Share Music with Senior Residents - Volunteer Opportunity

A special song can unlock memories!
Volunteer Opportunity: Share Music with Senior Residents

Develop meaningful relationships with seniors and help renew their joy in life through music.
Student Learning Opportunity:
 Help senior residents identify favorite music and set up iTune playlists.
 Build positive relationship with the same senior each week to learn their music choices and
stories behind their favorite music.
 Teach senior residents how to operate music device.
 Learn best practices to support seniors with an uplifting experience.
 Use tech skills to download music from iTunes, but it’s more important to be interested in
forming positive relationships with seniors than being tech savvy.
 Commit to attending each session for 6 weeks.
 Celebrate with free food and drinks to commemorate our accomplishments at the final
session!

Goal:
To build bridges across age through offering personalized music to improve the quality of life
for seniors.

Info:
 Spring: 6 week session, 1 hour per week – Thursdays from 12:15 to 1:15 pm (tentatively)
 Experience downloading music through iTunes and building playlists is helpful, but not
crucial.

Impact:
Music & Memory has been found to overwhelmingly increase the well-being of residents, as
well as promote a positive lasting impact on volunteers. Music & Memory also
 Helps reduce depression and anxiety.
 Helps moderate pain and reduce reliance on pain medications.
 Helps participants be happier, more social and receptive to care.

Contact Information:
Please reach out if you are interested or with any questions:
Susan Schoenthal
sschoenthal@kavodseniorlife.org
303-720-382-7849
Kavod Senior Life, 22 S. Adams, Denver, CO 80209

To learn more please visit the Music & Memory website and watch the video on the homepage.