Become a Volunteer
Friendship Volunteer: Imagine the joy and comfort you, as a Mercy Care Friendship Volunteer, can bring to an elder neighbor’s life.
Spiritual Care Companion Volunteer: Accompany an elder on their spiritual journey who may be experiencing loss, grief, spiritual or physical distress, changing living circumstances, joy or blessings.
Health Care Companion Volunteer: Accompany elders on their health care journey and help them connect to services. With the Elder’s permission, a volunteer may accompany an Elder friend to appointments, provide transportation to medical, lab, and therapy visits, and help stregthen follow-up communication with providers.
Faith Community Nurse Volunteer: Provide health education and counseling, serve as an advocate and connect elders to resources in the community.
Current Volunteer
Thank you for touching the aging in your community with mercy through your volunteer service.
Newly Commissioned Friendship Volunteers
Tupper Lake, February 2026
Lake Placid, May 2026
Saranac Lake, October 2025
