FriendshipWorks

FriendshipWorks' signature program screens, trains, and matches volunteers with isolated elders and adults with disabilities. Our volunteers visit and assist with tasks one friend might do for another—helping with light chores, reading aloud, and offering ongoing companionship. Building on our success promoting exercise through the Strong for Life program, we initiated "Walking Buddies" in 2008, a component of the Friendly Visiting program which pairs volunteers with elders who seek walking partners for motivation and support.

 FriendshipWorks' mission is to reduce social isolation, enhance quality of life and preserve the dignity of older adults in the Greater Boston area.We accomplish this mission by recruiting and training volunteers of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds who provide friendship, advocacy, education, assistance, and emotional support. FriendshipWorks' services are based on the belief that our lives are interdependent and that no one should have to be alone, regardless of age or frailty.