Alan Gaynor lives in the Back Bay and volunteers with Ethos’ SHINE program. Once a week, Alan spends his day in Ethos’ office counseling Medicare beneficiaries on their healthcare options. For the city of Boston, Ethos hosts The SHINE…
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Ethos’ Senior Companion, Maria Diaz, is featured in the September issue of Boston Seniority Magazine! She has provided companionship to elders for approximately 10 years, currently serving at Ethos to promote the independence, dignity and well-being of the elderly and…
Seniors need your compassion, critical thinking, and creativity! Recruit and maintain relationships with community volunteers to support our neighbors as they age home with dignity and independence! Ethos is looking for candidates for our Volunteer Coordinator AmeriCorps*VISTA position! AmeriCorps*VISTA is a national…
A family that shops together, stays together… Sharon Berke, husband Marc Pelletier, and their children Romeo and Enzo live in Jamaica Plain. Each week, they take Jennie, a 99 year old resident of West Roxbury, to the grocery store. Romeo…
Since 2008, Cindy has been a volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsman. With 28 years experience as a hospital social worker, Cindy is the perfect fit for this program, in which trained volunteers advocate on behalf of residents in long-term care facilities…
Summer is here and Ethos is excited to announce that our spring yard work program has wrapped up with record breaking numbers! Over 175 volunteers served 590 volunteer hours to help 22 seniors beautify their yards from Boston’s…
On Monday, June 1, 2015, Meg Licht, Ethos’ Volunteer Services Program Manager, highlighted Ethos’ programs at the 2015 Massachusetts Conference on Service & Volunteer, hosted by the Massachusetts Service Alliance. Meg presented on the topic of creatively matching volunteer…
Linda has a history of falling in her home. “A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about Falling” is helping her to stay strong, safe, and confident. Like Linda, one out of three older adults fall each year, and falls are…
Chuck Furgason is a valued volunteer in our AgeWell West Roxbury In-Home Computer Training Program, teaching weekly computer lessons to seniors in their homes! “I do this because it makes me feel good,” Chuck explains. He is never bored…
Building Impact makes giving back convenient by bringing volunteer events and donation drives to participants in office and apartment buildings to help them become more civically engaged. The organization has helped Ethos expand its volunteer base by organizing groups…
