Friendshipworks Inc

Friendshipworks' medical escort program provides volunteers who escort elders to and from medical appointments. Volunteers provide emotional support and physical assistance to those whose age, health, or disability would prevent them from going to an appointment. In this fiscal year friendshipworks provided 395 medical escort rides to 105 elders.

Musicworks is a program that reduces isolation among frail and/or isolated elders through the shared experience of music. Participants interact with the music, singing, playing instruments, dancing, and of course, listening. Musicworks brings joy and connectivity into the lives of older adults. Musicworks has been a first step towards bringing the arts into all our programs and in fy 2024 was offered twice monthly in twelve spanish and english-speaking sites in boston.