Since there's only 39 days left till I leave my job, people have been asking me "Where to first ?" Our first trip will be to Livingston, Texas, about 65 miles north of Houston. We have signed up for a 2 month volunteer assignment at the CARE (Continued Assistance for Retired Escapees)Center there. This is a facility where people who are full timers like we are (live all the time in their RV), might need to come off the road for a period of time due to injury, sickness, need for surgery or have a terminal illness. These people do not want, for one reason or another, to go into a nursing home but want to stay in their "home"....their RV. This facility allows them to park their RV there and for $800/month, they get their site, have their meals provided to them by volunteers, cleaning and errands done for them, take them to appointments, provide recreational activities for them, etc. There are a few staff members but most are volunteers (like us). For people who have Alzheimer's, there is a day care program to give some relief to care givers.
So, we want to help out here and for eight weeks Linda will be doing her LPN stuff and I will be doing gardening, cooking or whatever else they need me to do. Last we talked to them, they only schedule us for part time hours so I'm hoping to find something else in the area that we can help out with (help on Habitat build or work at animal rescue shelter, etc.) I don't like to be bored and that means keeping busy. To read more about this great facility, click here
http://www.escapeescare.org/Index.asp
Get involved ! You never know how great you have it until you help others less fortunate.
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