There’s lots of exciting news coming from The Shepherd’s Center! The administrative office is moving into a historic building on Monument Avenue, our Board President, Peter Pettit, is featured in an article in The Richmond Free Press, and we’re forming a new Events committee! All that and more. Stay in-the-know. Read the November, 2023, newsletter – Gray Matters – HERE.
The 2022-2023 Annual Report of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond is now available. Take a moment to see who our volunteers and donors are and just how much they do to support the Center’s programs and services. Read the Annual Report here.
To request a hard copy of the Annual Report, please contact the office at 804-355-7282 or tscor@tscor.org.
The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond
Older Adults. Active, Independent, and Engaged.
Celebrating 40 Years!
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! Today marks the start of a new membership cycle for The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR); membership is from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
And even more exciting, this coming March marks our 40th anniversary!
The Shepherd’s Center mission – encouraging older adults to remain active and independent through enrichment programs and volunteer service to their peers – reflects what our community needs and benefits from. We are fortunate to have had your support during these past 40 years and look forward to what we can achieve together in the coming years. Please renew or begin your membership and join us in celebrating this special year!
Annual Membership Is Only $25
Membership benefits:
– free admission to all lunch speakers
– reduced Open University tuition
– reduced TSCOR travel rates
– invitation to our 40th Anniversary Celebration
$25 will:
– support TSCOR’s lifelong learning programs: Open University and Lunch & Life.
– support TSCOR’s client services. Volunteers provide free rides to medical appointments and grocery stores for seniors in our community.
– support our mission.
It’s easy to become a member at any time. Pay online here or return this form with your check.
Thank you and take good care,
Julie Adams-Buchanan, MS, CVA
Executive Director, The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond
“What a great feeling it is to know that I have helped someone in need. I feel happy, fulfilled, even energized.” – Miles
“Volunteering is a great way to make my week a little better.” – Ken
“I love volunteering. The people I drive are so lovely and they appreciate me so much that I just want to do more for each of them.” – Ginny
“When I retired I knew I wanted to give back by being of service to others. Meeting new folks and making new friends is all part of the reward I get from volunteering.” – Manny
Today concludes our celebration of National Volunteer Week and we’ve saved the best for last. Today’s quotes come from none other than the volunteers of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR).
Each and every volunteer plays a huge role in making TSCOR the living, breathing, organization it is. We’d like to recognize all of you individually. The best way we can do that here is to share with you the TSCOR Annual Report (2021-2022). Volunteers are listed on pages 11 and 12. Everyone of you deserves your name up in lights! Thank you!
“For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s day four of National Volunteer Week. So far we’ve heard from smart people with a lot of lived experience and good words about volunteering summed up into bite-sized inspirations.
And the above quote from Eleanor Roosevelt is no different. It can easily be applied to The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR). Because without our volunteers, The Shepherd’s Center would NOT be successful and we would NOT be contributing to the success of others. It’s that simple – and that real.
Thank you, TSCOR volunteers!
“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve…. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Not every volunteer of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR) holds an advanced degree, though some definitely know how to make the subject and verb agree (you know who you are!). And we wouldn’t be at all surprised if more than a few actually know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics. But we do know for certain that ALL of our volunteers are great because they serve. ALL of our volunteers have a heart full of grace. And they are ALL souls generated by love.
Thank you for serving, TSCOR volunteers!
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
Today is day two of National Volunteer Week and our quote comes from one of Richmond’s very own – Arthur Ashe. And while we can’t claim the honor of having had Mr. Ashe as a volunteer for The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR), we can use his example of service in the name of causes you believe in as the yard stick to which we measure our volunteers by.
TSCOR’s business model is unique from other nonprofits. We are made by, for and about older adults. If there is a service we want to provide, we start it. If there is a program we want to offer, we create and have it. Our volunteers really DO what they can. And they do it well. Thank you, Shepherd’s Center volunteers! Thank you so much. You really do measure up.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss
Today, Monday, April 17, marks the start of National Volunteer Week. Which means if you volunteer for The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR), you’re about to get a whole week of appreciation!
What would TSCOR be without its volunteers? Imagine no Open University or Lunch & Life programs (thank you volunteer teachers, lunch speakers, front desk and hospitality attendees, tech aides, Zoom TA’s, and members of the education committee). Know that every single client we serve would have difficulty finding rides to their doctor’s appointments or getting groceries (thank you volunteer drivers and members of the client services committee). There would be no men’s groups or women’s groups gathering for support and networking; no travelers traveling, no friendly callers calling, no handypersons fixing. No speakers bureau, no public relations, no diversity and inclusion; no development or investment or finance committees. No Board of Directors, too? No, none of them either. So what would TSCOR be without its volunteers? A whole lot of nothing – a nonprofit to fear.
But thanks to our volunteers – people who care a whole awful lot – we are something, we’re TSCOR! We’re getting better! We’re not going to stop!
The spring 2023 Open University schedule is here! Classes start Monday, March 20th.
You can see the schedule here. You can register and pay online here. Printed schedules are arriving in USPS mailboxes soon.
Remember, the door to learning is always open. So register soon, open the door, and take in the fresh spring breeze.
See you at the OU!
The winter 2023 Open University schedule is online at tscor.org right now and due to arrive in mailboxes soon! Classes start Monday, January 9th. But first, some announcements:
Now that you’re up to speed…
See the schedule here.
Register and pay online here.
See you soon – at the OU!
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