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Community Service

Presented by co-chairs, Affie Sawyer and Wynette Martin

6/16/2026

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Agenda

  1. Introduce Community Service Chairs
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Forms
  4. Questions

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Community Service Committee

  • Purpose: 

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To energize the local units by encouraging all members to volunteer in their schools and communities to address current needs and to cooperate with other organizations in the community on issues of common concern, especially responding to the specific needs of NCRSP members.

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What is volunteering in the community?�

--Volunteering in the community means giving your time and effort to help others or improve your neighborhood without being paid. It can include serving meals, tutoring, cleaning parks, helping neighbors, or helping local groups. Volunteering supports local needs while strengthening neighborhoods.

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How can volunteering help people and the environment?��� Why do many people choose to volunteer?��

*Volunteers may help with tutoring, transportation, and donation drives. Volunteering can help the environment through park cleanups, tree planting, litter removal, and conservation projects that protect natural spaces.

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*Many retirees volunteer because they want to help others, support causes they care about, and make a positive difference in their community. Volunteering can also bring a sense of purpose and connection.

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What are skills a person can build by volunteering?�����How does volunteering make a community stronger?�

  • By volunteering a person can build skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication, problem-solving, time management, building confidence, and gaining real-world experience that supports personal growth. Volunteering can include work with children, elders, families, animals, or environmental causes.

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  • Volunteering makes a community stronger by bringing people together, building trust, improving local spaces and services, and encouraging people to care for one another.
  • Retirees can look for opportunities at schools, libraries, nonprofits, food banks, shelters, faith groups, and neighborhood organizations.

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Get moving, do, and help.

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Encourage locals, regions, and individuals to undertake service projects and identify needs in schools. ��

Our statewide Volunteer Hours help with lobbying the Legislature.

Turning in hours shows lawmakers that we are engaged, involved, and making a difference.

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Collect Forms and Collate Hours

Form

Title

Source

A

Individual Community Service Hours

Retirees to Local

B

Local Unit Volunteer Hours

Local Chair

C

Local Top Community Service Volunteer

Local Chair

D

Regional Community Activities List

Region CS Chair

E

Regional Top Community Service Volunteer

Region CS Chair

F

Regional Volunteer Hours Report

Region CS Chair

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Forms On Website

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-Attend and Report at executive board meetings.��-Help with coverage in the Auction Room at convention.

Community Service Chairs

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Volunteering provides retirees with a renewed sense of purpose and a structured routine, combating the loneliness and depression that can occur when leaving the workforce. It also offers vital physical and mental benefits, helping to lower stress, maintain cognitive sharpness, and encourage an active lifestyle. [Maplewood]

workforce. It also offers vital physical and mental benefits, helping to lower stress, maintain cognitive sharpness, and encourage an active lifestyle. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Conclusion

Help because you care.

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Questions?

Thank You.