Past Grants

This initiative will leverage previous Health Fund investments in an easy-to-use technology platform for older adults and will replicate a newly developed model for online volunteering. The goal is to reduce social isolation and loneliness by increasing the opportunities for older adults to participate involunteerism and maintain ongoing community engagement. This eVolunteering model was piloted with Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw and was found to be successful at engaging volunteersand pairing them with homebound older adults in the community. This initiative will build off thelessons learned and feedback specifically from older adults in the pilot and build out the appropriatetechnology to allow for expansion into other communities, starting with Chippewa and Otsego counties. Long term sustainability will be achieved through small partner membership fees(approximately $1,000/year).