Senior Care Kits

Can you give some time to care for Berrien County senior citizens?

a photo showing items in the senior care kit, which includes gloves, soap and shampooGiving comes in many forms. On Giving Tuesday, we need volunteers to give their time to help us pack and wrap 1,100 care kits for our local low-income, homebound senior citizens. Please sign up in the form below!

We ask our volunteers to pick up a kit of items and instructions on Giving Tuesday to take home and assemble into wrapped gift boxes that will be delivered to our area seniors. These Senior Care Kits contain items such as basic care items like toothpaste and lotion, but also other things like a earmuffs and first aid kit. We also add some fun things like adult puzzle books and candy. This is a great volunteer project for families. 

Once your kits are assembled and wrapped, you can return them to the Berrien Community Foundation the following Monday. The Senior Care Kits are then delivered by our friends at Area Agency on AgingMeals on Wheels and Neighbor By Neighbor

The Lester & Barbara Paige Sr. Endowment Fund at Berrien Community Foundation helps to fund this project along with support from Corewell Health Foundation (formerly Spectrum Health Lakeland Foundation), Frederick S. Upton Foundation, Heart of Cook Foundation and private donations, and an in-kind donation from Honor Credit Union.

Did You Know?

A donation of $20 helps provide a Senior Care Kit to a homebound, vulnerable senior citizen in Berrien County.

 

Donate today by clicking the "donate" button below!

Why Senior Care Kits:

- 1 in 10 Berrien County seniors are living below the poverty level.

- When out-of-pocket medical costs are factored in, 1 in 7 are below the poverty level.

- Every day, seniors are forced to choose between medicine, food or basic care items

Kit pickup:
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 3

at Berrien Community Foundation 
2900 S. State Street, Ste. 2E Saint Joseph

Drop Off:
At BCF during regular business hours (8:30am-5pm) Wednesday, December 4 through Monday, December 9.

  • We will be open later — until 6pm — on Monday, December 9 for drop offs.

 

We are currently at capacity for volunteers, however, if you'd like to be put on a waitlist should a spot open up, please click the button below.