Submitted by Mary Schmelzer, RSVP

Volunteer Recruiter

Imagine – you’ve hung up the car keys! A tough decision for any driver, but it’s time – your eyesight isn’t what it needs to be, neither is your hearing or reflexes. This is reality for almost every driver eventually.

So now what? Before the 1970s and the passage of the Older American Act, lack of transportation usually meant dependence on your family and friends, isolation, poor nutrition, declining health. Since then, programs have been developed and fine-tuned to help seniors in this situation. One of those services i...