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Volunteer Spotlight: Katherine Griffin

For National Volunteer Month, we’re spotlighting some of our amazing community of volunteers. Meet Katherine Griffin, a DOROT Caring Calls Volunteer! Tell us a bit about yourself: Barring my 4-year stint attending college in Massachusetts, I am proud to be a lifelong New Yorker. I live in Manhattan and work as an investment analyst. My […]

April 21, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight: Michael K.

For National Volunteer Month in April, we’re getting to know some of our incredible community of volunteers. Meet, Michael K., a DOROT Friendly Visiting Volunteer! Tell us a bit about yourself. I am a native New Yorker and live on the Upper East Side. For work, I help manage a team for a finance-based firm. […]

April 21, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight: Alicia Minshew

April is National Volunteer Month! Join us in celebrating and getting to know our amazing DOROT volunteers. Meet Alicia Minshew, DOROT Caring Calls volunteer! Tell us a bit about yourself. I live right here on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with my 15-year-old daughter (who is also a DOROT volunteer!) as well as my […]

"Celebrating our Volunteers!" above a photo of Tech Coaching Volunteer Dale Mackey.

April 1, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight: Dale Mackey

April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, meet Dale Mackey, a DOROT Volunteer Tech Coach!

March 28, 2025

A Friendly Visit Becomes So Much More

Adam and Sharon are generations apart but have built a meaningful relationship through DOROT’s Friendly Visiting program. Through Friendly Visiting, volunteers visit older adults in their homes on a weekly or monthly basis.

March 25, 2025

Connections Jan 2025

Click below to read the full issue of Connections from January 2025.

March 19, 2025

DOROT Mourns Ted Comet, Visionary Jewish Leader, and Volunteer

We mourn the loss of Ted Comet, a visionary leader in the Jewish community and, in the last 10 years of his life, a cherished DOROT volunteer.

March 13, 2025

DOROT Applauds U.S. Senate for Hearing on Social Isolation Among Older Adults

At DOROT, we believe that social isolation among older adults is a bipartisan issue. So we were delighted to see the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging hold a hearing yesterday on ways to combat loneliness and social isolation among seniors. Led by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), committee chair, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking […]

January 28, 2025

DOROT’s Mark Meridy Speaks at a Conference on Social Prescribing

DOROT's Executive Director Mark Meridy recently spoke at a summit hosted by UJA-Federation of New York —“The Power of Connection: Social Prescribing to Combat Isolation and Loneliness.”

Photo of former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy smiling in front of a window

January 13, 2025

A Surgeon General Who Made a Difference

As he prepares to leave office, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy has released a heartfelt, beautifully written statement that he aptly titled, “My Parting Prescription for America.”

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