Marge Dolan, Karen Tewhey, and Healthy Aging MV

With a 2024 Vision Fellowship award, Healthy Aging MV, with Marge Dolan as the Project Mentor, and Karen Tewey as the Project Fellow, researched, developed, and tested a volunteer bank pilot project and website to connect volunteers and organizations. The project’s goal was to combat loneliness and isolation by expanding engagement opportunities for individuals over age 60. The project also explored whether a volunteer bank could serve as an “hours bank” in which older adults who volunteer could “deposit” that time for “withdrawal” at a later time, when they in turn need services.