When Marguerite Spann comes to visit Edna Cain, she always wears a smile. "A smile is very important and encouraging, and it uplifts a person's spirit too," says Marguerite Spann, a volunteer with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Stock photo by Alistair Berg/Getty Images) A Hawkeye Community College program that has served Waterloo residents for nearly 50 ...

RACINE — The Senior Companion Program has named Jamie Freeland as its new executive director, bringing more than 25 years of experience in marketing, fundraising and community engagement to the Racine ...

Each week, a group of people 55 years or older fans out across Chester, South Carolina, offering comfort and companionship to the elderly residents of the small town. The town’s Senior Companion ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Twice a week, Deborah Washington spends a few hours with 89-year-old Masa Hunley in her Germantown apartment. They do everyday things, but they do them together. "I had retired ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An eastern Nebraska program that serves around 150 seniors is days away from learning its fate. The Senior Companion Program is part of AmeriCorps Seniors. It’s a program for ...

Melissa Slama radiates the happy energy of someone who truly enjoys her work. “I’ve spent my whole career serving the needs of the developmentally disabled. The funny thing is,” she says, laughing, ...

Joseph Dennis (right), a volunteer with Philadelphia's Senior Companion Program, walks with James Henry, who has a visual impairment and needs assistance leaving the house. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly ...

There isn't much Manuel Cavazos wouldn't do to help others, which is why he spends many of his days as a volunteer for the Senior Companion Program in San Antonio. The Christian Senior Services ...