Donations and Wish List

Your gift today will directly provide critical services to older adults right here in our community. Every donation helps provide meals, caregiver support, monthly Senior Times newsletters, daily calls to homebound seniors, elder abuse prevention, Senior Legal services, transportation, and companionship to our most vulnerable neighbors.

To make a donation by cash or check, please contact the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for more information. Please be aware that approval of donations is required. To learn more or to start the donation process, please contact the AAA at (530) 642-4833 or AAA-Donations@edcgov.us.

Volunteers are essential to our ability to provide services to our senior community! There are several ways to volunteer your valuable time to help older adults through your local Senior Centers. Volunteer opportunities can be 1 to 8 hours per month or can be scheduled every weekday – it’s up to you!  

• Provide reception at Senior Centers or Senior Nutrition Congregate Dining sites
• Provide office support, including folding brochures, sending mailers, or hanging flyers throughout the community
• Complete data entry and data collection
• Deliver home delivered meals
• Help in the kitchen, including serving, food preparation, and cooking
• Train to become a certified Long Term Care Ombudsman
• Use your knowledge and skills to instruct a weekly or monthly art/craft class
• Become a certified Bingocize instructor and lead classes
• Use your certifications and experience to lead a regularly scheduled activity, like line dancing, Tai Chi, yoga, chair exercises, ukelele, and more
• Drive local seniors in the Senior Shuttle
• Play music, games, or to help support a group activity in The Club Older Adult Day Services facility serving older adults with dementia or Alzheimer’s
• Make calls to provide daily telephone reassurance to homebound seniors
• And more!

Please visit the Senior Services volunteer opportunities section on the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) webpage to learn more (link) or call (530) 621-4546.

Volunteer applications are required; adults must pass a fingerprint clearance background check prior to volunteering. Minors that wish to volunteer must be accompanied by a fingerprint cleared adult chaperone.

The Area Agency on Aging, Placerville and South Lake Tahoe Senior Centers, and The Club Older Adult Day Services program are always in need of donated items to help provide a high level of services to older adults in our community.

To make a donation, please check with the AAA first at (530) 621-6150 to inquire about current needs and the types of items that can be accepted. The donor will be asked to complete a Donation Request Form prior to the acceptance of the donation. Here are just a few of our current needs:

• Comfort items for clients, such as new quilts
• New store-bought or handmade hats or socks
• Blank greeting cards and envelopes
• Coloring pages and craft supplies for homebound seniors and care home residents
• Incontinent supplies, such as adult disposable stretch briefs/underwear
• Ziplock-style bags in any size
• Disinfecting cleaning wipes
• Batteries (AA and AAA)
• Yellow legal pads
• Sticky notes in any size or color
• Manilla envelopes (10 inches x 13 inches)
• Unopened tissue boxes
• Gift Cards for Home Depot, Michaels, Raley’s, Dollar Tree, gas cards, etc. for the purchase of supplies to benefit clients or volunteers

The value of public meeting rooms and community spaces for caregiver support groups, remote workshops, and senior activities, can help to offset budgeted costs and provide a valuable resource for remote and hard-to-reach communities. In addition, the donation of a portion or all of the costs for services such as advertisements or marketing materials, helps to offset budgeted costs and supports efforts to increase community outreach to eligible vulnerable community members.

Please contact the Information and Assistance Coordinator at (530) 621-6251 to learn more.

The Area Agency on Aging accepts memorial contributions to honor you or your loved one’s positive memory. Donations will be used to provide additional services to individuals in need within the County of El Dorado. Tax ID #94-6000511. Please see the Cash Donation guidance above for steps to take, when the donation is ready to be issued.

Local Community Service Organizations are a valuable part of our community, frequently providing support to local seniors by combating isolation and spreading cheer. Here are some ways that your organization can help:

• Donate decorated cards and uplifting crafts for the AAA to deliver to homebound seniors and long-term care residents
• Sing Christmas carols or other rehearsed songs during Senior Nutrition lunch services or for The Club Adult Day Services program members
• Coordinate community service days (please know that volunteer applications are required and adults must have cleared fingerprinting prior to volunteering, including when chaperoning minors who are volunteering)
• Coordinate donation drives
• Host volunteer appreciation events

Please call the Senior Center at (530) 621-6150 to discuss project ideas and coordinate scheduling.

Many of our services are provided without cost to eligible local seniors, regardless of ability to pay. The Area Agency on Aging accepts confidential and Voluntary Contributions from seniors for services rendered to them, including Senior Nutrition, Senior Legal Services, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Voluntary Contributions are not tax-deductible, due to the services that were received.