Community Service
Many individual retirees volunteer giving
their time and energy to
organizations/charities
from
Mayo Clinic, to
125 Live (Senior Center), to
Channel
One Food Bank, to local schools
and churches,
and many others, in and around the Rochester area. As a club, we
want to be good community citizens also, so we have several club
activities that provide a service to the community. As
a club we have adopted the four functions/charities highlighted below:
Adopt A Highway: Three times a year (spring, summer, and fall) a group of club members puts on their fashionable hi-visibility orange vests, grabs a few garbage bags, and heads for the ditches to help keep Minnesota beautiful. This year we are cleaning up a 2-mile stretch of County Road 3 just north of Douglas. The dates for 2020 are to be determined. With the COVID-19 pandemic there is a chance we will not be participating in this volunteer effort this summer.
We will meet at 9:00 AM at the bike
trail rest area in Douglas (map), rain or shine.
Extra help is always needed, so if you volunteer click
here. It's a little work but we
have a lot of fun.
United Way of
Olmsted County: In addition to our individual
contributions, the club helps the United Way by
stuffing envelopes, helping with mailings, and encouraging consistent
giving by all retirees.
The UW
Volunteer
Center has been active in the greater Rochester area since 1982. The
Volunteer Center maintains a
master
list of volunteer opportunities available in the five county area around Rochester. We support United Way's mission to
connect people with meaningful volunteer experiences based on human and social
needs of our community.
Dial 2-1-1 First Call
For Help became a regional hub of First Call Minnesota for eight counties. Dial
2-1-1 currently supports: Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, and Wabasha counties in Minnesota. As a 2-1-1
SE Minnesota Regional 2-1-1 Hub, our priority is to maintain the integrity of
1,600+ agencies and 3,500+ programs in our database so we can connect people
who need assistance with services these agencies provide.
If interested in volunteering for a community service
and coordinating the Rochester IBM Alumni Club's involvement in this service you can contact the
IBM Alumni Club at 507-288-3663 x-120 or send an email to
rchret@aol.com.
Thank you in advance for volunteering.