DOROT is a dynamic partnership of volunteers, professionals and seniors dedicated to enhancing the lives of homebound and homeless elderly. With the help of the largest volunteer corps in the United States serving the elderly, DOROT enables older people to maintain their independence and live in dignity in their homes for as long as possible.

Description:
Since 1976, DOROT has provided thousands of seniors with food, friendship, and opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment. DOROT's professional staff and its volunteer corps of 10.000 work together to enhance senior's lives and to bring the generations together.

Every year, DOROT's 32 programs serve more than 10.000 seniors and their caregivers who live on Manhattan's East and Upper West Sides. DOROT's telephone services are also available to seniors and volunteers throughout the Greater New York Metropolitan Area.

DOROT's mission is to achieve three goals :

• Enhance the lives of older people through a dynamic partnership of volunteers, professionals and the elderly.
• Foster beneficial relationships between the generations.
• Provide education and leadership in developing volunteer-based programs for seniors,locally, nationally and internationally.



History:
DOROT was founded in 1976 by a group of university students who visited homebound elders on Manhattan's Upper West Side. From this grassroots movement, DOROT has developed 32 different programs which provide food, housing, education and companionship to over 10.000 seniors and those who car for them each year.

As DOROT evolves to meet the growing needs and numbers of our elders, our basic philosophy and approach remain fundamentally the same.



1. 000 volunteers of all ages help deliver vital services to the frail elderly and forge loving bonds between the generations. They, in return, are deeply enriched by their experiences.



Contact people:


Carrie Jacobs, Program Manager, (212) 769-2850, (email) Leslie Cohen Kastner, Coordinator Of Teen Service Learning And College Volunteers, (212) 769-2850, (email) Sara Figueroa, Program Assistant, (212) 769-2850, (email)


Office fax number: (212) 769-2850

Address:


171 West 85 Th Street New York, NY 10024 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.dorotusa.org

Directions:

The crosstown buss stops at Amsterdam Avenue and 86 th Street > walk one block and turn left. Subway nr 1 and 9 stop at 86 th Street.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 86 th Street /Broadway,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5 minutes   Nearest Bus Stop: Amsterdam Avenue, 2 minutes minute walk

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