When creating our post about Safe Snow removal last week we wanted to include the link for the Denver Snow Buddies program. Only to find that the program is in hiatus due to lack of volunteers.
What?! C'mon Denver, no way!
Snow Buddies is a partnership between the City and County of Denver and Volunteers of America. The Snow Buddies program connects healthy volunteers with anyone 60+ in the metro area who cannot shovel their own walk. Volunteers are paired with seniors within a 2-mile radius of one another, helping clear their walkways after two or more inches of snow has fallen.
Why Volunteer?
When you sign up to be a Denver Snow Buddy, you are strengthening our community, improving someone else’s life and transforming your own life through service. The Snow Buddy program was initiated to keep seniors safe from falls on snow or ice during the winter. The program also keeps seniors from accruing city fines for not being able to shovel their snow from the sidewalks.
How to volunteer to be a Snow Buddy
You can fill out an application to volunteer at www.voacolorado.org/Volunteer/Snow-Buddies or contact the program director Anna McCaffery with Volunteers of America Colorado at
303-297-0408.
There is a one-time fee of $25 for a background check.
Don't let the fee deter you! PLEASE CALL. You may live in a high need neighborhood of Denver that is eligible for the fee to be waived!