The Alzheimer's Association is blessed with many committed volunteers, but new volunteers are needed now more than ever. If you would like to join the fight against Alzheimer's while making new contacts and learning new skills, here's your opportunity to make a difference!
Volunteer jobs come in many shapes and sizes. We are currently looking for:
• Support Group Leaders
• Helpline and Office Volunteers
• Volunteers for Special Events
• Board members
• Committee Members for various committees
• Advocacy Volunteers & Alzheimer Champions
Click here for detailed list of volunteer openings or contact your local office for more information. Click here for a list of office locations.
We are grateful for the time, talent, hard work, and dedication of all our volunteers. We offer all of them our heartfelt thanks for their contributions throughout the year.
- We are looking for potential board members with diverse skills and backgrounds from all seven counties we serve. For more information on becoming a member of our board, contact Elaine Sproat at 800-872-0994 or Elaine.Sproat@alz.org.
- Office help needed a few hours a month at our Westchester, Poughkeepsie and Middletown offices. Please contact 914-428-1919 (White Plains), 845-471-2655 (Poughkeepsie) or 845-342-2247 (Middletown).
- Support group leader needed for Spanish-speaking support group located in Middletown, NY. For more information, contact Janet Troia at (845) 342-2247 or janet.troia@alz.org
- Memory Walk volunteers needed in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties. Please call the office nearest you for more details. Golf Tournament volunteers needed, call Terry Kean at 914.428.1919 for more details.
- "A Night of Wine & Roses" Gala & Silent/Live Auction planning committee volunteers needed. *Regional Committees Forming Now! Call Pamela Perkins-Dwyer at 1.800.872.0994 or for more details.
- Program & Outreach volunteers needed: Help persons with dementia and their family caregivers visit and enjoy a social activity with their peers by volunteering during Socialization Programs in Westchester (914.428.1919), Orange (845.342.2247) and Sullivan (845.794.3774) Counties. Spread the word that the Alzheimer’s Association is here to help! Health/Information Fair and Outreach volunteers needed chapter-wide! Please call the office nearest you for more details.
- Support group faciliators, co-facilitators needed in Westchester. For more information, contact Ruth Ahearn at (914) 428-1919 or Ruth.Ahearn@alz.org. Three-hour orientation required for new facilitators
- Helpline volunteers needed in our White Plains, Poughkeepsie and Middletown offices. On-the-job training. Answer office phones and offer basic information to callers. Please contact Ruth Ahearn at 914.428.1919 or Ruth.Ahearn@alz.org (White Plains), Meg Boyce at 800-872-0994 or Meg.Boyce@alz.org (Poughkeepsie), or Janet Troia at 845-342-2247 or Janet.Troia@alz.org (Middletown).
- ADVOCATES – WE NEED YOU! Sign-Up today, and learn more about ways YOU can move our cause forward on the local, state and federal levels! Contact Elaine Sproat, President/CEO, at 1.800.872.0994 to get involved with local and state-wide advocacy efforts. Become one of the 5 million Alzheimer Champions being recruited nationwide at http://www.actionalz.org/, and help us OPEN minds past the misperceptions about Alzheimer’s disease, be a VOICE for those affected, and MOVE our cause forward, to become a national priority today!
There are many volunteer opportunities in addition to those listed above. Please call the office nearest you for more information. Click here for a list of office locations.
The rewards always surpass the effort.
