Volunteer Opportunities

Working With Seniors

Working With Seniors:

There are many volunteer opportunities at SMAA, whether it’s working with children in the Portland area CATCH Healthy Habits program or working with seniors in the Truslow Day Center program.  Click on the following programs to learn more about current volunteer openings.

CATCH Healthy Habits

Development Department

General Volunteering within SMAA

Health Insurance Counseling

Healthy Aging

Maine Senior Games

Money Minders

Nutrition Programs for Seniors

CATCH Healthy Habits

Nutrition Lesson Leader

Help fight childhood obesity and become a nutrition savvy volunteer by teaching lessons about nutrition to school-aged children (K-5) one afternoon a week for 4 to 12 weeks, depending on the program.  CATCH Healthy Habits is only in the Portland/South Portland area.   

Photographer

Help fight childhood obesity and use your talent and passion as a photographer by working with the Story Interviewer to tell a story about healthy children.  You will be working with school-aged children (K-5), taking pictures of their activities during CATCH Healthy Habits to tell a story about healthy eating and exercise in the children of the Portland/South Portland area.

Physical Activity Leader

Help fight childhood obesity and do what you love by engaging school-aged children (K-5) in physical activities one afternoon a week for 4 to 12 weeks, depending on the program.  CATCH Healthy Habits is only in the Portland/South Portland area. 

Snack Coordinator

Help fight childhood obesity by helping show school-aged children (K-5) how to make a healthy, delicious snack.  Put your grocery shopping skills to good use prior to each session that is one afternoon a week for 4 to 12 weeks, depending on the program.  CATCH Healthy Habits is only in the Portland/South Portland area. 

Story Interviewer

Help fight childhood obesity by telling the story of school-aged children (K-5) who participate in the CATCH Healthy Habits program.  You will act as a reporter, highlighting any great story that you observe during a session.  You will also have to coordinate with the photographer for pictures.  A session is one afternoon a week for 4 to 12 weeks, depending on the program.  CATCH Healthy Habits is only in the Portland/South Portland area. 

Team Leader

Help fight childhood obesity by leading a team that includes the photographer, the story interviewer, the snack coordinator, the nutrition lesson leader, and the physical activity leader.  Work with school-aged children one afternoon a week for 4 to 12 weeks, depending on the program.  CATCH Healthy Habits is only in the Portland/South Portland area. 

Development Department Volunteers

A “Thank you” Caller

Help SMAA say thank you to their donors by coming to the Agency and calling our donors to on behalf of SMAA.

Advocate for SMAA

Support the Southern Maine Agency on Aging by helping to recruit members of each town to advocate for SMAA at town meetings and town budget meetings.  We are looking for strong, articulate people who don’t mind standing up and telling the SMAA story, and who know about local politics.

Prospect Researcher

Help the Southern Maine Agency on Aging by researching potential financial donors for SMAA.  We are looking for someone who is tech savvy and is enthusiastic. 

General Volunteering within SMAA

Administrative Assistant

Help out at the Southern Maine Agency on Aging by volunteering as an administrative assistant.  You would be working on projects that any department might have for you to do.  There maybe a little light lifting and some organizing, plus basic office work.

Health Insurance Counseling

Community Medicare Advocate

Work one-on-one with Maine Medicare beneficiaries, their families and their caregivers to provide health insurance counseling for Medicare and related insurances.

Healthy Aging

Living Well Leader

Help other seniors manage their chronic conditions by co-facilitating a six-week workshop on living with chronic illness.

A Matter of Balance Coach

One of the biggest fears of aging Americans is falling down.  Help others by training to be A Matter of Balance couch and facilitating a 2 ½ hour class that helps seniors learn endurance exercises and lead discussions relevant to the course material.

Maine Senior Games

Delivery or on the road

Help make the Maine Senior Games happen by volunteering to deliver materials needed at the Maine Senior Games sites.

In house volunteers

Help make the Maine Senior Games happen by volunteering to put together goodie bags, counting medals, labeling water cases, folding and organizing t-shirts, or any other thing that is needed to prepare for the Maine Senior Games

On-site Event Registration

Help make the Maine Senior Games happen by volunteering to register the participates when people arrive at their event and make sure that they receive their supplies and goodie bags.

On-Site Event support

Help make the Maine Senior Games happen by volunteering to help during the events by being a spotter or a line judge along with other jobs that need to be filled during the Maine Senior Games.

Money Minders

Bill Payers

Are you a financially minded individual?  Volunteer to help seniors who need assistance with writing their checks and balancing checkbooks. 

Nutrition Programs for Seniors

Community Café Volunteer

Help the Meals on Wheels program by working in the Community Café, packing the meals that will go out to homebound seniors.

Grocery Shopper

Help homebound seniors who cannot grocery shop for themselves.  Be able to follow the client’s shopping list, then put your grocery shopping skills to work.  Be sure to drop off the client’s groceries, and at times, put them away for the client.

Meals on Wheels Driver

Help homebound seniors by picking up meals up at the Community Cafe and delivering them to their homes.

Contact

For York County:

Ken Murray
207-396-6520
1-800.427.7411, ext. 520
kmurray@smaaa.org

For Cumberland County:

Priscilla Greene
207-396-6521
1-800.427.7411, ext. 521
pgreene@smaaa.org

Areas We Serve