Social Call
Find your new friendship here. Our staff takes a thoughtful approach to carefully matching volunteers and older people for regular phone or video calls that bring meaning and social connection across the generations.
Participate
Social Call connects people across the country and across generations. Conversations can be light-hearted, supportive, funny, and always meaningful. People 18 and older can volunteer and people 60 and older can participate, volunteer or both.
Brought Together and Kept Apart by COVID, Two Women Finally Meet
NBC Bay Area highlights the meaningful connection found through Social Call, featuring Social Call match Rita & Austen.
Volunteer
Join the call! Our staff takes a thoughtful approach to pairing volunteers and older people, taking factors including scheduling preferences, interests, shared cultural history, hobbies, conversational style and even worldview into consideration when making a match.
In the News
Foundations, institutions and organizations like the Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness all understand the importance of social programs. Along with news outlets, they’ve taken notice.
- Social Call Featured in Foundation for Social Connection Action Guide
- NBC Bay Area: 2 Women, Both Brought Together and Kept Apart by COVID, Finally Meet After 3 Years of Weekly Phone Calls
- The San Francisco Standard: They Connected Over the Phone 3 Years Ago. Today, They Finally Met Face-to-Face
- Dominican University of California: Impact of Creative Collaboration on Social Connections Research Project
- Coalition to End Social Isolation & Loneliness: Friendships Reflect Our Worth
- Front Porch Blog: 10 Things about Social Call on Its 10-Year Anniversary
Awards
We are grateful to have been recognized for connecting volunteers and older people for heartwarming, one-on-one conversations that create a tapestry of stories across the nation.
- McKnight’s – Bronze Tech Award
- Generations United – Program of Distinction
- American Society on Aging – Innovation & Social Impact Award – Katie Wade
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This group’s passion for the program and efforts to make meaningful, individualized pairings have resulted in many extraordinary and life-changing personal connections.
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