Community Stories
Heart2Heart is at its best when within meaningful one-on-one connections: one volunteer bringing love, hope and purpose to one senior who is lonely. These are the stories of Heart2Heart volunteers who are making all the difference in the lives of our aging saints.
You can join their efforts! You can help bring joy to seniors in homes and in care centers throughout South Florida who are battling isolation.
Parkridge Church personalizes Memory C.A.R.E. Bears
What if you could impact the life of a senior by stuffing a bear with your church family and friends, for just $20 a person? About 20 members of...
Antonella joins Heart2Heart as Volunteer Coordinator
Antonella Salerno has joined the Heart2Heart team as its new Volunteer Coordinator. Antonella comes to us from California and brings experience and...
Volunteer of the Month: Edie Kelson
Our recognition for volunteer of the month goes to Edie Kelson! Edie began working for Heart2Heart as a volunteer coordinator in December, under a...
Volunteers deliver 1,500 cards to seniors
For Valentine’s Day this year, Heart2Heart volunteers created and delivered 1,514 cards to seniors, spreading love across South Florida in our...
Volunteers reach care centers back on lockdown
When the pandemic hit care centers again, Heart2Heart volunteers responded to make sure our seniors continued to feel connected to the community....
Delicia Adams named Volunteer of the Month for December
Delicia Adams loves giving back to the community and has a special place in her heart for seniors. “Especially elderly people who don’t have...
Volunteers reached 661 seniors this Christmas
Heart2Heart volunteers were busy the week before Christmas, putting in some long hours to reach 661 seniors with deliveries, Christmas gift baskets,...
Bible study prepares gifts for seniors in the community
A Bible study group of 25 women prepared Christmas gift baskets for seniors this year. The group dubs themselves the Devoted Ladies and call Calvary...
Volunteers assist in first event with memory care residents
Volunteers assist in first event with memory care residents The residents from Sonata Coconut Creek’s Memory Care Apartments made masterpiece...
Heart2Heart expands worship services held at care centers
Heart2Heart volunteers are set to begin leading new worship services at two care centers this month. Residents at The Meridian at Lantana and Lennox...
Kathy Ortega named Volunteer of the Month for November
Kathy has a lifetime passion for helping the aging population. “I just love doing it. I just love blessing the elderly,” she said. Caring for those...
Westminster students make goodie bags for seniors
Students from Westminster Academy put together goody bags and wrote 100 cards with encouraging messages for local seniors as a community service...
Seniors paint blocks for foster kids
Heart2Heart partners with 4KidsSenior residents at Waterside Landing gave back to the community, painting blocks to be given to local children. A...
Do you know someone with the Wish of a Lifetime?
Heart2Heart is on a quest for wishes!We’ve partnered with AARP’s Wish of a Lifetime, which helps people fulfill lifelong goals. The organization...
Featured Volunteers
Nohemy
Nohemy is a sweet senior whom we met because she worked in the building where Heart2Heart is located. We saw how hard she worked, and it pained us that she spent so much of her earnings on bus fare to get to work.
Heart2Heart did something about it. We raised $3,000 on Nohemy’s behalf to help her purchase a 2005 Kia Sorento. Now, Nohemy uses that same car Heart2Heart bought as a volunteer.
Linda
Linda is 65 and lives in a nursing home due to a condition called dystonia, which causes her muscles contract uncontrollably. Linda’s only living relatives are cousins who live in other parts of the country.
Two years ago, Heart2Heart volunteer Erin Sitton began visiting Linda. Soon, they formed a deep connection, to the point where Erin and her husband Andy consider Linda family.
