2025 Summer Newsletter

The following is a list of the Programs and Services provided by RSVP Suffolk. If you or someone you know could benefit from one of these important and muchneeded programs, or if you might like to become a volunteer in one, please call RSVP at 631-979-9490.

TELEPHONE REASSURANCE - This program provides a daily phone call by senior volunteers to seniors living in the community to socialize and monitor their well-being. An emergency back-up procedure for each recipient saves lives!

LIVING HEALTHY WITH BETTER CHOICES - Provides a series of four programs related to senior health concerns, each providing an informative series of workshops which include information, instruction and exercise to enable participants to improve their health and wellbeing. These programs include:

• The Chronic Disease- Self Management Program (CDSMP)
• The Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP)
• Tai Chi for Arthritis
• A Matter of Balance

COMMUNITY COMPUTER CONNECTIONS PROGRAM - Donated computers and laptops (not older than five years) are refurbished under a Microsoft license by tech-savvy senior volunteers and installed in the homes of financially-challenged individuals, families and veterans who cannot afford this essential technology.

HIICAP (HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION COUNSELING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) - Trained volunteers provide guidance in local libraries, by appointment, to those with questions involving Medicare and Medicaid and on an Information Line at 631-979-9490 x118. Counselors return calls in a timely manner.

SPEAKERS BUREAU - Trained volunteers present topics of interest at senior sites and libraries throughout Suffolk County.