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New - Gift Certificates!

Looking for something special for your loved one?

 

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 .

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 
     
     10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Monday or Tuesday

     
11:00 a.m. - 2 or 3 p.m. - Wednesday 

     1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday 

For more information, please contact the Volunteer Services Coordinator at (608) 274-7900 or .

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 .
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.