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Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Funding Provided by Corporation for National Services, State Area Agency on
Aging Serving Knox, Holmes, and Coshocton Counties
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program helps individuals age 55 and older
put their skills and life experiences to work for their communities. RSVP
volunteers serve from a few hours to twenty hours per week. They perform a
wide variety of services from tutoring in the schools to renovating homes,
to planting gardens and programming computers. However they choose to
serve, RSVP volunteers meet community needs and make a lasting difference.
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Population Served:
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Adults age 55 and older regardless of
income in Knox, Holmes and Coshocton counties.
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Services Provided:
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Provides an opportunity for individuals
age 55 and older to develop meaningful volunteer opportunities.
Volunteers are placed at work stations that serve basic human needs in
their communities. Volunteer services are provided to infants through the
elderly.
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Goals:
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Approximately 295 volunteers give 66,200
hours of service yearly with a larger number of persons in the community
benefitting from their volunteering.
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Income Guidelines:
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None
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Knox County RSVP
Mount Vernon Developmental Center
1250 Vernonview Dr, P.O. Box 251
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
Phone: (740) 393-3633
Fax: (740) 397-3306
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Coshocton County & Holmes County RSVP
Coshocton Senior Center
201 Browns Lane
Coshocton, Ohio 43812
Phone: (740) 622-4852
Fax: (740) 623-0933
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