Hope Southern Indiana/RSVP

Ceil Sperzel shared “Our RSVP has been ‘Making Things for Good’ since 1973. They have a total of  103 volunteers in the surrounding areas who help with these projects and are the primary providers of lap robes, walker bags, dignity bags, bed socks and bibs in 5 southern Indiana counties. They make and donate over 3,000 items per year. In addition, when asked, they tackle all kinds of special projects, some occasional and some ongoing. They make hundreds of eyeglass cases every year for a mission group that makes free glasses for those in need, both here and abroad. Sometimes they make activity blankets for rehab facilities to help residents re-learn the activities of daily living. Recently they made hygiene bags for Esteem Makeover, which is a project to bring young women into a full realization of their potential. A few months ago, in an effort to involve residents of assisted living facilities, we resurrected a project called Love Bears, which are 10″ stuffed bears that we give to first responders, etc. And we’re now starting to make chemo-port pillows, which go on seat belts to protect the ports. Our goal is to use volunteers to do the most good possible; to find ways that everyone can provide some kind of help. We are blessed that these Retired Senior Volunteers are willing and able to help people by making things that will make their lives better.”