Core Programs

We provide door-through-door (picking up passengers at the door of their home and delivering them to the door of their destination) Medical Transportation within Houghton and Keweenaw Counties for elderly residents age 60 and older. We also provide transportation to our nearest regional hospital in Marquette. We also provide handicap accessible transportation using wheelchair vans. This service is provided free-of-charge.

We require at least one week notice to enable us to recruit a volunteer driver or reserve a wheelchair van.

Many Copper Country residents still heat their home with firewood. We supply our elderly friends with a load of firewood each winter to offset their annual heating costs. Donated firewood must be used solely for home heating, not for discretionary heating such as for sauna firewood.

On Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter we host holiday dinner parties at 10 locations in the five county area for anyone age 60 or older who will be alone on the holiday. We also have two sites dedicated for home meal deliveries.

Our dinner parties are festive celebrations with a traditional holiday meal, brightly decorated hall and tables, entertainment, and lots of laughter. Before our elderly guests leave, they receive a fresh flower and usually some leftovers to enjoy the next day.

Transportation is provided for those who need it, and all volunteers are encouraged to sit and eat with our elderly guests.

Each month we deliver a grocery bag of non-perishable food to elderly people who qualify.

We accept and loan out common aids such as wheelchairs, walkers, and commodes.

We provide our Forever Friends with numerous social activities throughout the year including birthday celebrations. We celebrate holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Our goal is to give our Forever Friends the opportunity to remain active and celebrate these special occasions. 

These events are reserved for our elderly Forever Friends. Not all activities are available in all counties.