Blog Posts
John and Lynn Offerdahl deliver Food for Hope meals
John and Lynn Offerdahl saw firsthand how the meals made in their restaurants nurtured a relationship between Heart2Heart volunteers and seniors in the Food for Hope...
How Do We Define Age?
There’s a gentleman in my men’s Bible study who started painting when he was 67. He’s 75 now, and he’s completed 300 paintings and sold 50 of them. He has developed a...
Volunteer cares through homemade meals and dominoes
Damaris Pena cooks a homemade meal for a senior couple once a week, but her visits are not about the food. What’s more important is the time she spends playing...
How Can I Help Stop Elder Abuse?
I want to continue our discussion on elder abuse by reiterating our responsibility to the seniors in the community. We feel an innate responsibility to help a lost...
Volunteers Rally to Help a Senior Get Better Sleep
The strength of community translated to a comfortable night of sleep in a new bed for a senior named Sherri. Three Heart2Heart volunteers recently helped Sherri...
Who Should be Protecting Seniors from Abuse?
An ugly confrontation at my local pharmacy a few days ago got me thinking about elderly abuse. Specifically: Whose role is it to prevent the mistreatment of older...
Annual report: Heart2Heart’s reach doubled in 2022
In 2022, Heart2Heart volunteers reached twice as many seniors as they had the year before. A total of 7,361 seniors were impacted by the work of our volunteers...
How does Internal Ageism Affect Seniors?
Years back, I worked for a physical therapist. He often said that the main reason older people fell was out of fear. In other words, seniors internalize the...
Volunteer of the Month personalized blankets for seniors
After 12-hour shifts at work, Sofia Weiner would spend an hour of her evening sewing names to personalize donated blankets for seniors. She worked diligently...
What is Ageism and How Does it Affect Seniors?
As we begin the year 2023, I’ve been thinking about the extra layers of opposition seniors have had to contend with recently. A lot of the risk of COVID-19 fell on that...
Volunteer of the Month Prioritizes Giving Back
Every Saturday morning, Nicole Matthews spends time with two seniors before visiting her own mom at a nursing home. We named her the December Volunteer of the Month...
How to Include Seniors in the Holiday
The holidays are a time to gather with friends and loved ones to share in special traditions. In the bustle of holiday plans and parties, seniors may be forgotten or...
Volunteer Leads Grassroots Outreach to Seniors
After Yezi Williams left her full-time job to prioritize her family, she wanted a way to serve her own community. She took the initiative and organized her neighbors to...
Volunteering with seniors gave Nohemy hope to persevere
Nohemy Rosada has perservered through tumultuous times because of relationships she made with seniors while volunteering. ...
How to remember seniors this holiday season
During the holiday season, Heart2Heart usually sees an uptick in volunteer involvement from churches and groups who want to share Christmas caroling or holiday...