“Sidelined: Older Volunteers are Eager to Return to Work. So Are the Nonprofits that Depend on Them”

Written by United Way

January 24, 2021

Charlesena Smith was a regular at Sylvania Area Family Services — the type of experienced volunteer who they’d ask to train other novice volunteers, and whose absence at the food pantry would raise concern from the clients who had come to expect her. She’s been absent quite a bit since…

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