Empowering Independence
Union County Senior Services
18000 SR 4, Suite D128
Marysville, OH  43040

phone: 937.644.9629
toll-free: 877.722.9629
fax: 937.642.5105
Education

Technology & Computer Classes   The Marysville Public Library offers a wide range of computer and technology classes that are free to the public.  Classes are broken into skill levels from basics including turning your computer on to advanced.

Staff can tailor training programs to special needs. You can request topics you'd like to see them offer in their technology classes they offer the public. They also can design training programs specifically for your office, group or organization.

Check out their website, stop by, or call Denise Birkhoff at 937-642-1876, ext. 26 for details.

 

Good as Gold Educational Program  Go Back to School tuition free at Columbus State! As a community service, Columbus State offers seniors who are 60 years old or older and fully retired, the opportunity to enroll in credit courses tuition-free on a space-available basis. To register for credit courses applicable to an Associates Degree, seniors pay an application fee of $10 , course lab fees and the cost of books.
Senior are also admitted to special courses on a tuition-free, space-available basis once the course is financially self-supporting. Lab fees, books and instructional supplies are assessed to seniors as required by other students, and courtesy parking permits are provided at no cost.
This program is offered at the main and satellite branches including Marysville and Dublin. For information regarding programs and services, call 1-800-621-6407 or on-line at www.cscc.edu.
 

OSU Extension Offers Nutrition and Planning Classes  In Union County, the Family Nutrition Program (FNP) helps limited resource individuals and families by offering programs in nutrition training , meal planning, food safety, food preparation, and shopping skills.

Check out the Extension Offices' Aging in Ohio Hotline Newsletter online.  They are a great source of information!

 

Volunteer

Be a Lunch Buddy!  Do you miss school lunches?  How about taking time out one or two times each month to eat lunch with a student from one of the local elementary schools?  There may even be a little time to read a story!

Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Union County would like to start a Lunch Buddies program.

Volunteers will be asked to have lunch with the same child at an elementary school a couple times a month. 

Big Brothers & Big Sisters also has a tutoring program at Navin Elementary in Marysville every Wednesday from 3-3:30p.m.  For more information on these opportunities to be a friend to a child,

call Big Brothers Big Sisters (937) 642-2157

Complimentary transportation is provided if needed by UCATS by calling (937) 642-5100

 

Richwood Food Pantry  R.E.A.P. (Richwood Emergency Assistance Program) Food Pantry is available to help individuals and families with emergency supplies.  R.E.A.P. is open on Fridays from 10:00 - noon. 

Contributions and donations are always appreciated.  Please bring your non-perishable food items to the

Richwood Civic Center at 235 Grove Street in Richwood.  Please write the name of the donor on the boxes.  Please call (740) 943-3130 with questions.

 

Your Local Library Needs You  Volunteers make a difference…at Marysville Public Library You’ve always thought that volunteering meant doing the dirty work regular staffers refused to do.  Necessary work, yes, but very tedious and repetitious.

Stuffing envelopes.  Shelving books.  Raking leaves.  Etc, etc, etc.  But volunteering at your Marysville and Raymond Public Libraries is anything but tedious and repetitious.  Volunteer opportunities at the library are full of fun, creativity and responsibility.  The list of opportunities can be found at your local library, or by calling Denise Birkhoff, coordinator of Volunteers (937) 642-1876.  Help educate, entertain, enrich and strengthen our diverse community.

Volunteer at the Union County Personal Needs Pantry  The Union County Personal Needs Pantry provides paper products, cleaning supplies and toiletries to Union County citizens who have been referred by an organization or religious group.  They are always looking for volunteers.  You are welcome to join the Pantry volunteers on Tuesday evening from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. - noon.
No special skills are necessary, just a desire to help someone and give back to the community.
In addition to our limited government funding, the  Personal Needs Pantry relies on generous private donations.
You may make monetary donations by sending your gift to:
Personal Needs Pantry
209 South Oak Street
Marysville, Ohio 43040

 

United Way   The United Way of Union County is a volunteer-based organization that brings neighbors together to improve lives.  Through its family of 24 Member Agencies, more than 1,700 volunteers make an impact by helping to meet the social service needs of more than 16,000 Union County residents.  An annual fundraising campaign provides financial support for these efforts and includes annual allocations to the services provided by Memorial Meals, Loving Care Hospice, the Richwood Civic Center, the Pleasant Valley Seniors, and the Windsor & Community Seniors.  United Way's annual Community Care Day, held the second Tuesday of September, brings more than 200 volunteers together to complete over 100 community service projects, many of which are done in the homes of area senior citizens.

 

Donate an Afghan or Quilt for an Expecting Mother  Four times a year, women in the last trimester of their pregnancies who are currently participating in the WIC program through the Union County Department of Health are given a baby shower. During the shower, information is shared with the ladies on infant feeding, child safety, child development, immunizations and alternate or additional ways to use the foods they receive WIC coupons for. By sharing the information in a game-type format, the moms are learning how to care for their new babies in an enjoyable way. Since no baby shower is complete without gifts, each mom is given a new hand made baby afghan or quilt that has been donated by members of the community. If you would be interested in making quilts or afghans to donate, please call Dianne May, OSU Extension - Union Co., 937-644-8117 or 1-800-589-8584 (Union Co. residents, only please). The quilts or afghans have no specifications other than to be suitable for a baby, so let your creativity and talents prevail. Donations are accepted at any time.