Purchase a gift certificate from Independent Living, Inc.! It can be bought in varying amounts and will help your loved one pay for some of our special services, from a meal delivered to their door to help around the house:
The gift of companionship—a few hours a month your loved one will spend playing cards/games, reading, baking/cooking or perhaps just socializing with a caring companion
Personal Spa services like bathing and nails to make your loved one feel cared for and special
An evening meal delivered to their home by a friendly volunteer
Assistance sorting and/or organizing closets or boxes in the basement or attic
Someone to help run errands or do other chores
Extra hours of housekeeping
Or...put together a menu of services with our help, your ideas are welcome!
We will enclose your gift certificate in a beautiful card.
For more information, please contact Independent Living at 274-7900 or
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Immediate Need in our Kitchen!
We are almost there - just a few more volunteers to go!
Assist our professional chef in preparing and packaging meals for our Evening Meals on Wheels clients. Duties vary by shift and interest, including: food preparation, handling large pots & pans, bagging bread, set-up, serving, tear-down and clean up.
Volunteers are needed for the following shifts:
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Thursday or Friday 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
For more information, please contact the Volunteer Services Coordinator at (608) 274-7900 or
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Waiting List In Need of Volunteers
Snow Shoveling: Help keep frail older adults or people with disabilities safer by shoveling snow from their driveway and walkways within 48 hours of 2 inches or more snowfall. Your efforts will lower their risk for an injury or fall.
This can be on a substitute basis or a one season commitment (done generally December - March). We have locations throughout the Madison-area.
We still have 5-7 people waiting to be matched with volunteers.
Contact our Volunteer Coordinator by
or 608 274-7900
Free Housing Seminar
"Navigating the Maze of Senior Housing" Presented by Marilynn Lawler of Independent Living, Inc.
This event is free and open to the public:
Saturday, March 20 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
The Gardens, 602 N. Segoe Road, Madison Wednesday, March 24 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m
Olympic Village At Sun Prairie, 1000 Hunters Trail, Sun Prairie
For questions, please call 608 345-5184 or
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Volunteer Orientations - February
February
February 2 & 16 - 5:15 p.m. at Independent Living, 815 Forward Dr., Madison
February 10 & 24 - 12:15 p.m. at The Gardens, 602 N. Segoe Rd., Madison Discover the many ways to get involved and help seniors and people with disabilities be independent - no matter how much free time you have to give. This event is free and open to the public.
Please RSVP to our Volunteer Services Coordinator by
or call 274-7900.
If you need accommodations due to a disability or need an interpreter to access our services, please contact us.
Independent Living, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization serving all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, familial status, disability, or any other class protected by law.
