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Helping older adults live independently.

Since 2010, Village Volunteers has united neighbors for a greater good.


Village Volunteers began in 2010 as a discussion among Jackie Finer, a retired gerontologist and director at the National Council on Aging, and other community members in and around Lewes, Delaware. Their topic was a growing movement called “aging in place” — an effort to help older neighbors live independently, usually at home, for as long as possible.

The national Village to Village Network provided a model and expert advice, demonstrating how volunteers working at the grassroots level could offer practical assistance to their aging neighbors. Just as important, those volunteers provide a line of defense against isolation and loneliness.


With Finer as its first president, the Village began operations with a handful of volunteers in November 2013 as the nonprofit Greater Lewes Community Village. In 2015, already growing, GLCV hired its first paid employee, Executive Director Jackie Sullivan. In 2019, having expanded into Rehoboth Beach and Milton, the organization changed its name to Village Volunteers.

By the summer of 2020, the Village had grown to more than 260 members served by more than 140 volunteers — an extended family of support for some of our most vulnerable neighbors. Also that summer, Village Volunteers signed a collaboration agreement with a new branch, South Coastal Village Volunteers, extending the same services to the ZIP codes of Bethany Beach, Millville, and Ocean View.


While transportation and home service are key parts of what the Village does, says Sullivan, “We are much more than a ride organization. We are the relationship organization.”


We welcome you as a member, as a volunteer, or just to find out more about the Village. Get to know us before you need us!

Become a Member


Call us at 302-703-2568 or see the Membership page for more information.

Volunteer


Please go to the Volunteers page to complete the online application or call us at 302-703-2568.

Visit Us


Schedule a visit to the Village office in your area. The addresses are listed below.

Helping neighbors live independent lives


Village Volunteers (302) 703-2568
16686 Kings Highway • Suite B • Lewes, DE 19958
info@villagevolunteer.org
Lewes, Milton, Rehoboth Beach
South Coastal Village Volunteers (302) 500-1281
www.southcoastalvillagevolunteers.org
info@southcoastalvillagevolunteers.org
Bethany Beach, Millville, Ocean View, South Bethany