Helpertunity has been busy advocating for more Eldercare Facilities and Supportive Housing Shelters to become WiFi-Enabled and Technology-Equipped; so that more facility clients can connect with distant friends and family.
It has been heartbreaking to see that some residents and clients do not have loved ones or friends, even at a distance, who are able to connect with them online. Volunteers are needed to be "Virtual-Visitors" and "Online Game-Pals" for these disconnected or foster-care elderly and disabled persons.
Volunteer candidates should enjoy playing simple online social games, video-chatting, singing, reading aloud, exercising, or otherwise interacting with and entertaining individual or small groups of elders. Please begin by finding, friending, and sending a message to "Granny-SeeSing ElderJoy" on Facebook and Contact Eileen Callejas at 407-234-4768 or email Eileen@Helpertunity.org to become part of Helpertunity's test-pilot "Virtual-Volunteer-Visitation" project.
Following a video-chat interview, volunteers will be put in contact with a participating facility's Activity Director or Recreation Technology Specialist, who will coordinate scheduling of their clients' online time, and provide assistance as needed.
For the safety of our affiliate facility clients, volunteers who will be visiting privately and using live-online technologies with unrelated elderly, disabled, or homeless persons, may be asked to submit to a background screening before beginning their volunteer service.