Motoro­la Solu­tions Vol­un­teers — Mak­ing A Dif­fer­ence Together

June 30, 2020

Although many tra­di­tion­al vol­un­teer oppor­tun­ties aren’t avail­able dur­ing the pan­dem­ic, employ­ees at Motoro­la are still giv­ing back. 

Teams are cre­ative­ly work­ing togeth­er to build care pack­ages for old­er adults who are iso­lat­ed in the com­mu­ni­ty, cre­at­ing tan­gi­ble evi­dence of their com­mit­ment to pro­tect­ing and sup­port­ing seniors. While social­ly dis­tanc­ing, team mem­bers are tak­ing on spe­cial­ized roles to com­plete the project: shop­ping for care items like pre-pack­aged snacks, per­son­al care items, cards with stamps and more; writ­ing mes­sages of friend­ship and jokes to bright­en clients’ days; col­or­ing inspi­ra­tional mes­sages and cre­at­ing art­work to hang on refridger­a­tors as a reminder of these yet unmet friends; and orga­niz­ers who will col­lect all of the items, cre­ate the indi­vid­ual care box­es, and deliv­er to KYC.

In just the last three months, KYC Old­er Adult Divi­sion has sup­port­ed 840 exist­ing clients and com­plet­ed 1,375 assesse­ments for old­er adults in need of addi­tion­al in-home sup­port. As senior cen­ters, church­es, park dis­tricts, and oth­er com­mu­ni­ty cen­ters remain closed or have moved pro­gram­ming to online plat­forms, many old­er adults have been left far more iso­lat­ed than ever before, espe­cial­ly for those with­out the resources to have per­son­al dig­i­tal devices or the expe­ri­ence how to use them. 

To sup­port KYC’s Old­er Adult Ser­vices, you can make a gift below.

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