Oct 30

Maura Donohue, Julie Arias, Carolyn Fenn, and Mary Brooks

Assisted Living Ombudsman Program Profile

Moving into an assisted living facility is a major life change. Residents leave behind the comfort of home and step into a new environment where it can be difficult to have their voices heard. Springwell’s Assisted Living (AL) Ombudsman Program ensures those voices are heard by offering residents support, guidance, and advocacy. This work builds […]

Oct 10

Martha Connors

For Residents’ Rights Month: Ombudsman Martha Connors

Springwell volunteer Martha Connors brings empathy, compassion, and extensive experience with caregiving to her role in our Ombudsman program. In fact, she began helping people who are old or ill when she was in middle school. But her comfortability with helping others became personal during her twenties when her father was diagnosed with cancer. She […]

Apr 24

Meet the Nutrition Staff that Supports Springwell’s Volunteers

It takes a strong team to provide over 1300 meals daily in 22 towns! Dalia Cohen, Home Delivered Meals (HDM), Director of Nutrition “I’m passionate about people’s well-being, and I know that nutrition has an impact on health.  I’ve been here almost 6 years now, and I love working with my team, the volunteers and our […]

Apr 07

Springwell Volunteer Manager, Karen Chisholm

Grateful for Springwell Volunteers

“Embrace the good. That is what I have been thinking about lately. We all make choices about how we spend our time and our energy. Springwell volunteers choose to serve those that are the most vulnerable in our shared communities. They are out, connecting with the people we serve and actively showing how much they [...]

Aug 20

Springwell CCEO Beth Schultz accepting a grant check from members of the Main Street Bank Foundation in support of the Money Management Program

Main Street Bank Supports the Money Management Program

As reports of elder financial abuse rise, Springwell received word that the Main Street Group Foundation would be providing a grant in support of its Money Management Program for 2024. Recently, Julie Aldie, Jamie Conaghan, and Jeff Tucker of Main Street Bank presented the grant that will help low-income, vulnerable seniors and adults with disabilities [...]

May 15

Powered by Connection: Older Americans Month

Every May, the Administration for Community Living leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM), a time to recognize older Americans' contributions, highlight aging trends, and reaffirm commitments to serving the older adults in our communities. The 2024 theme is Powered by Connection, which recognizes the profound impact that meaningful relationships and social connections [...]

Apr 17

Volunteering, a Reciprocal Relationship Built Around Kindness

While volunteers have always been important to Springwell’s mission, Karen Chisholm, Volunteer Program Manager notes that the COVID shutdown in 2020 led to a new outpouring of support. Everyone understood the hardship of isolation and loneliness. Many people wanted to help others and do something about potentially lonely neighbors, especially those who were older. During […]

Dec 05

photo of Home delivered meals volunteer with Nutrition Supervisor

Annual Fundraiser Inspires Year-Round Gift of Time and Service

VJ Donnelly of Westborough first learned about the local Meals on Wheels program run by BayPath Elder Services through his work at MetroWest Subaru in Natick. When he joined the company, he took the lead to make Subaru of America’s annual Share the Love campaign as successful as possible. Through Share the Love, Donnelly became […]

May 04

Springwell Board Member, Yolanda Rodriguez

Board Profile: Yolanda Rodriguez

Yolanda Rodriguez, a native of Brookline and longtime Math teacher and department head in Wellesley Public Schools, thrives in retirement by learning new things. The civic-minded Rodriguez is finishing her third and final 3-year term on Springwell’s Board of Directors. A number of years ago, she attended exercise classes at the Brookline Council on Aging […]

Apr 21

Shining a Spotlight on the Difference Volunteers Make

As a nonprofit, Springwell depends on volunteers as one of our most valuable resources to support delivery of our programs. We are fortunate to have eight volunteer programs serving our communities: Friendly Visitors, Shopping Assistants, Medical Escorts, Office Support workers, Home Delivered Meals Drivers, Congregate Dining Assistants, Money Managers and Ombudsmen. While we always appreciate […]