Guarding over the elderly and sick

Guardian Angels are a group of eager volunteers that have got together to help the elderly / sick in their communities.

VOLUNTEERS

We welcome all volunteers to join us, irrespective of age, religion and race.  Volunteers fill in our registration form to make it official (which you can find on the TAB “Make me an angel” and email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and are then allocated to one or two elderly to help in their area. 

We are proud to have a few male volunteers which is great company for our grandpa’s that need a visitor.  We have numerous full time working volunteers that are willing to devote time after work or weekends to touch someone’s life – so it can be done !

Volunteers are required to make contact with their allocated elderly at least once a week.  We offer companionship mainly and ask that you pop in for tea and just a chat.  We main focus is on those living in their own residential homes. 

After you have established a friendship the volunteer is able to assist with transporting their allocated person/s to any appointments, whether to the hairdresser or the local clinic / doctor.  This service is done once a week as we understand volunteers also have other things to do / some work full time / some have kids at home.  An indemnity form is completed to protect the volunteer in case of an accident.

You can also assist by offering us your gifts / talents – in the form of musicians joining us, craft ladies, photographers for our parties, sms angels, or become a hospital angel.. who visit our elderly in hospital

It is compulsory for volunteers to meet monthly to discuss a way forward, plan events and fund raising projects.  Volunteers not attending meetings and sending no apologies will be taken off our list.  Each volunteer group is guided by an appointed Co-ordinator, and is assisted by a secretary and treasurer (who runs the office 1 July – 30 June)

None of our volunteers or committee members are compensated for this service, - but do it purely for the love and passion for our senior citizens.

ELDERLY

Our main focus is on helping the elderly located in their own residential homes.  Each town’s committee will decide where they feel is the greater need.  Some towns play bingo once a week – but that suits the area.

Amongst visiting, we entertain, and do fund raisers.  So depending on the town – the branch will adapt to that area – within reasonable limits and keeping to our objectives.  The elderly register with us and complete our “I need an angel form” and also sign our indemnity form for future.  Families are encouraged to know the cell number of the allocated volunteer in case of emergencies and also to discuss anything of concern. 

Volunteers are mostly allocated by taking in consideration things like language, race, area they live etc.  Time is taken to allocate the right volunteer to the right elderly – this can sometimes take 3 - 4 months.  So don’t feel like we have forgotten about you.

MORE INFO

Guardian Angels are known as a dynamic volunteer group – where you don’t sit around and wait for things to happen but we MAKE things happen.  So if you a go-getter we need you!  Your town needs you !

We have spread tremendously since starting on 15 January 2010, in  Nelspruit –which is our biggest branch.  In our first two months our volunteers grew from 14 to 78 volunteers. 

We were nominated for the Community Service Award by LCBT, Nelspruit in October 2010 at their Annual Awards Ceremony.  As a runner up we were awarded R10 000 in recognition of our work.

Our article appeared in the October 2010 edition of JOY magazine, explaining how we started.

Celebrating our 1 year birthday (15 Jan 2010) we had a grand opening of our Head Office, just outside Nelspruit Mpumalanga and our Charity Shop.

We have a long list of supporters in Nelspruit.  All our office furniture, photo copier, printers, white boards, donation bins, shelving and chairs were donated by business’s in Nelspruit.  Companies have selected us as their Charity of the year to support.  The SPAR group are our biggest fan and we are very grateful to this very generous business that assists us in most of our branches.

REGISTERED / FUNDS

We are a registered NPO and our Head Office is based in Rocky Drift, Nelspruit in Mpumalanga.  Our National Co-ordinator mans the office and is available in the mornings to answer any questions you might have.  We also have a Charity Shop that we sell donated items from, these funds come into our National Account to help new and struggling branches with items. 

Our Auditor is in Nelspruit and checks on all our branches books.

Donations can be made into our National account, and then allocated to the required branch.

Guardian Angels National

Nedbank

Acc:  1002 4551 89

Branch:  198 765

Current account

Fax your transfer slip to 086 512 2166

Reference:  The name of the town you donating for

NEW AND EXISTING BRANCHES

If you have a soft spot for the elderly and wish to spread our wings to your town please email Marcel so you can register and receive further guidance.  A committee consisting of the Co-ordinator, Treasurer and Secretary will need to be established once you have committed to this and before you get the ball rolling.  We aim to have all towns committee’s run the office from 1 July to 30 June each year. 

Kindly email Marcel for a list of registered branches with all their contact information.

CONTACT DETAILS OF OUR HEAD OFFICE

Guardian Angels Head Office & Charity Shop

P. O. Box 19395, Nelspruit, 1200

114 Dickon Hall Road, Rocky Drift, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (Open Mon – Fri  8:00-12:30)

Cell:  082 452 0940 (mornings only)

Fax:  086 512 2166

Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

To follow us more closely find us on Facebook, Marcel van Doorn – under this profile is a group called “Guardian Angels Volunteers”. 

We are also on twitter – see GAheadoffice.

WARNING

Please do not email directly from this webpage, but go into your email programme and send an email from there.  We are unable to read emails coming directly from here and really we would really love to hear from you.

OUR MOTTO

Guardian Angels strive to be  . . . .

Angelic and to

Nurture the elderly, with

Goodness.  To treat all

Equal, with

Love and

Smiles

Last updated – 12 May 2011