Vital, active seniors are welcome and needed to strengthen our aging network. You can help by volunteering or by donating to help support our services and communications. There are several ways to volunteer:

Our services, programs and publications are funded through grants, particularly the Older Americans Act and the Senior Care Act, and donations from people like YOU! Please help us.

Send your check, made out to the NC-FH Area Agency on Aging, and mail it to:

Keep Care Coming
Area Agency on Aging
401 Houston St.
Manhattan KS 66502

SHICK Volunteers help people understand and enroll in Medicare and other insurance. Volunteers are needed to help seniors shop at the Medicare.gov web site for Medicare prescription drug plans (Medicare Part D) from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31 each year. Volunteers are needed to answer questions about Medicare Parts A and B. Volunteers are also needed for public speaking, to help explain Medicare at Senior Centers and pre-retirement workshops. Training is offered annually. The program is funded through in part through the Kansas Department on Aging.
SEND AN E-MAIL for information about the program or to learn about
SHICK training opportunities.

Volunteers in the AOK program help seniors live successfully within communities throughout the 18 counties served by the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging. Volunteers are free to help as much or as little as they wish - and on their own time schedules. The only requirements are to attend learning opportunities and report the time they spend volunteering to the Area Agency on Aging. The Area Agency offers several informal group learning opportunities each year - all are open to the public. Emphasis is placed on helping seniors continue to live within their own homes.Volunteers learn about assistive technologies, services that assist seniors, regional care providers, and benefits available for seniors with limited incomes. These volunteers become a resource within their communities. They answer questions, help seniors find services and transportation to appointments, help deliver meals, and more. SEND AN E-MAIL to learn how you can help!

The Silver Haired Legislature functions much like the state government. SHLs are elected for two-year terms in odd numbered years. SHLs are active within the community. Through networking they discover needs and issues of the seniors in their communties. Silver Haired Legislators meet each spring within the North Central-Flint Hills region to identify legislative priorities within the region, then meet in Topeka in the fall with SHLs from across Kansas to debate issues and set state-wide legislative priorities for seniors throughout the state. SHLs advocate for these issues by talking with state representatives, senators and the governor. SEND AN E-MAIL to learn how you can become involved!

Our publications volunteers help prepare Keynotes and Caregiver Assistance News for mailing. Keynotes, the agency's newspaper, is published five times per year and distributed to more than 35,000 households. Keynotes is supported by voluntary donations as well as advertising. At least two additional fund raising letters are mailed annually. Caregiver Assistance News is mailed each month to more than 1,400 households. These publications and mailings depend on our faithful volunteers to apply mailing labels and otherwise prepare the publication for mailing.