Package Delivery
Package Delivery brings together older adults and volunteers for seasonal visits and connection. Five times throughout the year, volunteers share a social visit and deliver thoughtfully curated care packages.
Program Type: Package Deliveries Volunteer Visit
Age Group: Adults 18+ Adults 60+ Families College Students
Frequency: One-Time Recurring
Program Access: In Home By Phone
Sign Up for Package Delivery
For more information call 212-769-2850 or email IR@dorotusa.org
About Package Delivery
Package Delivery brings together older adults in Manhattan and Westchester with caring volunteers for meaningful conversation and social connection. Volunteers deliver seasonal care packages and either stay for an in-person visit or make a friendly call afterwards. Each year, hundreds of participants and volunteers connect through this treasured DOROT program.
Five times a year—for Winter, Passover, Summer, Rosh Hashanah, and Thanksgiving—volunteers enjoy this special opportunity to connect with an older neighbor. In addition to delivering the care packages, volunteers share stories, create memories, and offer heartfelt companionship.
The program is called Package Delivery, but we like to say that it’s really “not about the package.” It’s about the connections you make—for volunteers and package recipients alike.
Registration for older adult participants and volunteers opens about a month before each program.
DOROT welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds, and identities as both volunteers and participants.
Thank you for the package and the volunteer that came over to my house. They were lovely! It is good to have people come over to visit, it makes me feel better. It is wonderful what you do.
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Caring Calls brings together older adults and volunteers for weekly phone conversations to socialize, chat, and connect. It’s easy to get started—and to make a new friend!
Occasional Help and Visits
DOROT’s Response Team volunteers connect with older adults for occasional visits, outings, help with special projects, or errands.
thank you
We are grateful to the estate of Sanford H. Goldstein for its support of DOROT’s Holiday Package Delivery programs.
The Westchester Package Delivery is generously supported in part by: The US Department of Health and Human Services—Administration on Aging (AOA), New York State Office for the Aging, Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services.