Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

In 1969 the United States Congress passed legislation under the Older Americans Act creating the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) modeled after a project called SERVE (Serve and Enrich Retirement by Volunteer Experience). RSVP has grown from the original eleven sites to over 700 programs operating in all fifty states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Curry County RSVP was established in 1986. Currently we have approximately 17 volunteer sites with just under 100 senior volunteers.  Last year, Curry County Senior volunteers served over 9,000 hours to our community. We are growing everyday and welcome all of our volunteers to join in to support our community.

What is RSVP?

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) promotes the concept of productive aging and providing individuals age 55 and older with meaningful work while utilizing them as community builders. RSVP seniors, through a wide variety of volunteer opportunities, provide major cost saving to agencies and municipalities and make a significant impact on critical community needs.

The purpose of RSVP is to enrich retirement for older adults through significant volunteer work at non-profit agencies and organizations throughout Curry County. RSVP encourages seniors to bring a lifetime of talents, experience, skills and hobbies to the community projects and organizations needing volunteer assistance. With the help of a RSVP Program Director, interests and skills of potential volunteers are assessed and matched with requests for service in community agencies and organizations.

Without the assistance and dedication of RSVP volunteers, these agencies and organizations would be unable to continue many of their services, and the needs of thousands of people in our county would go unmet.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

• AARP Tax Assistance
• Baxter-Curren Senior Center
• Bread of Life Ministries
• Christian Believers
• Clovis Meals on Wheels
• Curry County
• Curry County Extension /4-H
• Curry Resident Senior Meals Association (CRSMA)
• Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico
• High Plains Pioneer Museum
• Hillcrest Senior Center
• La Casa Senior Center
• Melrose Senior Center
• New Mexico Senior Olympics - Clovis Chapter
• PRMC - Hospital Auxiliary
• Salvation Army Clovis Corps
• The 27th Special Operations Wing (CAFB)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

This program is available to all, without discrimination on the basis of race, color sexual orientation, pregnancy, religion, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, military status, familial status, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

2.3.4 Non-Discrimination (45 CFR 2553.91(f)) A sponsor or sponsor employee shall not discriminate against a RSVP volunteer on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, or political affiliation, or on the basis of disability if the volunteer with a disability is qualified to serve.