Opportunities From: United Way of Central Ohio

Volunteer with Village in the Ville to help answer some of our aging neighbors questions about technology and help them learn how to use a new device. 

The demands of everyday life now require the use of technology. Yet, some of our aging neighbors struggle with using technology. By helping to raise their technological literacy, you'd be helping them to make everyday living that much easier. Moreover, you'd be ensuring that they could stay connected with their friends, family, and our community. Staying connected is fundamental to maintaining meaningful relationships, which in turn prevents isolation and ensures better mental health. 

So, if you're someone who enjoys using technology while helping to make a difference in your community, then this volunteer opportunity is for you! Not only will you get the satisfaction of making a difference by ensuring an older adult stays connected, but the satisfaction of friendship as well. That's because you'll have the opportunity to get to know whom you're helping! 

Once you've become a tech helper, you'll have access to our volunteer portal, where you can sign up to help older adults in the Clintonville, Beechwold, and University District areas. We value the safety of our helpers as well as our Villagers. So, we ask that each remained masked during the tech help and stay socially distant whenever possible during the service. Of course, if you don't feel comfortable, we have other volunteer opportunities available. 

If you have any questions, please contact William Jones-Kline at william.jones-kline@clintonvillecrc.org or (614) 390-4827. You can also visit our website to learn more!

Volunteer with Village in the Ville to help aging adults in the Clintonville, Beechwold, and University District areas maintain their homes.

Village in the Ville provides support to older adults hoping to stay in their homes and remain connected to community as they age. One of the major ways we support older adults is by helping them with minor home projects like changing light bulbs, hanging a picture, rearranging furniture, or fixing a screen on a window. These small tasks make a BIG impact and provide a fun way to interact with an older neighbor. 

If you have the skills in your 'toolbox' (and an actual toolbox to boot!), we would love to have you as a volunteer to answer the call of an older adult who needs help at home.  By sharing your handy skills, you'd be helping to ensure that our aging neighbors can stay in their homes for as long as possible. And not only will you get the satisfaction of making a difference by ensuring an older adult can stay in their home for as long as possible, but also the satisfaction of friendship as well. That's because you'll have the opportunity to get to know those whom you're helping!

If you have any questions, please contact William Jones-Kline at william.jones-kline@clintonvillecrc.org or (614) 390-4827. You can also visit our website at www.villageintheville.org to learn more!

Volunteer with Village in the Ville to help aging adults in the Clintonville, Beechwold, and University District areas attend appointments, get groceries, and the like.

Though many of our older neighbors no longer drive themselves, they still have plenty of places they need to go. By lending them a ride, you'd be helping to ensure that our aging neighbors have safe access to our community. Ensuring safe access to our community is fundamental for ensuring that our older neighbors can age-in-place - that is, in their homes and our community - for as long as possible! So, please don't underestimate the value of providing a service that's as simple as lending a ride.

If you're someone who enjoys going for drives while helping to make a difference in your community, then this opportunity is for you! Not only will you get the satisfaction of making a difference by ensuring an older adult has safe access to our community, but the satisfaction of friendship as well. That's because you'll have the opportunity to get to know those to whom you're lending a ride!

To become a community driver, all you need is:

Once you've become a community driver, you'll have access to our volunteer portal, where you can sign up to give rides to older adults in the Clintonville, Beechwold, and University District areas. And for every mile you drive, we'll reimburse you $0.56. Or, if you'd prefer, you can use one of our vehicles instead! Incidentally, if anything were to happen on your drive, you'd be protected under our insurance plan.

Trips usually take 1 to 3 hours. Though, you don't have to stay for the whole time. You can always drop off and pick up, running your own errands in the meantime.

Covid-19 has made lending and receiving rides especially complicated. We recognize this and wish to value the safety of our drivers and riders while also honoring the needs of our riders to attend medical appointments, get groceries, etc. That is why we ask that our riders and drivers wear masks and social distance whenever possible during the service. Of course, if you don't feel comfortable, we have other volunteer opportunities available.

If you have any questions, please contact William Jones-Kline at william.jones-kline@clintonvillecrc.org or (614) 390-4827. You can also visit our website at to learn more!

Volunteer with Village in the Ville this winter season to help an aging adult in the Clintonville, Beechwold, and University District neighborhood shovel their sidewalk, driveway, and stairs.

By shoveling their sidewalks, driveways, and steps, you're helping to ensure that our aging neighbors will have safe access to our community. Ensuring safe accessibility to our community is fundamental for ensuring that our older neighbors can age in place - that is, in their home and in our community - for as long as possible. So, please don't underestimate the value of providing a service that's as simple as shoveling some snow.

Once you sign up to shovel snow, you'll be matched with an older adult from the Clintonville, Beechwold, or University District area. (We try out best to match our volunteers with an older adult that lives close to them.) Once matched, we ask that our volunteers reach out to their matches whenever it snows (more than two inches) to see if and when they might need their driveway, sidewalk, and stairs shoveled.

If you're someone who enjoys the winter weather and helping to make a difference in your community, this opportunity is for you! Not only will you get the satisfaction of making a difference by ensuring an older adult has safe accessibility to our community, but the satisfaction of friendship as well. That's because you'll have the opportunity to really get to know your match, as you help them for the rest of the winter season!

If you have any questions, please contact William Jones-Kline at 614-390-4827 or william.jones-kline@clintonvillecrc.org. He'd be happy to answer any outstanding questions you might have!

Rake and bag leaves for an older adult. This is a great opportunity for groups, families, and even individuals looking to help out. Rakes, leaf bags, and gloves can be provided. Every yard is a little different but generally raking can be done in 2-4 hours. Leaf raking will occur October-December on an ongoing basis, so we can easily accommodate your schedule. 

Village in the Ville provides support to older adults hoping to stay in their homes and remain connected to community as they age. One of the major ways we support older adults is by helping them to maintain the outsides of their homes, through yard work, leaf raking, gardening, and more. This is a fun way to interact with an older neighbor and offer a very helpful service. Bring along friends or family and make it a social activity as well! 

Volunteers may sign-up individually or as a small group. Once volunteers sign-up, an email with the address of an older adult that needs assistance and an outline of tasks will be sent. Tasks may include weeding, raking, moving patio furniture or other large items, clearing yard waste and other similar tasks. Timing is flexible, but volunteers should plan to set aside 2-3 hours for volunteering. Prior to the volunteer date, Village staff will make sure all tools and necessary yard waste bags are at the older adult's home.