The Good Neighbor Project helps to create a neighborly community by matching volunteers or paid service providers with older adults (age 60 or better) that need help with seasonal outdoor chores, such as grass cutting, shoveling snow, and raking leaves.

This assistance is often an essential factor in helping an older adult remain living in his or her home.

Who Do We Serve

Good Neighbor Project serves older adults (age 60+) living in Milwaukee County.
A person requesting help must complete a registration form and will be placed on a matching list.  Immediate service is not available and a volunteer match is not guaranteed.

Contact the Good Neighbor Hot Line to Get Started: 414-220-8650 

Who Can Help

Volunteers

Volunteers are required to complete an application for a background check to Interfaith.  This is Interfaith’s policy to ensure a safe environment for our community’s older adults.
Volunteers must be in good general health, able to complete the chores involved and provide their own transportation.  Volunteers are not required to provide equipment, but are welcome to use their own if they prefer.
The goal is to match a volunteer with a person living near his or her home.  A match can be permanent or short-term.

Contact the Good Neighbor Hot Line to Get Started: 414-220-8650

Click Here to Download a Volunteer Application  

Paid Service Providers

Good Neighbor Project also maintains a list of paid service providers working in Milwaukee County.  If you are interested in being on the Good Neighbor List as a reliable and affordable contact please leave call the hot line at 414-220-8650 and leave your name and number for the program coordinator to call.

Group Projects

The Good Neighbor Project welcomes short-term offers from other community organizations to help us serve the many older adults requesting help with these small outdoor chores.

Some of the groups that have helped are:  local Girl Scout troops, Cudahy High School Girls Track Team, Youth Group Missions and Veterans for Community Service, local businesses participating in United Way’s Days of Caring.

To arrange for your group to help our mission, contact Interfaith’s central office at 414-291-7500 and ask for the Good Neighbor Project Coordinator.