RSVP volunteers choose how and where they want to serve - from a few to over 40 hours a week. RSVP makes it easy for older adults to find the type of volunteer service opportunities that appeal to them. RSVP volunteers provide community service by sharing their interests, skills, and abilities through significant volunteer service. They tutor children in reading and math, help to built houses, help get children immunized, model parenting skills to teen parents, participate in neighborhood watch programs, plan community gardens, deliver meals, offer disaster relief to victims of natural disasters, and help community organizations operate more efficiently. During the regular income tax season RSVP volunteers provide free tax services and counseling to anyone that have basic tax needs.
Electronic filing is also available.
There is no lifetime membership involvement. Should you register as a RSVP volunteer you are placed in active status for one year. If no volunteer activity is credited for you in that time frame, your file is placed in inactive status. However, if you should begin to serve in the community as a RSVP volunteer, your file is recalled and placed back into active status. The RSVP Advisory Council is a volunteer group composed of community leaders and advises and supports the RSVP staff in operating the project effectively through organizational and community cooperation.