Newsletter – Spring 2015 - Community Caregivers of Greater Derry

Non-Profit
Community Caregivers
C OMMUNITY C AREGIVERS
OF
G REATER D ERRY
Organization
U.S Postage
of Greater Derry
1B Commons Drive, Unit 10
Londonderry, NH 03053
Permit # 60
2015
Derry, NH 03038
Big News: We relocated to Londonderry on December 29th
Inside this issue:
"Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the only
thing that ever has."
Spring 2015 Newsletter
-Margaret Mead
Community Caregivers of Greater Derry
Annual Appeal/
Caregivers
Remembers
2
Donors/
Training
3
Potter’s Bowl
4
Upcoming Events
5
Special
Recognition/
Loaner’s Closet
News
6
Volunteer
Opportunities
7
Caregivers Staff:
Current Board of Directors as of 03/27/2015
Chairman: Edward Frost, Goffstown
Vice-chairman: Roger Konstant, Derry
Treasurer: Richard Flynn, Londonderry
Secretary: Jill Jamro, Manchester
Martin Couture, Hampstead
Gloria Fulmer, Londonderry
Paul Loffler, Derry
James McCoy III, Londonderry
Kelly McIntire, Londonderry
Patricia Ostrouch, Sandown
Jill Pelunis, Derry
Donna Proulx, Londonderry
Jessica Vaughn-Martin, Derry
Pastor Susan Walker, Derry
Mark Wheeler, Bedford
Cindee Alice Tanuma
Executive Director
Julie K. Levesque
Office Manager
Paula Flynn
Grant Writer
Nancy H. Pierce
Transportation Coordinator
Donna Kluk
Loaner’s Closet Coordinator
Phone: 432-0877 Fax: 432-7041
E-Mail: office@comcaregivers.org
www.comcaregivers.org
MACK’S APPLES BAKE SALE
SUNDAY, OCT. 18, 2015
The staff is pleased to announce that the new
location is handicapped accessible,
conveniently located, has plenty of parking
and will allow the current and even future
staff and office volunteers to have their own
work stations. Cindee Tanuma, Executive Director says “We will sorely miss being in the heart
of downtown Derry, but we reached our capacity at our former home and it was time to grow.”
The following volunteers and Board members helped with packing up at the old location, the
actual move, and unpacking in Londonderry as well as cleaning, painting, data work, electrical
work, Loaner’s Closet fixture design and installation in the new office: Al & Marion Lake,
Paul Bartlett, Flo Fleming, Cameron Boyd, Alden True, Sarah Bertrand, Domenic
Scarpa, Brian Lepine, Ray Cyr, Dennis Toombs, Rick Flynn, Eddy Frost, Keith Ogden,
Rob Warenda, Rich Goodhue, Jill Jamro, Bob Gray, and Dan Courtemanche.
Caregivers’ Mission:
The following supporters gave monetary/ gift card donations to be used for several items on our
“wish list”: Enviro-Safe Engineering, John Farley & Chris Rosenwasser, Judy & John
Moody, Martha (Bassett) Sargent, Anthony Costa, Margaret Butler, DeeDee & Paul
Loffler, as well as a few anonymous donors.
To provide, through a
volunteer network,
support and assistance
We are still seeking contributions to purchase the following items: Framed and matted photos of
to help the elderly and our program participants for our walls, an auxiliary worktable, a small chest freezer, an armchair,
disabled remain
outdoor furniture and plants, and baker’s rack. Please contact Julie or more information. All the
independent in their
photos from our move can be seen on our facebook page.
home environment
and the community.
Proud member agency of the
Granite United Way
SAVE THE DATE -
After 23 years in the Masonic Temple in
Derry, Community Caregivers moved in late
December to our current location in
Londonderry! Our new headquarters is
directly behind the Londonderry Commons
Plaza, accessible from both Route 102 where
Citizen’s Bank is and from Gilcreast Road
North.
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Caregiver Connection
Spring 2015
Annual Appeal Donors
The following donors contributed to our Annual Appeal between the dates of
October 20 and December 31st. We raised $15,500 to help sustain our
Volunteer Caregiving and Loaner’s Closet Program. Thank you to all who
have decided to support us again or for the first time, and many who have
chosen to remain anonymous.
Sponsors
First Parish Congregational Church UCC, Mary-Ellen Dunbar & Daniel Swietlik, Mr. Charles Wilkes,
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Novia, Londonderry Rotary Club, Windham Presbyterian Church, Marlene Damaino,
Brenda & Mark Foley in memory of Juliette Stevenson
Advocates
The Bassett Family in memory of Eleanor Bassett, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Salmi, Mr.& Mrs. James Mandile, Richard Tripp,
Paula & Rick Flynn, John & Judy Moody, Elizabeth Flumignan, Blanche & Ed Garone
Supporters
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Behrens, Judy & Cameron Boyd, Dorothy Avery in memory of Richard Avery,
Dr. & Mrs. James Haas, Carol Felides, William Heuser, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bertrand, Mr. & Mrs. Steven Bioren,
Douglas Gimber, Roxanne Wilson, Mr. & Mrs. Leo VanSteensburg, Margaret Ives, Janet & Norman Dufresne,
Margaret Butler, St. Mark’s Knights of Columbus, Community House Calls, Gloria Fulmer, Kathryn Younker in memory
of Edward Younker, Betsy McKinney, Mr.& Mrs. Alan Hoffman, Theresa & Philip Plante,
Priscilla Kipphut, Jill Jamro, Janet Caron, Patricia & Todd Powers, Dr. & Mrs. Vincent Smith,
Derry Restaurant & Pizza, Kathy & Fred Soule, James McCoy III
Associates
Winthrop Cannon, Derry Memorial Auxiliary #1617, Lorraine Holm, Cynthia Achilles, Beth Hunter,
Jean Griffon, Ruth & Michael Lee in memory of Anna Tong, Robert Nugent,
Anne & David Kallander in honor of Julie Levesque, Judy Williams, Judith Chase Kilham, Margaret Rose,
Janice & Gerard Daigle, Dorothy Green, Donna Proulx, Ellen & David Gintz, Right at Home/Richard Sullivan,
Deborah Bonell, Carol McNamara,
Mr.& Mrs. Richard Anderson, Pastor Susan Walker, Arlene Warner, Katie Wolff, Cheryl Wainwright,
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Cuneo, Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Yates, Marianne Mullin in honor of Ann Zounes,
Valerie Bronstein, Mr. & Mrs. Scott McIntire, Jill Pelunis
Friends
Megan Puzzo, Carol Fernandes, Lorraine Lacroix, Anita Kelleher, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Albert, Marion Guilbert,
Derry Septic Service/Lynn & Richard Ball, Eileen & Bruce Thatcher, Sharon Nadeau,
Herbert Billingsley in memory of Margaret Billingsley, Natalie Pogson, Irene Bignelli, Mavis Belanger,
Peg Judd in memory of Russ Judd, Beverly McGuire, Mr. & Mrs. David Santos, Barbara & Roger Beliveau,
Gwendolyn Ernst, Marie Muirhead, Ruth Roulx, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Vigliotti, Lisa & Mark Auer, Alice McFarland,
Mizpah Rebekah Lodge #15, VFW Post 1617, Mr. & Mrs. Hayden Wallace, Dennis O’Malley, Ralph Pearson,
Sophie Goritski, Nancy & John Conner, Doris & Richard Rand, Michael Twomey, Jr., Mr.& Mrs. Warren Cooke,
Sally Olson, Shirley Visnor, Marilyn Bartnicki, Debra Manning, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Peterson, Jean Charland
Caregivers Remembers…
Community Caregivers has experienced the loss of the following individuals. We extend our thoughts and
sympathies to their families and friends.
Janet Sharrio
Jeanne Gales Virginia Semenchuk Richard Sargeant Charlie Case Ellen Rossano Gladys Emery
Eileen Bracket Marge Bisson Peter Levendowski
Jack Briggs Joseph Guidi Barbara Johns
Col. Camille L. Lynch Frank Hamlyn John LeSueur Cliff Durling
Kay Robbins
Marie Belanger
Robin Hincman
Colleen Whitney—Jarvis
Deborah Gauthier
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All other DONORS
(Businesses, Individuals, and Supporters who donated prior to Oct. 20, 2014 and after Jan. 01, 2015)
Marion Webster, Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Huse, Helen Maynard, Lisa & Mark Auer, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fawcett, Donald
Ficken, John Murphy, Stephen Roderick, Martha & Richard Sargent, Margaret Butler, The San Antonio Family,
Amy & Frank Garland, Stacey & Christopher Summers, Ruth & Richard Roulx, Lisa Ann Domingues, John Vaughn,
Kathy Zysk, United Way of Greater Philadelphia/So. New Jersey, American Express Foundation, Pamela & Gary Kimball,
Oeanda Trust, Elizabeth Dubay, Arlene Warner, Noha & Tony Zayat, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Manning, Marion Willis,
Christine & Steven Bioren, Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Rockwell, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Demer, Janet & John McLaughlin,
Derry Medical Center, Cherylle Cano, Mr. & Mrs. Ratna Dave, Jessica Vaughn-Martin, Julie Kinney, John Mella,
Granite United Way, Cami Eurieck, Ingeborg Seaboyer, Claire & Thomas Touseau, Central Congregational Church,
Marion Guilbert, Kathryn Schank, Alberta Corvi, Nora Kish, Alice Collier, BAE Systems, Beverly McGuire, Barbara &
Roger Beliveau, Christine Rosenwasser & John Farley, Denise Tedesco, Derry Chiropractic, Derry Sports & Rehab LLC,
Dinnette & Barry Johnson, Donald Delorie, Donna Proulx, E.Louise Bolomey, Eugene Quattrochi, Florence Fleming,
Georgia Nugent, Grace Marad, Herbert Billingsley, Irene Bignelli, Janet Coombs, Janet Pascall, Janice & Gerard Daigle,
Jeanne & John Wissler, John Bassett, Kim & Michael Colbert, Marie Abbene, Mary Ann Eisner, Jane & John Kennedy,
Sue & rod Hunt, Mr.& Mrs. Roland Pothier, Norma Lane, Patricia & Richard Novia, Philip & Sheryl Lewis,
Rita & Onil Raiche, Shirley Couto, Sophie Goritski, The Laurence Family, Theresa Russell, United Way of Mass Bay &
Merrimack Valley, VFW Post #1617, William Hart, Nancy Wood, Joann & Stephen Catman, Douglas Thomas,
Kristie Meola, Elinor Robie, Marie Miceli, Ken Brunini, Lesley White, David & Staci Santos, Ruth Willey,
Phyllis & Robert Pelcak, Sheena & Bob Lewis, Karen Thulin, Doris Sweet, Dorothy Green, Barbara Langone,
Judith & David Douglas, Linda Gross, Margaret & Richard Rose, Denise & Joseph Terlikosky, Richard Lambert,
Donna Proulx, Mr.& Mrs. Albert Cote, LifeWay Church, Pat Gear, Mr. & Mrs. Almeida, Ruthlee Root, Gaylon Spinney,
Doris & Ernie Laroche, Carol Sienkiewicz, Pinkerton Academy Student Activity Fund, Thomas Zamonsky, Charles Wilkes,
Janes Mentzer, Ann Smileye, Jacalyn Thesse, Mary Salter, Marcia & Roger Dufresne, Andrew Benson, Wendy Smith,
Steven Petska, Jashoda Patel, Bishop’s Charitable Assistance Fund
Thank you to all our supporters AND to those who remain anonymous!
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Caregiver Connection
Spring 2015
10th Annual Potter’s Bowl Highlights
Close to $8500 was raised at the event to help Community Caregivers of Greater Derry’s mission to
help your neighbors in 7 towns. This fundraiser will allow over 400 volunteers to help over 300
elderly and disabled stay in their homes as long as possible through caregiving tasks, free of charge.
This fundraiser also helps to sustain our Loaner’s Closet for Durable Medical Equipment.
Donors, supporters and volunteers of this year’s Potter’s Bowl – January 30th 2015
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Spring 2015
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Did you know, courtesy of Panera Bread in Derry, we have FREE bread, bagels, pastries and coffee here at our office the first
Friday of every month from 10AM to 2PM? Come visit and enjoy. Mark your calendar.
Are you a senior male or female client of Caregivers who likes to GOLF?
Would you enjoy playing a round of golf with a young person in your own
community? As part of the Pinkerton Academy Youth Day of Giving Back on Tuesday, May
19th, we will be hosting an outing at Hoodkroft Country Club. The day will include transportation, if needed, equipment, a cart and lunch at the club house. There is so much we can learn from each
other and that we have in common, regardless of our ages. Call Cindee at 432-0877 if you are interested
in participating. We are looking for 4 men and 2 women. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
Pottery bowl donors
Bruce Haber * Exeter Fine Crafts * Fire Pond Pottery * Glen MacInnis Studios * Hutton Studios * Julie Flynn
* Londonderry High School Art Dept. * Lorraine Bauman Pottery * Muddy Paws Pottery * Nutfield Pottery
* Patrick Shannon * Pinkerton Academy Art Dept. * Red Door Pottery Studio * Rock Garden Pottery * Rock Pond
Pottery * Salmon Falls Stoneware * Sharon Arts Center * Steve Cunliffe/NH Potter's Guild * The Voice of Clay
* Timberlane High School Art Dept.
Auction donors
Anna Haber * Anne Kallander * Arthur Murray Dance Studio * Back River Designs * Barbara S. Nickerson Gallery * Bead Bush * Bead It!
* Blue Infinity Creations * Blue Seal Feeds and Needs * Brenda Girolamo * Claire Renaud * Connie Toombs
* Deb Field * Debra Nixon * Denise Tedesco * East Wind Designs, Paper Art * Elissa Tombarello
* Ellen Beckwith * Faist Foto * Glen MacInnis * Jessica Lawrence * Jewelry Designs by Judith Anne
* John Clayton, author * John Moody * Judy Moody * Ken Tingle, author * Manon Océane * Mary Smith
* NH Fine Stoneware * NuraBella Jewelry * Nutfield Pottery Handmade Stoneware * Nutfield Publishing Group
* Nutfield Soapworks * Oceanic Tatau * Paula Flynn * Peter Haber * RavensGawk Tie-Dye * Renew MediSpa
* Rock Pond Pottery * Roscoe Blaisdell * The Lobster Tail * The Mistress and Her Tinkerman
* The Palace Theatre * The private collection of Bruce Thatcher * Tom Bianchi * Tuscan Brands
* Two Sons Jewelry * Willow Vale Woodturning * Wood'nturnings by Donna Zils Banfield * Zorvino Vineyards
Caregivers will be hosting a “sewing bee” on Monday, April 27th from 10AM to
2PM! Volunteers will be sewing table runners, pillow cases and adult bibs here at our
office in Londonderry to sell at upcoming spring craft fairs such as the Apple Country
Craft Fair on May 16th at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Londonderry.
Refreshments will be served. Needed: Colorful cotton material, skilled fabric cutters,
portable sewing machines, quality scissors and skilled sewers!
Dessert and bread donors
Save the date:
BeanTowne Coffee House * Carina's Cakes * Chatilla's Bakery * Denise Tedesco & friends * Hannaford in Derry
and Londonderry * Klemm's Bakery * Londonderry Market Basket * Ma's Italian Biscotti * Michelle's Gourmet
Pastries * Sophisticakes * Panera Bread in Derry and Manchester * Shaw's in Derry
May 13, 2015 3-6 PM
1 B Commons Drive, Unit 10,
Londonderry, NH 03053
Floral donor
Backmann Florists * Countryside Florists * Harrington Flowers LLC * Wisteria Flower Shoppe
Soup donors
Amphora * Avandi's * Janie's Uncommon Café * Jerome’s Deli & Catering * La Carreta in Derry * Panera Bread
* Promises to Keep * Rig-A-Tony's * Sabatino's North * T-Bones in Derry * The Coach Stop Restaurant
* The Common Man * The Kitchen at Windham Junction Country Store * Whippersnappers
Other supporters
Derry News * New England Duplicator * Nutfield Publishing, LLC * Promises to Keep
* Sharon Deluca - Simply the Best Entertainment * Union Leader * www.4YourParty.com
Volunteers
Alden & Alyssa T. * Beth H. * Brenda & Steve C. * Dan C. * Denise T. * Eddy F.* Ellen B. * Esther C.* Gen & Herb R. * Gloria F.
* Jessica V.M. * Jill J. * Jim M. * Kat D.* Kathleen B. * Kelly M. * Ken G.* Laura W. * Linda C. * Liz A. * Mary H. * Mark W. * Martin C.
* Michelle Brauch and the students from the Upper Room Juvenile Youth Diversion Program * Nancy & Ryan B. * Nancy F. * Nora C. * Pat O.
* Paul & DeeDee L. * Ray C. * The Red Star Twirlers * Ryann & Diane F. * Richard H. * Rick F. * Rob B. * Robin & Corey S. * Rod P.
* Roger K. * Susan P. * Susan W. * Suzanne H. * Shirley D. * T.J. M.
Please visit our FACEBOOK page to see all the photos
Hint: if you are using a GPS to find us, you need only plug in Commons Drive, Londonderry to find us. Then just look for
complex B and the brick façade at the right end of the building.
The staff and Board at Caregivers are thrilled with the new location and would like to show
their gratitude to all our supporters and the public alike with a reception on Wednesday, May
13th from 3-6PM. Please come by for refreshments and see our new space, meet our staff
and Board, and mingle with volunteers and clients. If you would like to donate a basket or
gift certificate to be raffled off, please contact Julie at 432-0877 or email her at
julie@comcaregivers.org.
FACTS: In 2014 417 volunteers collectively
donated 29,389 hours of their own time to help a
neighbor in need. Our drivers drove over 114,697
miles to help our 340 clients access much needed
care.
The sun was warm but the wind was
chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
~Robert Frost
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Caregiver Connection
Thank you to Mack’s Apples for allowing us to hold another successful bake sale on
September 28th. Thirty bakers and fifteen volunteers helped in raising $1100 for our free
programs. Thank you to all who contributed or attended. Mark your calendar for this year’s
sale on October 18, 2015.
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Thank you to the mission committee at FIRST PARISH CHURCH UCC for delivering
Thanksgiving baskets and greetings to ten of our homebound clients and for fulfilling their
Christmas wishes as well.
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Thank you to all the parishioners at HOLY CROSS CHURCH that participated in our angel
tree benefiting 30 elderly clients. They went the extra mile this year as we were in the midst of
moving and did not have the time or space to house and deliver the gifts. One church family,
The Kloks, delivered each and every gift. Thanks also to Sally Dion for coordinating the service
project each year. We look forward to the partnership, and we know the church members look
forward to it as well.
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Lastly, thank you to the Masonic Charitable Foundation / St. Mark’s Lodge No. 44 for their
annual Christmas Tree Sale Proceed donation of $200. We will miss sharing a lobby with all the
tree sellers for the month that the sale is occurring.
NEWS…Since the last newsletter, we have been
awarded funding from the following sources to help
underwrite the cost of running the Closet. We would
also like to remind folks that every one of our 6000
pieces of equipment has been donated to us (not
purchased). Thank you to anyone who has donated.
We are so very grateful for the thought and effort it
took to come to our office and drop off the item(s) donated.
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$5,000 from the Oleonda Jameson Trust
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$2,500 from the George Ramlose Foundation
$5,000 from the Mary Louise Billings Trust / Citizen’s Bank & Trust
$1,000 from the Bishop’s Charitable Assistance Fund / Diocese of Manch.
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Caregivers loaned over 1478 pieces of equipment in 2014 plus close to 360 consumable items
(adult diapers, Chux pads, etc.) to folks all over New Hampshire as well as other New
England states. Our hours of operation are 9AM-3PM Mon-Fri. Please do not drop items at the
door after hours! If you are not sure if we accept the item you have to donate, please call
Donna our Loaner’s Closet Coordinator. An extensive FAQ section is also on our webpage
www.comcaregivers.org. Reminder: We do NOT take hospital beds or mattresses, Hoyer lifts,
lift chairs and any other large items as space is limited, but we can however help you find a
home for them. Please call Donna at 432-0877 x 3 for more information.
We are keeping things out of landfills and giving them new life.
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CAREGIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS
All towns
SPECIAL RECOGNITION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Spring 2015
WE NEED TRANSPORT VOLUNTEERS IN ALL SEVEN TOWNS. EVEN JUST TWO DRIVES A MONTH.
Service groups, large and small needed for spring yard work projects. This summer, we also need folks who either have portable
lawn mowers and weedwackers or want to show up and use the property owner’s.
Hampstead
Amateur radio operator and remote control car lover living near Colby Corner is looking for someone to do his shopping and pick
up prescriptions in Plaistow every two weeks. Doesn’t smoke, and has no pets and is wheelchair bound. Used to be in HVAC
trade.
Avid gardener, reader and painter in Emerson Village looking for help around the house twice a month and someone to shop for
her once a month. Used to be foster mom for twenty years. Doesn’t smoke or have pets.
Former dance teacher, folk singer and political activist looking for someone to place her trash out each Sunday night.
Can’t do because of recent stroke and back problems. Also would love occasional help with mopping and vacuuming.
Very independent. Has cat.
Elderly woman in Village Green Apartments looking for loud speaking female volunteer to help once a week with changing sheets,
cleaning bathroom and floors, watering plants, taking out trash and getting mail.
Recent widow in her eighties in Granite Ridge looking for afternoon female visitor (loud speaker) and help with shopping and
prescription pickups.
New York native, male, with muscular disease looking for help with light chores.
Would prefer female. Any age.
Has small dog, doesn’t smoke.
Danville
Danville couple in Cotton Farm looking for very skilled help to fix parts of roof, frame, windows and floor on screened-in porch
and shed. If you own a construction business and would consider doing one pro-bono job this spring, please contact Cindee
today. Small stipend available for supplies through funds provided by the People’s United Bank Foundation.
Middle aged female, stroke survivor, looking for someone to cut small lawn once every three weeks in summer and shovel in
winter. Also looking for someone to take home her laundry twice a month. Doesn’t smoke or have pets.
Derry
Disabled woman in downtown Derry needs help sorting, purging, organizing and eventually packing for a move to Maine.
Once a week for two hours until done. Seeking someone with expertise on organizing paperwork. No mornings please.
Chronically ill woman in Derry Country Club Estates is looking for sweet person to help clean up around apartment and
visit with her. Does smoke.
Widow, avid reader, bookstore manager and former editor looking for help twice a month to clean her apartment and hang and
fold laundry. Has Parkinson’s, cat and lives in the Fairways.
Woman near police station, former UPS worker, looking for someone to clean as her arthritis doesn’t allow her. Smokes and has
multiple cats.
Elderly gentleman on the Chester line looking for someone to shop for him. Limited by O2 and wheelchair bound.
Soft spoken female sought to help with housework for female in the Fairways. Bone, joint and pain problems. Has one cat, doesn’t
smoke. Christian from upstate NY. Especially needs help with laundry in the basement and vacuuming. Still works two days
a week.
Recently moved here from the Northwest, elderly male who has been a lifelong chef, is looking for someone to take him to store
twice a month and friendly visit. Male preferred. Afternoons best. Loves to talk.
Londonderry
Elderly couple in Bockman’s Mobile Home Park looking for help to maintain their trailer, yard and acquire groceries.
Doesn’t feel safe driving anymore. Lived in home 60 years, has Parkinson’s and neuropathy, owns dog, used to love to
garden.
Windham
Woman in Manor Motel looking for someone to take her to Market Basket in Salem once a week (day or night) and to a
laundromat twice a month (could also bring her clothes home with you to launder and bring back).
Elderly male vet near Shadow Lake looking for someone to take him to Walmart twice a month.