Agency - Mayflower RSVP, Inc.

RSVP's mission is to initiate programs and projects that bring about continuous improvement in people's lives and which meet identified community needs through organized volunteer service systems.

Description:
Mayflower RSVP sponsors the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Plymouth County, MA, and is co-founder of two area wide networks for individuals and organizations that engage volunteers: Southeastern MA Volunteer Council/SEMVC and the South Shore Network Of Volunteers + Agencies/SSNOVA. Volunteers are encouraged to apply results-oriented planning to their activities where ever they serve.

The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program recruits citizens 55 years or older to provide volunteer services which are monitored regularly for tracking continuous improvement. Training is available for assessing personal impact, the analysis of which becomes the basis for planning improvement.

Volunteer opportunities are available within partnering organizations such as the public schools and non-profit organizations as well as community-based projects that engage multiple service partners to address initiative areas such as Literacy or Public Safety & Security.

In addition, there are volunteer opportunities within RSVP's operational structure - designed to engage additional service partners and strengthen the impact of volunteers where ever they may be active.

History:
RSVP began as the Retired Senior Volunteer Program in 1973, under the sponsorship of South Shore Senior Citizens, Inc. Two years later, it was transferred to Old Colony United Way, Inc, the forerunner of today's United Way of Greater Plymouth County.

From 1973 - 2000, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program recruited and supported 2,500 volunteers serving one or more of approximately 175 public and private, non-profit Service Partners. The cumulative service of those volunteers amounted to approximately 1,500,000 hours across Plymouth County.

In 2000, the RSVP program became a non-profit corporation to expand its mission and its capacity to engage citizen volunteers across Southeastern Massachusetts.

Contact person: Sandy Clark, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

10 Cordage Park Circle #231 Plymouth, MA 02360-7320 (See a map)