Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Neighbors Helping Neighbors program volunteers provide caregiving support to our neighbors in need in the Greater Mercer County area. Interfaith Caregivers, in cooperation with local churches and congregations, recruits, trains and manages volunteer caregivers. We carefully match volunteers with homebound seniors and residents with disabilities who need help with daily tasks. Our volunteers provide non-medical services that enable seniors and adults with disabilities to remain living safely, independently and with dignity in their own homes.
Services Provided by Neighbors Helping Neighbors Volunteers
All services are provided free-of-charge for homebound elderly and disabled neighbors
Volunteers, using their own vehicles, give elderly and adults with disabilities rides to medical appointments or social activities.
Volunteers either shop for care receivers, deliver food or household supplies, or when possible take them to the supermarket, store, or pharmacy.
Volunteers offer true companionship, helping to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation for care receivers who may not have family support or assistance.
Volunteers help elderly or disabled neighbors with reading or organizing their mail, completing paperwork, or applying for needed programs and benefits.
Volunteers provide short-term temporary care to give family caregivers a needed break to complete an errand or take some personal time.
Volunteers help with light chores like sweeping the floor, dusting, or outside tasks like weeding, raking the leaves or taking out garbage and recyclables.
Who Can Get Help?
Who Qualifies For Services?
Residents of the Greater Mercer County area who are:
- Homebound seniors, 60 years and older, with mobility or transportation challenges; or
- Adults 18 years and older with a physical disability as determined by/receiving SSI/SSD or temporary disability benefits.
Who Can Request Services?
- Seniors and adults with disabilities
- Family members, friends, neighbors
- Congregations and community groups
- Home health or social service agencies, hospitals, and senior centers
All services and programs are offered without proselytization or regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, or income.
Is There A Cost For Services?
Neighbors Helping Neighbors program is funded in part under Title III of the Older Americans Act, through a grant with the Mercer County Office on Aging. In addition, it receives funding through the New Jersey Office of Faith Based Initiatives and the AmeriCorps Seniors – RSVP Programs.