Fwd: Volunteer Opportunity for Portland State University Speech and Hearing Sciences Students
Manaswita Dutta
I wanted to share a volunteer opportunity with you through Conversations to Remember, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing loneliness and isolation among older adults.
Here is additional information from the organization regarding the time commitment associated with this volunteering opportunity:
Conversations to Remember partners with universities across the country. We have numerous college students as well as seniors attending these virtual calls from many different states. Regarding our time commitment, all volunteers in our program are required to participate in our specialized training. This training consists of 2 hour asynchronous videos with quizzes. Once that training is completed, virtual visit volunteers will be invited to register for a one hour stimulated call with two other volunteer trainees, a volunteer trainer, and someone role-playing as a senior with cognitive decline. We are looking for volunteers who can commit to one hour visits each week on the same day and time, for a minimum of 16 weeks. This opportunity is available for young adults. We also hold a weekly open session for anyone with questions about our program on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern time. If this is something you are interested in, you can RSVP to Robert Lefkowitz, rob...@conversationstoremember.org, about when you can attend and he'll provide you with the access information.
Thanks!
Best,
Dr. Dutta
From: Paige Johnson <paige....@conversationstoremember.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Subject: Volunteer Opportunity for Portland State University Speech and Hearing Sciences Students
To: Manaswita Dutta <manaswi...@pdx.edu>
Cc: <volunteer.out...@conversationstoremember.org>
Hello Dr. Dutta,
My name is Paige, and I am a student volunteer with Conversations to Remember, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated towards combating loneliness and isolation felt by senior citizens, including those living with dementia. We are reaching out to share our volunteering opportunity with your undergraduate students. Our virtual visit program matches teams 2-3 young adult college students with older adults for weekly virtual video visits. Many of these older adults have been suffering from isolation, and your students could really brighten their days just by speaking with them.
Students on our virtual visits initially volunteer one hour per week, and each call lasts up to one hour, based on the senior's attention span and mood on each day. Students select the times that work for their schedule, and are matched with older adults for calls based on the times when they're available. They then have regular, weekly appointments for their visits. We expect students to volunteer for at least 16 weeks, so that they can develop friendships with the senior they're matched with.
We provide training (mandatory) to all the students in our program about the best ways to interact with the older adults on our video calls, as well as additional regular support throughout their service. Since the visits are virtual, your students can do it without any travel. This is both convenient, and a better use of their time, rather than commuting to their volunteering location. This program is free for seniors and students across the country. Volunteering does not need to coincide with the start of a semester, as we have new virtual visits starting all the time.
Students wishing for opportunities to support our cause who don't want to participate in the virtual visits or who want to volunteer more hours can be accommodated with other volunteering options, such as assisting us with our social media, call support, outreach, or more. Current volunteering roles are listed on our website here.
We often receive requests to include our virtual visits as possible options for service learning, internships, practicums, class projects, or extra credit. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THIS. If you are considering this, please refer to this webpage for more information.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you have about the program, or look through our website, https://conversationstoremember.org. We hope that you will share this flyer with your students, so that they will know about our organization and the meaningful opportunities.
We hope that our cause will resonate with your young adult students, and welcome them to volunteer with us to build intergenerational relationships with older adults.
Regards,
Paige
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Paige Johnson
Conversations to Remember
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit combating isolation in older adults
Telephone: 862-243-5331
www.ConversationsToRemember.org
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