I would add to that. My husband is one of our volunteers; he's 75 years of age. He typically volunteers three or four days a week with the escorted transportation program.
One reason I became a volunteer, and ultimately an employee, is we wanted to keep active. We consider ourselves young seniors. Yes, we're fortunate. We have pension plans from our corporate employment and we could stay home. We could look after the grandchildren. We aren't that interested in travelling because of my aging parents.
We decided we wanted to work with people similar to us and to what our parents went through in their health crises. This way we can give back, and we enjoy it. We don't have to do it, from a financial perspective, but we want to do it. Many of our volunteers feel the same as my husband and I do.