EVERYONE is welcome! You are invited to lend a hand for Care Partners Fall 2022 Chore Days – a special effort to help our older Cook County friends and neighbors with outdoor clean-up and winter prep projects. Volunteers may be
Save the date – September 13, 4-6pm We’re excited to announce that Care Partner’s 2022 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner will be held at North House Folk School and feature custom-crafted wood-fired pizza! Participants will build their own pie (or we can
We’re SO EXCITED to finally be able to hold a face-to-face Volunteer Meeting on Thursday, June 9 from 4:00-5:30pm at the Grand Marais Recreation Area Rec Hall! Come and meet our new Executive Director Julie Wilson, enjoy some light refreshments,
Volunteers are the heart of any organization. I am so honored to come alongside you in serving our neighbors who are aging or managing serious illness. Thank you for the important work you do in providing companionship, rides, deliveries, and
Journeying With Care Partners by outgoing Executive Director, Kay Grindland – I love that both Care Partners’ mission and vision— a community that is fully supported to navigate through our shared journeys of aging, chronic illness, and end-of-life—use the word journey. The road…
We’re happy to report that despite plenty of cold, white, piled-up evidence to the contrary, summer WILL eventually show up this year (so far as we know!) So…we went ahead and printed a BUNCH of quilt raffle tickets for the
March 13, 2022 – Going forward, keeping up with the latest COVID recommendations is going to be a bit like tracking Minnesota weather. Each week the CDC will be posting a rating of risk level, (low, medium or high) for
Companions befriend older adults through visits, telephone calls or outings. Volunteers are reimbursed for mileage and can choose assignments and schedules that work for them! Companion training participants learn about safety, end-of-life, comfort measures, dementia, elder awareness, communication and more.
We are so excited to share this news! HUGE thanks to Cook County potters!!!! Cook County potters will hold a Seconds Pottery Sale at The Hub to benefit Care Partners from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 19. Look for
WCCO News recently aired a great segment highlighting the need for volunteer drivers, especially in rural parts of our state. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about becoming a Care Partners Senior Rides volunteer, please give us a call! We are…