Panorama Spring 2024 Publication - Flipbook - Page 16
HELPING HANDS
Residents, team members offer
volunteer service to community
Once a month, residents gather to wrap peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, trail mix and cereal. The items
are taken to Lynchburg Daily Bread.
The mixed items are given to those in need for
breakfast or snack on the go.
“The residents absolutely love it,” Director of Resident
Services Tiffany Coffey said. “We always have a good
turnout on Volunteer Mondays.”
Volunteerism and community service have been
foundational to The Summit since opening its doors to
the first residents 21 years ago.
Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation, the philanthropic
arm of LifeSpire of Virginia, not only encourages
community service, but tracks the hours through a
social accountability report quarterly.
Coffey shares the data with residents and team
members. “Spreading the word really opens the
residents eyes to what things we can all participate in
and make a difference in the Lynchburg area,” she said.
The opportunities for volunteering in the Lynchburg
area are endless. Residents and team members recently
sorted boxes at the Blue Ridge Food Bank. “Team
members and residents join together to do that on
behalf of The Summit,” Coffey said.
Some Independent Living residents read to residents
in Assisted Living. Residents playing piano for a
worship service on campus count towards the social
accountability report too.
Jessica Newmark, a resident, is active with InterFaith
Outreach, which provides for the less fortunate in the
community.
