When Marguerite Spann comes to visit Edna Cain, she always wears a smile. "A smile is very important and encouraging, and it uplifts a person's spirit too," says Marguerite Spann, a volunteer with ...

Edith Gierszewski, 90, looks forward to lots of laughing, talking and winning card games with the visitor who appears at the door of her Grafton, N.D., home every weekday and stays for a couple of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Twice a week, Deborah Washington spends a few hours with 89-year-old Masa Hunley in her Germantown apartment. They do everyday things, but they do them together. "I had retired ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An eastern Nebraska program that serves around 150 seniors is days away from learning its fate. The Senior Companion Program is part of AmeriCorps Seniors. It’s a program for ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County Department of Senior Services is seeking volunteers for its AmeriCorps Senior Companion Program. AmeriCorps volunteers will serve as a friend or companion to ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - As we get ready for the Christmas holiday to spend time with friends and family, we also have to remember not everyone is up for the holiday cheer. Many seniors are without ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Our Lady of the Lake Senior Companion Program is looking for volunteers to help adults 25 and over who have difficulty with daily tasks. An AmeriCorps Senior Companion is ...

The Senior Companion Program, which is sponsored by Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, pairs up companions, who are active people of limited income 60 years old and older, with clients, who are ...

Melissa Slama radiates the happy energy of someone who truly enjoys her work. “I’ve spent my whole career serving the needs of the developmentally disabled. The funny thing is,” she says, laughing, ...