Retired Senior
Volunteer Program

Make giving back your second act!

We believe that age is no barrier to making a difference.

YWCA Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), sponsored by AmeriCorps Seniors and facilitated by YWCA McLean County, helps those age 55 and older put their skills and life experiences to work for their community by facilitating volunteering through carefully matched placement and follow-up support.

RSVP Volunteers saved our community

$0

in wages last year.

About our Sponsor: AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps is a federal agency connecting individuals and organizations through service and volunteering to tackle the nation’s most pressing challenges.

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Focus Areas

Access to Care

Volunteers help local non-profit social services agencies deliver critical care to at-risk members in our community. Volunteers are a vital part of helping these agencies continue to do work at a time of population growth and staffing shortages in our community. Some examples of the type of work volunteers contribute are providing transportation to and from medical appointments, clerical and administrative duties, loading and unloading food and donations, food and package delivery, food service, sales, fundraising, etc.

Volunteers load healthy snacks into a vehicle to be distributed to local elementary schools.

Healthy Futures

We partner with local schools to ensure children are not going without food during the school day. The teachers allow healthy snacks either in the morning or afternoon and many families are not able to provide their child with a snack. RSVP supplements classrooms in need, so that no child is left hungry.

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Veterans & Military Families

Our goal is to identify and help with food/nutrition to local veteran and military families. We currently partner with Operation Santa, the largest stocking drive in the nation with volunteers from 50 states. Our volunteers sew stockings and donate food items and other supplies needed to fill the stockings. We plan to assist local agencies that reach out to veterans and active military in our community.

Find our RSVP Volunteers at these locations!

Our volunteers log hours at more than 80 McLean County
not-for-profits and social service organizations each month.

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I wanted to say thank you SO much for supplying us with our snacks this year. Thanks to you guys, we had snacks everyday which helped our first graders get through the day!

Anne Lefevour,
Irving Elementary School

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VOLUNTEERS

NOT-For-PROFITS

Why become an RSVP Volunteer?

RSVP is a one-stop resource for adults 55 and older who want to get involved in the community through volunteerism. Participants are carefully matched with agencies throughout McLean County for short- or long-term commitments.

Here are the benefits of being an RSVP Volunteer:

RSVP members are connected to a broad network of meaningful volunteer opportunities through one-on-one agency matching.

RSVP members receive ongoing support and communication with RSVP staff throughout your volunteer experience.

RSVP members receive ongoing recognition of their vital contributions.

RSVP members receive supplemental (secondary) accident, personal liability, and auto liability insurance (beyond your own coverage) while volunteering at no cost to the volunteer.

Volunteer Appreciation

We host events throughout the year to thank our volunteers for what they do in our community and recognize milestones such as years of service and hours served. This is a great way to hear what our volunteers do and the impact they have by volunteering at our local community not-for-profit stations.

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DONATE TO SNACKS FOR KIDS

BECOME AN RSVP VOLUNTEER

UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

REPORT HOURS & MILEAGE

JOIN THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP FOR VOLUNTEERS

For printable versions of any of these documents, please contact us.

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BECOME AN RSVP STATION

REQUEST VOLUNTEERS

REPORT HOURS

UPDATE YOUR STATION INFO

SUBMIT YOUR M.O.U.

Printable Hour Log

Why become an RSVP Station?

As a non-profit agency, you may be wondering why you should utilize RSVP’s services to help your agency recruit and retain volunteers especially if you have a volunteer coordinator on your staff. What are the benefits of entering into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with YWCA McLean County RSVP, and becoming a partner agency with us?

Here is what we will do for you:

Offer your agency significant cost savings through the recruitment and retention of RSVP volunteers.

Identify specific RSVP volunteers that would be a good match for your agency’s needs.

Provide an initial volunteer orientation to new volunteers recruited for your agency which includes an RSVP handbook that has important information about reporting hours and program procedures.

Furnish FREE supplemental (secondary) accident, personal liability, and excess automobile liability insurance coverage to all RSVP volunteers.

Assist your agency in addressing and resolving problems arising between the volunteer, the partner agency, and/or RSVP.

Frequently Asked Questions

RSVP is a source for connecting to volunteers in the community who are looking to share a lifetime of experience and a dedication to helping others. They can help your agency with its direct service, clerical, and capacity-building needs. Our program will advertise information about the positions available and will also offer expert technical assistance in the many facets of volunteer management through a variety of learning opportunities (i.e.: training, presentations, roundtable discussions, etc.).

Does it cost anything to become registered as an RSVP station?

How can my agency become an RSVP station and what are the requirements?

Does your Agency:

Have proof of your status as a nonprofit or as a licensed health care facility?
Have volunteer opportunities in our RSVP focus areas work plans?
1. Access to Care
2. Veterans & Military Families
3. Healthy Futures
Want to collaborate with a National Service Program. If yes to any of the above questions, Station Partner Membership Requirements:
1. A Signed Memorandum of Understanding/Partnership Agreement.
2. Development of a plan for tracking/submitting RSVP Member Service Hours.

How long does it take to receive a volunteer from RSVP?

Many times RSVP is able to fill a request within two months or sooner. Depending on the interests of prospective volunteers, it could take longer. RSVP makes every effort to ensure our matches are mutually beneficial to the volunteer and agency. RSVP takes pride in the detailed interview process and knowing what someone is looking for before referring them to an organization. The more detailed your job description, the easier it is to fill your position. If you have not received a referral from RSVP in six months, you can contact an RSVP representative and we can revisit your volunteer need(s).

Can our organization request volunteers for more than one position?

Can our organization's existing volunteers who are 55 and over become RSVP members to reap the benefits of the National Service membership, recognition events, and accident insurance?

Yes. In the spirit of collaboration, we encourage you to invite your current eligible volunteers to engage with our program. Each volunteer will receive all of the benefits of a traditional member of RSVP. Each individual will need to enroll with RSVP via our website for a fillable enrollment form or request a paper copy of the form. The purpose is to ensure the individual meets the criteria of RSVP membership and receives a new volunteer folder and speaks one on one to a RSVP representative. Your RSVP representative will go over your interests and matching placements and explain the program and answer any questions you may have.

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rsvp@ywcamclean.org

(309) 662-0461, ext. 234 or 235

1201 N. Hershey Rd., Bloomington

Retired Senior
Volunteer Program

Make giving back your second act!

$0

About our Sponsor: AmeriCorps

Focus Areas

Access to Care

Healthy Futures

Veterans & Military Families

Find our RSVP Volunteers at these locations!

READY TO JOIN US?

VOLUNTEERS

NOT-For-PROFITS

Why become an RSVP Volunteer?

Volunteer Appreciation

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Why become an RSVP Station?

Frequently Asked Questions

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