Agency Details:

Our goal is to offer opportunities of self-enrichment, personal satisfaction, enjoyment, and life long learning to the community members who volunteer their valuable time.

Description:
CHRISTOPHER HOUSE is a private not-for-profit elder care center. We pride ourselves on providing a comprehensive continuum of care for those needing Short Term Rehabilitation, Long Term, or Respite Care. We provide: General Medical and 24-hour Skilled Nursing Care, Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy, as well as Pulmonary Rehabilitation-IV Therapy and Therapeutic Activities.

CHRISTOPHER HEIGHTS is a residential community offering private apartments to seniors in a beautiful home-like setting. This community is designed to help maintain the independence of seniors, by offering assistance with activities of daily living such as personal grooming, meal preparation, housekeeping, and laundry.

The Christopher House invites you to join our Volunteer Team! We offer volunteer opportunities for adults, teens, or the whole family in a wide variety of areas. Assignments are available for volunteers interested in resident interaction and for those of you who prefer to remain more behind the scenes. We offer complete flexibility for your time, schedule, and choice of assignment. Bring your time, talent, and enthusiasm and see what makes this program so special to all who join.

History:
Meeting the ever-changing needs of our community has long been at the forefront of our mission. As a key component of Worcester's efforts to provide for its indigent residents, the original home-which opened on Front Street in 1772 as a work house-soon became a place where the city's sick and elderly could receive exceptional care in an atmosphere of dignity and compassion. Over the years, the facility was situated on a number of sites throughout the city before settling into its Belmont Street location in 1956. Along the way, it underwent several transformations while operating under the city's guidance, from the Isolation Hospital for patients with contagious diseases, the the Brookside Farm for the handicapped, Belmont Home, and finally to the privately owned Christopher House.

Contact person: Arthur Tirella, Volunteer Coordinator, 508 754-3800 Ext 121, (email)

Address:

10 Mary Scano Drive Worcester, MA 01605 (See a map)

Web Site: http://WWW.CHRISTOPHERHOUSE.COM

Directions:

EAST--Rte 9 from Shrewsbury. Cross the Lake Bridge. You are now in Worcester on Belmont Street. Rte 9. Proceed up large hill, keep right. Bear right at U-Haul, then take right on to Mary Scano Drive immediately after three family house. You cannot see the facility from Rte 9, Belmont St. You will notice a blue/white sign at the base of Mary Scano Dr. indicating Christopher House. WEST--From Lincoln Square, take Belmont St. Pass police station, drive to top of hill. As you descend down hill, diagonally to your left, there will be a sign indicating Christopher House. Take this left, Mary Scano Dr. We are located halfway up the street on your right.   Nearest Bus Stop: 24 Belmont St./ Lake Ave. BusLine, Intersection of Belmont St./ Mary Scano Dr. bus stop, 6 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Are any opportunities appropriate for youth ages 18 or under? If yes, what age range?
	13 and up independent, under 13 must be accompanied by an adult

Last updated on December 22, 2008