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Shoveling Snow this Winter

Posted on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

The Fairfield Volunteer Center helps seniors and those unable to shovel their own walks by maintaining a list of volunteers willing to shovel for others.  If you are looking for a way to reach out to others, please let us know and we will get in touch with you after a significant snow event.  Some individuals seeking assistance have their own shovels so all you have to do is show up…others do not so you would need to bring your own along…please let us know if you have your own when responding so we can better serve those needing help.

Please share this with friends you think might be willing to help out and together, we can make things a bit easier for our fellow residents.

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An Update from RSVP on the Senior Friendly Visiting Program

Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2011

An Update from the RSVP Director: This month I would like to share with you that RSVP now has 10 senior “Friendly Visitors” serving in Fairfield.  Our mission is to engage a total of 45 new RSVP volunteers who would be serving 60 senior citizens in our community.  We are well on our way and off to a great start!  Thanks to each new RSVP Friendly Visitor who has given of their time and has provided companionship to seniors who greatly appreciate  reliable assistance and genuine caring.

So RSVP can continue to grow this wonderful program please consider becoming a RSVP Friendly Visitor volunteer today.

To learn more about the Friendly Visiting Program, please see last month’s post.

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September 2011 RSVP Weatherization Project

Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2011

June RSVP Weatherization Project

The Fairfield Volunteer Center and RSVP are conducting round two of our Energy Savings and Home Weatherization Project for eligible community residents.

We are looking to recruit 75 volunteers ages 16 and up to perform basic weatherization tasks such as installing weather stripping, caulking, and applying plastic film to windows in 12 area homes.

On September 17th Fairfield Sustainability Coordinator Scott Timm will facilitate a quick hands-on training for all volunteers lasting 1-1.5 hours, thereby ensuring everyone a basic understanding of project tasks.

The main event will be Saturday, September 24 from 9:00am and lasting until the weatherization tasks are completed, generally around 2:00pm.  A pizza lunch will be served at noon at the First Christian Church for participants to refuel and enjoy one anothers company.  If you are interested in joining a team and getting involved, call  641-209-9045 and speak with Molly or 641-919-4752 to talk with JoBeth.

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RSVP Senior Friendly Visiting Program

Posted on Friday, July 15th, 2011

Senior with RSVP volunteerRSVP senior volunteers (age 55+) have the opportunity to work wonders and uplift the lives of many Fairfield senior residents! Fairfield RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) connects retired and senior volunteers with community service program(s) that provide ongoing meaningful purpose and benefits for the volunteer!

Are you a person looking for a meaningful way to perform community service in Fairfield, but have limited time to spend volunteering? Do you want to keep active in a way that truly makes a difference for a person in need? Do you like the idea of brightening the lives of our community senior citizens (age 60+)? As an RSVP Senior Friendly Visitor volunteer, you will have the opportunity to uplift and enrich the lives of community elders and/or disabled seniors by providing companionship and simple non-medical assistance. The minimum service level is one hour each week.

Senior and RVSP volunteer

What are the benefits of becoming a RSVP Senior Friendly Visitor? You receive a personal interview/orientation and placement, make new friends, receive supplemental insurance while volunteering, attend appreciation events and specialized training events, receive community recognition, receive the Fairfield Volunteer Center/RSVP email newsletter each month, and join a 40-year-old nationwide program of nearly 500,000 active RSVP volunteer members answering the call of their neighbors in need!

Improving Lives. Strengthening our community. Making a difference! Become an RSVP volunteer today!

To enroll or for more information, please call JoBeth Lewer at 641-209-9045 for an appointment, email director.rsvp@gmail.com or stop by the office in the Fairfield Public Library at 104 W Adams between 9:30 -4:30, Monday–Friday.

Seniors and RSVP volunteers

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Volunteers Needed to Finish City Loop Trail

Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Help finish our Loop Trail! Have fun too!

The last section of the Fairfield Loop Trail is scheduled to be completed this year.  Many of us have been enjoying the various sections of the trail for many years.

Much of the work over the past several years has been done by volunteers. Over 100,000 hours of volunteer labor, so far.

The project of the moment is completion of the bridge at the intersection of Brookville Road and Burlington/Hwy. 34.

Would you like to volunteer a little time? It would certainly speed the project along. No construction experience or tools are needed. If you have skills and tools, so much the better.

Do you have an hour of two to pitch in, or just to learn more? If interested please contact Stan Crowe at: StanCrowe@Gmail.com – cell:  919-7654

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Councilman Halley Encourages Students to Volunteer

Posted on Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Michael Halley and Richard Beall

Fairfield City Councilman Michael Halley and Maharishi School Head Dr. Richard Beall

Fairfield City Councilman Michael Halley addressed Maharishi Upper School students Tuesday to share his experiences with volunteering. He encouraged students to get involved this summer in the many volunteer opportunities in Fairfield. Halley shared the concept of the “helper’s high,” a powerful uplifting experience that comes from doing good for others.

Students can volunteer through the Fairfield Volunteer Center at the Fairfield Public library. In addition to benefiting the community, volunteers will personally benefit through the “Hometown Heroes Rewards Program” which offers perks from Fairfield businesses for volunteer hours. Click to learn more about the program. More volunteer opportunities can be found on the Fairfield Volunteer Center website.

Maharishi School students have volunteered on many local projects including Habitat for Humanity, creating gardens for Sunnybrook Assisted Living, Fairfield Trails clean-up, and prairie restoration.

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Featured Agency: Fairfield 1st Friday Art Walk

Posted on Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk enjoys a regional reputation as a major community event celebrating the arts and provides the basis for Fairfield to be known as a Midwest Art Colony.

Each art walk is a unified community event that celebrates the arts in all its forms, featuring high quality art and entertainment, lots of food and lots of fun.

This signature event has a powerful impact on the community, artistically, socially & economically. Artists & participants gather from all across the area to learn, appreciate, enjoy, socialize & shop. Art walk is an integral part of the economic community contributing to the success of the art galleries/vendors and shops downtown.

Volunteers are needed to keep Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk running! Volunteers are especially needed on Art Walk nights, which are the first Friday of every month. Click for volunteer information.

Visit the Art Walk website

Art Walk Schedule:

Friday June 3: Rhythm ‘N Art
Friday July 1: Party in the Park
Friday August 5: Bark in the ParkFriday September 2: Harvest Fest
Friday October 7: Oktoberfest
Friday November 4 thru 5: American Craft & Fine Art Show
Friday December 2: Winter Blast!

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Fairfield RSVP Projects Include “Senior Companion Friendly Visits Program” and “Home Weatherization Project”

Posted on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

The Fairfield Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) projects include two components: the “Senior Companion Friendly Visits Program” and the “Home Weatherization Project”

Senior Companion Friendly Visits Program
Seeking 60 recipients and 45 Senior Volunteers (55+) to spend a minimum of 1 hour per week assisting one or more socially isolated elderly and/or handicapped person(s).

This service will provide social engagement and minor non-medical assistance such as filling out forms, running errands, playing a game, accompanying to a local doctor appointment, or simply talking together.

RSVP Gets Involved – RSVP Changing Lives…Changing Fairfield!

Home Weatherization Project
Seeking 45 eligible recipient homes and 45 (55+) Senior Volunteers to provide basic weatherization to qualifying homes in Fairfield.
RSVP and the Iowa State University Extension along with Scott Timm have partnered to begin serving the Fairfield community by launching its first Home Weatherization Project on June 11, 2011!

The Fairfield RSVP is funded by a grant awarded from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to the Fairfield Volunteer Center.  The mission of the CNCS is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.

The RSVP Home Weatherization Project offers eligible residents in need who are elderly and/or low income, and/or handicapped and residents of Fairfield who own their own home, basic low-cost home weatherization by installing weather-stripping on doors and window caulking.

RSVP is changes that make a difference for people today – right now!

For more information call The Fairfield Volunteer Center at 641-209-9045 or email JoBeth Lewer at director.RSVP@gmail.com

Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

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Fairfield Habitat for Humanity Will Open ReStore: Call for Volunteers

Posted on Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Habitat for Humanity ReStore

ReStore will sell used building supplies and furniture

ReStores are Habitat for Humanity’s retail stores that sell donated used and surplus building materials and household furnishings as a way to help fund construction of Habitat houses in communities. By providing a way to recycle and reuse these materials ReStores also help divert thousands of pounds of still serviceable products from landfills. And ReStore’s prices help people save money on building and remodeling.

Volunteers are needed to make this environmentally-friendly operation a success for our community!

Sales Assistants – Needed now to prepare for the Saturday sales.

In-Store Start-up Volunteers – Needed now through the store opening in January to get the store ready.

Pick-up and Delivery Volunteers – Needed now through the store opening in January to pick up donated items for the store.

To find out more or volunteer, call Coralie Brook at (641) 472-7148.

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