EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THE RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OF BARBOUR COUNTY(RSVP OF BC) IS A 501 (C) (3) ORGANIZATION AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA AS A VITAL PART OF THE COUNTY SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1972. BARBOUR COUNTY RSVP IS A VITAL SOURCE FOR RETIRED SENIORS WHO WANT MORE OUT OF LIFE AND STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY RSVP INC. SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1972. WE HAVE A CURRENT TOTAL OF 166 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS OF WHICH 110 OF THE UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE THE ENTIRE BARBOUR COUNTY COMMUNITY. RSVP OF BARBOUR COUNTY HAS A MISSION TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE RETIRED OR SEMI-RETIRED SO THAT THEY MAY REMAIN ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SIGNIFICANT VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO NON-PROFIT AGENCIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS WITH TUTORING/READING, NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES WHO WILL PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP TO THE SICK AND SHUT IN. OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO SERVE AND HELP THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS THROUGH THE NETWORK OF TWENTY-NINE (29) VOLUNTEER STATIONS SUCH AS COMMUNITIES OF TRANSFORMATION, ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, ADOPT-A-NATIVE ELDER PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS (EUFAULA PRIMARY AND EUFAULA EARLY LEARNING CENTER) AND THE FAMILY SERVICE CENTER. AN ESTIMATED 110 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: TUTORING/MENTORING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, ASSIST WITH PROJECT FOR 4-H, GARDENING WITH SENIORS WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO FOOD BY PROVIDING MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS; ASSIST AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF PARTICIPANTS, PROVIDE LAP BLANKETS, BOOKBAGS, CLOTHING AND HYGIENE NECESSITIES FOR THE NAVAJO TRIBE. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. AT THE END OF THE THREE (3) YEAR GRANT, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SENIORS AND OTHERS WHO WILL HAVE IMPROVED ACCESS TO SERVICES,AND BENEFITS AIMED AT CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR FINANCIAL LITERACY, LEADING TO INCREASED SUCCESS IN BECOMING EMPLOYED. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $40,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $37,836.23.