Getting Started

Our volunteers are essential to our mission!
Here's how you can join:
- Submit a Volunteer Information Form
- Attend an Orientation (see below)
Holiday Meal Program

Hundreds of volunteers are needed on each of three major holidays:
Easter Sunday | Thanksgiving Day | Christmas Day
The Holiday Meal Program includes two main roles for volunteers to choose from:
Delivery Driver
Role
Delivery Drivers are responsible for all of the following:
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Pick up ready-to-eat meals (will be loaded in your car by food-line support volunteers)
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Drive meals to the assigned apartment building
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Deliver meals to each registered senior on list
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Provide warm smiles and joyful holiday wishes!
Food Line & Support
Role
Food-Line Helpers are responsible for (1) of the following:
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Scoop food into containers (ie. mashed potatoes)
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Package/seal containers
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Box sealed containers (10 containers per box)
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Count containers/boxes
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Organize boxes
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Run/load boxes to delivery drivers' cars

Placemats
Each of our holiday meals come with an adorable placemat that is artfully crafted by a kiddo. We always need about 4,000 placemats for each holiday.
Each placemat is like a hug that goes with the meal, and are usually taped to our seniors' fridges!
Do you have any pictures to share? Post them on social media using #ArtforCommunityProjects
Here are some instructions and suggestions:

Social Gatherings Program
Volunteers can help us host small social gatherings, throughout the year, in the community rooms of the senior apartment buildings sites we serve. Activities include:
Bingo or Live Music | Lunch or Snack
Puzzles | Board Games
And More!
Social Event Support
Social Event Supporters are responsible for the following:
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Pick up supplies and activities from us
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Set-up at assigned apartment building
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Record seniors' attendance
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Serve up the fun: play, give out prizes, and have a blast!
Care Package Program

Volunteers can deliver care packages to senior residents in on a rotating basis, among the 200 sites we serve.
Care Package Delivery Driver
Care Package Delivery Drivers are responsible for the following:
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Pick up care packages from us
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Load your vehicle with care packages
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Drive with care packages to assigned apartment building
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Deliver care packages to each resident
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Provide warm smile and your best one-liner joke!
Other Opportunities

Committee Member or Advisory Board
We are always looking for committee members who are interested in helping us with events, such as:
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Event Photographs
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Sponsorships
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Raffle and Auction Prizes
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Marketing
Sound like fun? Contact Colleen:
Call (414) 708-2413
Email: cpforseniors@gmail.com
Volunteer Orientations
Each Volunteer Orientation session takes about 55 minutes to cover the following:
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Facts about Community Projects for Seniors
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Upcoming Programs and Fundraising Events
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Applicable Demonstrations of Roles
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Policy/Procedure Updates (Current Volunteers)
Registration is required due to the limited capacity of our meeting room.
Orientation Sessions:
Christmas 2023
Christmas Day is on Monday, December 25, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023
4:00 P.M.
Orientation Sessions:
Outside Holiday Season
If you would like to schedule your Volunteer Orientation outside of the holiday season, please contact Katrina:
Call (414) 444-6544 - Main Office
Text (414) 369-9278 - Cell Phone
Email: cpfsao@gmail.com
Click on the links below to download or submit your Volunteer Information Form:
Find Us
Address:
3073 S. Chase Ave.
Building 1 - Suite #210 (2nd Floor)
Milwaukee WI 53207
DIRECTIONS
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Entrance Driveway is on Oklahoma Ave. (not on Chase Ave.)
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We are located across the street from UW Credit Union and Piggly Wiggly
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Enter between black gates
PARKING
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Parking available by guard shack (says: GUEST PARKING SPOTS)
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Parking also available in (2) spots closest to building (says: OWNER or RESERVED)
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If no spots are available, please park in “back” to the north of building in parking lot (fits 200+ cars)
SUITE DIRECTIONS
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Enter through front glass doors (see picture) to RIGHT of the white #"1" on building
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If you see a big marble, you are in the correct spot!
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Walk down the hallway to the elevator, or stairs, turn to the left
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Follow the paper signs with arrows to the stairs
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Come to the 2nd Floor
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Follow the paper signs with arrows all the way to the meeting room.
If you cannot find us: Call Jeffery
(414) 708-2413
