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The Villages program enables them to do so. Volunteers within the community provide a variety of services, including transportation, assistance with household tasks and management, and companionship.
Recently widowed, an older woman is up on a ladder changing a smoke alarm battery and realizes that if she falls she has no one to help her, she doesn’t know her neighbors anymore, even though her husband was president of their now inactive neighborhood association. So, she joins a Village, and is so appreciative thatshe writes a beautiful testimonial about its importance in her…
Volunteering has been Penny's way since she was a child. She continues volunteering today with the Herndon Village Network.