Make Giving Back Your Second Act
Get involved and make a positive difference in your community. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to helping others.
What is AmeriCorps Seniors?
Tailored Service
Opportunties
Americorps Seniors provides individuals 55 and older the opportunity to give back through our programs designed for older adults.
Making A Lasting Impact
Get involved and make a positive difference in your community. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to helping others.
Create Meaningful Connections
Search for organizations that advance causes you care about. Meet new people and create new connections with those in your community
FAST FACTS...
12K
veterans serve with AmeriCorps Seniors each year.
47M
Hours served by AmeriCorps Seniors
143K
Volunteers serving
Benefits of Serving
Explore all the benefits of serving as an AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer.
Health and Wellness
AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers experience decreased anxiety, depression, and loneliness. 84% of volunteers report stable or improving health after one year of service.
Self-improvement
See the daily impact of your service as you build on the skills you already have and develop new ones.
Stipend
Some programs offer a modest stipend to qualified, low-income volunteers.
Community
Connect with others and be part of something bigger. 88% of volunteers who felt a lack of companionship reported fewer feelings of isolation after becoming an AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer.
New Skills
AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers often tap their wealth of experience and wisdom and channel it in new directions.
Insurance
Most programs offer accident, personal liability, and excess automobile liability insurance
How Can I Serve?
When you join AmeriCorps Seniors, you choose how you want to give back. Help a struggling child to learn to read. Deliver groceries to an elderly neighbor. Support a family impacted by natural disaster. These are just a few of the service opportunities available to you through AmeriCorps Seniors.
Join a community of your peers. AmeriCorps Seniors offers three distinct volunteer programs for Americans aged 55 and older. Volunteers can choose to serve anywhere from five to 40 hours a week in each of these programs.
Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program
Find a service opportunity that you are passionate about. With RSVP you can use the skills and talents you’ve learned over the years, or develop new ones while serving in a variety of volunteer activities in your community.
Foster Grandparent
Program
Mentor and guide students to higher academic achievement. The Foster Grandparent Program connects role models like you with students with exceptional needs.
Senior Companion
Program
Serve as a friend and companion by providing assistance and friendship to seniors who have difficulty with daily living tasks. The program aims to keep seniors independent longer, and provide respite to family caregivers.