Welcome to GOT - Growing Older Together

We’re so glad you are interested in becoming a volunteer.
You will find that joining and volunteering are both easy.

What We Do

As an all-volunteer organization, we are committed to ensuring that the work we do is meaningful. Our volunteers make a difference in the lives of our members by providing transportation, handyman services – including installing air conditioners, hanging pictures, moving deck furniture and the like, friendly visits, and computer help.

As volunteers, we are helping our neighbors, seniors in our communities, to remain at home. At the same time, we are creating connections and friendships with the people we help.

Many of our volunteers look eagerly for their friends on the easy online self-sign up. Our members, who come from all walks of life, are anxious to share their stories and are extremely grateful, both for the assistance they receive, and the time they are able to spend with engaging and interested volunteers.

How it Works

As a Growing Older Together volunteer, your schedule is in your hands.

Our Volunteer Self Sign-Up enables you to peruse the open requests and choose the ones that fit best with your schedule. There is no expectation that you will volunteer at a particular time or interval. However, in order to ensure that all member requests are filled, we ask that you commit to provide a minimum of six services per year.

Becoming a Volunteer

To join us in our effort to help seniors stay in their homes and be active in our communities, please complete the form below. After submitting the form below, you will receive an email response within a few days from our volunteer intake coordinator, outlining the next steps.  You will be asked to agree to a mandatory background check conducted by a third party organization called Intellicorp.  Upon passing the check, you will receive an invitation to a training session where you will learn more about our organization, meet other new volunteers, and hear about the wonderful experiences some of our volunteers have had. After you have attended and the paperwork is complete, you will be all set to volunteer and meet some of the wonderful seniors in our towns.

If you do not hear from us within a few days please call us at 570-630-0509 to make sure your information was received. 


 Volunteer Application Form

To become a volunteer:

Complete a volunteer application.

Complete a background screening. GOT partners with Intellicorp, a nationally accredited organization.

**Screening fees average $55 per individual—a significant expenditure for GOT. If you would like to help defray all or part of these costs, you can bring a check to the volunteer training or send one to GOT, 830 Main Street, #574, Honesdale, PA 18431.

Attend a very short volunteer training session.