Calls of Care

COVID-19 has created a pandemic of its own: loneliness among our senior citizens living in senior living providers.

Over 1.3 million people live in senior living providers, but now due to the Pandemic, many of those senior citizens are not able to be visited by friends and family. Therefore, physical distancing has resulted in social isolation and loneliness among our nation’s older population.

OUR MISSION

CallsofCare’s mission is to provide senior citizens with a greater sense of community and connection by pairing college and high school students with senior living residents via phone calls

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“I was able to go out and do certain things, but now I’m stuck in the house and it’s like the walls are coming down on me. I am feeling lonely, now it’s the holiday and I can’t see the family and that upsets me”
Shirley Strauss, 93, ABC News

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Help your local senior citizens, when they need us most, even from home

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Meet Mikayla our Campus Ambassador from Rowan University! “Calls of Care can be seen as something that is so simple. Agreed. Yet it is so important because these are people who are just like us. They are human beings who have lived through experiences we have and will eventually go through. They breathe the same way we do so why don’t we use our breath to reach out to those who may be feeling lonesome or do not have the accessibility to others as we do. My father who lives across the country and is of age absolutely loves our phone calls because that is his only access to me, my life, and the outside world. Yet, there are so many people of age that do not have this and either have lost their loved ones or have no one to talk too. So, with just a simple phone call through Calls of Care, we are able to bring light into their lives from generation to generation and show them the kindness that everyone deserves”

Let’s change this statistic, one phone call at a time.

Meet Aileen our Campus Ambassador from Muhlenberg College! “Calls of Care is so important because nobody should ever feel alone. Since my grandpa passed, my grandma has struggled with loneliness. Luckily, she’s got a great support system of friends and family to talk to, but I know how much our phone conversations mean to her. Especially in this time of such intense isolation, it’s important now more than ever to connect with and be there for the sick and elderly. I think back often to times when I really leaned on friends and family, their time and attention meant the world to me. The mission of calls of care helps give that to seniors in need.”

Over 1.3 million people live in a senior living provider...

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Updated September 2020