If someone is interested in volunteering, they can decide what level of assistance they can offer - volunteers are not required to perform all of the tasks, only the ones they choose. Again, by volunteering, we ask they "adopt the neighbor" and help with the tasks they sign-up for all season. Volunteers are required to shovel within 24 hours of a snowfall and only shovel the sidewalk and walk leading up to the front door. If they so choose, they can also shovel the driveway. If for some reason a volunteer is unable to shovel, we ask that they please attempt to find a replacement or contact our office. An additional change to the program is the Neighborhood Services will now provide snow shovels on a "check-out" basis from our office for those volunteers who do not have their own. They simply need to contact the office to check one out. Our goal is to match each neighbor with the same volunteer for all assistance. We cannot guarantee that we will always find a volunteer. Meanwhile, residents are still responsible for proper snow shoveling. Also important to keep in mind is that the Neighborhood Services doesn't provide immediate or same-day assistance for these services. Residents must register in advance and we will attempt to find a volunteer. Both application forms can be found here. Please fill them out and then mail, fax or deliver to Neighborhood Services. For more information please contact us. |
