Botetourt Resource Center
Ongoing Programs for the Botetourt Resource Center
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- Advocacy for low-income residents, seniors, and the disabled; Application assistance for Medicare and Medicare Part D
- Bills paid with crisis response funds of 27 churches for low-income residents; Brain Fitness Program for adults to enhance memory through improved auditory processing
- Crisis response for medical needs, household emergency needs, etc. with Church, individual, and grant funding; Coordinate and partner with other agencies to help low-income and/or disabled residents (Council of Community Services, LOA, TAP, Blue Ridge Independent Living Center, Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare, Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, CHIP, etc.
- Donations to the BRC recycling program of clothes, appliances, school supplies, household items, etc. received and redistributed throughout the county to needy residents
- Exercise and recreation programs for adults, seniors and the disabled
- Food Pantry (BAMA) food coordinated and distributed by the BRC; Fifty-five Alive driving classes for seniors; Fuel Assistance with gas, oil, kerosene, and free wood
- Glasses assistance and partnership with the Lions Club for low-income residents
- Hearing aid assistance and partnership with the Lions Club for low-income residents
- Information and referral services for human resources
- Job skill assistance with applications, resumes, interviews, job search
- Kids get Back to School Supplies through a partnership with Botetourt Churches (St. Mark’s Methodist of Daleville, Mill Creek Baptist)
- Legal assistance with partnership with the Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley
- Medical equipment loan program partnership with Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
- Name referral of needy clients given to civic organizations, businesses, churches, etc. to receive help on holidays
- Only Center of its kind to offer a case-managed comprehensive scope of services to every age group through information, advocacy, programs and referral
- Prescription assistance for seniors and the disabled ; Presentations on Family Budgeting, Self Defense, Mail Fraud, Telemarketing, Medicare Part D, etc.
- Questions answered about nursing homes, school scholarships, summer camps, medical assistance, etc.
- Repair of homes for low-income seniors and the disabled
- Safety for low-income seniors and the disabled through the distribution of carbon-monoxide detectors, smoke alarms, etc. in partnership with League of Older Americans/Area Agency on Aging
- Transportation assistance for low-income seniors and the disabled
- Unusual requests – help bury a pet, get a part for a wheelchair, etc.
- Veteran’s assistance with doctor’s appointments, transportation, etc.; Volunteer program of care giving throughout the county
- Winterize homes for low-income seniors and the disabled
- Xerox important papers for low-income residents
- Yearly assistance in filling out applications for benefits, assistance, etc.
- Zero charge for services by the Botetourt Resource Center to residents of Botetourt County
