1. Transportation
☐ Ride to medical, dental, or vision appointments
☐ Ride to grocery store, pharmacy, or bank
☐ Ride to social events, religious services, or senior center programs
☐ Airport or train station drop-off / pickup
☐ Ride to personal care appointments (haircut, nails, etc.)
☐ Recurring ride (physical therapy, dialysis) — higher ongoing commitment
☐ Wait during appointment / provide accompaniment while driving
2. Handyman / Home Repair
☐ Change lightbulbs or smoke-detector batteries
☐ Hang pictures or curtains
☐ Minor plumbing fix (leaky faucet, running toilet)
☐ Assemble furniture
☐ Install grab bars or safety rails (Referral)
☐ Fix loose railing or steps (Referral)
☐ Adjust a sticky door or window
☐ Minor appliance troubleshooting
☐ Yard maintenance / gutter cleaning requiring a ladder (Referral)
3. Household Help (non-repair)
☐ Light housekeeping (dusting, vacuuming, dishes)
☐ Laundry
☐ Organizing closets or paperwork
☐ Seasonal decluttering
☐ Changing bed linens
☐ Light meal prep or reheating
☐ Watering plants during travel
☐ Setting up a room after a hospital stay
4. Pet Assistance
☐ Dog walking
☐ Feeding pets during an appointment or illness
☐ Ride to a veterinary appointment
☐ Pet-sitting during a short trip or hospital stay
☐ Litter box or yard cleanup for mobility-limited members
☐ Occasional grooming run
5. Daily Check-ins (Addressing Isolation)
☐ Scheduled phone check-in (daily / weekly / as needed)
☐ Friendly home visit — no task, just company
☐ Safety check after extreme weather or a missed regular contact
☐ Birthday or holiday call / card
☐ Ongoing “buddy” matching for ongoing relationship-building
☐ Group video or phone call for social contact
6. Shopping / Errands
☐ Grocery shopping (for, or together with, the member)
☐ Pharmacy pickup
☐ Dry cleaning drop-off / pickup
☐ Post office run
☐ Return library books
☐ Hardware store item pickup for a specific task
7. Accompaniment to Appointments
☐ Accompany to a medical appointment (notes, questions, support)
☐ Accompany to a legal or financial appointment
☐ Accompany to the equivalent of the DMV / city hall / an administrative errand
☐ Accompany to a social event
8. Tech Help
☐ Set up or troubleshoot a smartphone, tablet, or computer
☐ Help with video calls (Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp video)
☐ Set up a telehealth appointment
☐ Help with online bill pay, email, or online shopping
☐ Help install or use a medical alert device or safety app
☐ Troubleshoot Wi-Fi or a streaming TV service
☐ Scam / phishing-awareness help (suspicious emails or calls)
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9. Mail & Package Handling
☐ Pick up mail during travel
☐ Retrieve packages from a shared entryway or porch
☐ Sort mail and flag anything that looks suspicious or urgent
☐ Wrap and ship an outgoing package
10. Making Phone Calls
☐ Call a utility, insurance, or medical billing company to resolve an issue
☐ Schedule an appointment
☐ Dispute a charge
☐ Navigate an automated phone tree
☐ Call family to relay an update
☐ Make a reservation
11. Meal-Related Support
☐ Occasional meal delivery or meal train (after surgery, loss, etc.)
☐ Help planning a grocery list around dietary restrictions
12. Home Safety / Fall Prevention
☐ Basic home safety walkthrough (loose rugs, poor lighting, clutter on stairs)
☐ Grab-bar installation or ramp building (Referral)
13. Paperwork / Administrative Help
☐ Organize medical records or a medication list
☐ Help understand an insurance or benefits statement
☐ Fill out a routine, non-legal form
14. Moving / Downsizing Support
☐ Sort belongings and pack
☐ Arrange a donation pickup
15. Seasonal / Outdoor Tasks
☐ Snow shoveling (walkway, light)
☐ Leaf raking
☐ Putting up or taking down holiday lights (Referral)
☐ Moving trash / recycling bins to the curb
16. Caregiver Respite
☐ Sit with a member for a few hours so a family caregiver can rest or run errands
17. Emergency / Urgent Requests
Routed through a small on-call volunteer pool rather than the regular request queue.
☐ Ride to urgent care
☐ Check-in after a fall
☐ Help after a power outage or other disruption
18. French Administrative & Government Paperwork
Bureaucracy specific to living in France as a non-native French speaker.
☐ Applying for or renewing a residency permit (titre de séjour) or long-stay visa
☐ Registering with French social security / obtaining a numéro de sécurité sociale
☐ Applying for a Carte Vitale or understanding reimbursement paperwork
☐ Understanding a tax notice or bill (avis d’imposition, facture, etc.)
☐ Filing a French tax return (déclaration de revenus) (Referral)
☐ Understanding or responding to mail from CAF, CPAM, the Trésor Public, or the préfecture
☐ Registering a change of address with the relevant agencies
☐ Reviewing a lease or utility contract before signing (Referral)
☐ Converting a foreign driver’s license or registering a vehicle (carte grise)
☐ Opening or understanding paperwork for a French bank account
☐ Translating an official document (birth/marriage certificate, diploma) for administrative use (Referral)
☐ Scheduling or preparing for a préfecture or Maison France Services appointment
19. Language & Phone Support
Distinct from Category 10 (Making Phone Calls): here the barrier is the language itself, not just the task.
☐ Joining a phone call as a live interpreter (three-way call with an agency or service provider)
☐ Making an outbound call in French on the member’s behalf
☐ Translating a letter, email, or text message on the spot
☐ Helping draft a short reply email or SMS in French
☐ Explaining or transcribing a French voicemail message
☐ Rehearsing an upcoming important phone call in advance
☐ Real-time translation help using a translation app together
☐ Interpreting during an in-person appointment (see also Category 7 — Accompaniment)