Every year hundreds of individuals volunteer with the Colorado Gerontological Society to help those most in need. Many corporations and professionals also choose CGS to partner with for service days or through special projects.
Volunteers in Action: Schwabbies4Good
Each Spring, over 8,000 Charles Schwab employees participate in employee volunteerism by helping with nearly 700 projects to benefit more than 350 nonprofit organizations across the country.
This year in Colorado, Schwabbies4Good helped older adults apply for more Than $100,000 in tax rebates. More than 100 older adults will receive between $750-1,000 each, thanks to the 20 Denver-based Schwabbies4Good volunteers who went to seven low-income housing projects. Schwabbies helped to complete applications for the PTC-104 rebate and the City of Denver Rebate. Many of these individuals will be receiving a rent refund check, often in the amout of $,1000, which represents 2-3 months of rent for many seniors. Some residents will qualify for both rebates resulting in more than $1500 that they can use for other expenses.
To make this project happen, the Colorado Gerontological Society partnered with the Olin Hotel, Argonaut Apartments, Drehmoor Apartments, Sunset Park VOA, Boulevard 1VOA, Denver Metro Village, and Mulroy Senior Center so their residents could take advantage of these rebate programs.
More than 8,000 Charles Schwab employees participated in employee volunteerism April 22-May 3, helping with nearly 700 projects that have benefited more than 350 nonprofit organizations across the United States. The Society is grateful to partner with Schwab in this most worthwhile project.
Volunteer Opportunities
Service Volunteers. Individuals can participate in regularly scheduled volunteer opportunities that include one-time opportunities or more long-term opportunities. Volunteer opportunities include: Holiday Baskets for Seniors, Telephone Buddies, and Salute to Seniors.
Technical Assistance and Support. Volunteers often bring technical support and expertise such as program planning, business analyst services, computer skills, IT skills, accounting, communications, and social media. These skills provide infrastructure support and product management to the many projects and services offered by The Society.
Internships. The Society periodically accepts undergraduate and graduate level interns from a variety of fields, including Social Work, Sociology, Public Policy, Public Administration, Counseling, Non-Profit Management and others. If you are interested in an internship position, please contact us to arrange an interview. Please have all of your internship paperwork from your college or university available as well as the internship coordinator’s contact information.
Donated Services. Finally, if you are a licensed dentist, optometrist, or hearing aid dispenser, we urge you to become involved with our vision, hearing and dental programs that use your discounted services, donated time, and talent to leverage thousands of dollars of additional assistance.
Many volunteer opportunities have flexible time commitments and are large group or family-friendly. As a registered non-profit, CGS is a great place for families to help children and young adults learn about community service.