and gathering yard debris
- Providing short-term pet care, such as feeding, walking, and changing the litter box
- Doing minor home maintenance, including clearing household walkways, changing light bulbs, and installing grab bars
- Running errands, such as picking up prescriptions and getting groceries
- Being a companion for appointments and activities
- …And so much more!
For more help, check our Recommended Professionals.
Our volunteers will also provide a Home Safety Check.
Ellen talks about the importance of Eastside Village in her life:
“As I entered my 80s and my mobility and energy have decreased, I find myself more often the recipient of services than the provider.”
After she was widowed, Ellen moved back to Portland to be closer to family. She was the very first member of our first Portland-area Village and proudly remains a very active member. “The more actively I participate, the more I get out of my membership,” she says.
“The genius of the Village is that we can contribute according to our abilities and receive from it according to our needs. These days, I like to think of myself as the ‘Village Cheerleader'.”