Vol un teer
Tran sportation
Ser vice s
Our Success
As of May 31st, Volunteer
Transportation Services has
provided 201 trips.
Volunteers have driven over
3,315 miles and volunteered
over 210 hours of their time.
What a success!
Thank you so much for
everything that each and
every one of you do. Our
passengers not only are
getting to where they need
to go, but they are enjoying
the companionship and
making friends.
Summer 2015
What are our
passengers
saying?
“Another volunteer par
excellence! [She] is so kind, so
gracious & everything one
could possibly wish for in a
volunteer driver.” - Passenger
“The nicest young man I have
met in many years! Extra
helpful.”
- Passenger
“[She] couldn’t be more
considerate, kind & service
oriented. She’s disguised as a
human, but she’s really a little
angel.”
- Passenger
“Very nice guy! Deserves an ’A
plus’ or 11 on a scale of 1 to
10.”
- Passenger
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Supporting VTS
VTS was awarded a grant that will
provide one half of the funding
needed to sustain the program for
the next year, which begins in July.
We need your help! There are 3
ways you can donate.
1. Visit our webpage and donate:
www.centralinavts.org
2. Visit our GoFundMe page:
www.gofundme.com/centralinavts
3. Mail your contribution to the
address on the back.
4. Sponsorships:
Bronze - $1,000 - Newsletter Logo
Silver - $2,500 - Bronze + Logo on
Volunteer Handbook
Gold $5,000 - Silver + Logo on
Website
Platinum - $10,000 - Gold + Logo
on all materials
Volunteer Appreciation
Lunch on April 30th.
Pictured (L-R) back row:
Katie Kutcher, John
Arends, William
Manning, Gary Becker,
Brenda Thompson,
Louise Palmer, Bob
Mann, Michael Miller;
front row: Margie
Eberling, Ginger
Lourenco, Nikki Miller
and Karen Gushiken.
Vo l u n t e e r
T r a n s p o rtat i o n
S e rv i c e s
Centralina Connection
525 N. Tryon Street, 12th floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: 844-887-7433
Fax: 704-347-4710
E-mail: [email protected]
Improving mobility for older adults, veterans
and adults with disabilities in the
Centralina region.
Get
Involved!
Volunteer
as a VTS driver.
Volunteer Transportation Services (operated
by Centralina Connection) can help provide safe,
reliable transportation options where other
services may not fit the need.
It offers
non-emergency access to medical care, grocery
stores, cultural facilities, senior centers, churches
or other needs and destinations for those without access to a
vehicle, or are simply uncomfortable or unable to drive.
Non-emergency medical trips will take priority, but access to
social, shopping and other destinations critical to maintaining
independence will be provided.
Volunteer Transportation Services does not guarantee that all
trips will be granted. VTS depends solely on volunteer drivers
accepting requests.
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Special thanks to the Southminster Retirement Community,
Centralina Area Agency on Aging and the Union County
Council on Aging for their generous support of VTS.
Be a VTS
Ambassador
Help us get the word
out about VTS. Tell
friends and community
members
Donate
Submit your
tax-deductible
Visit www.centralinavts.org to find out how you can help
support VTS too!
Volunteer Drivers needed!
 Want to help others in your community?
 Are you at least 21 years old?
 Do you own your own vehicle?
Centralina Connection is funded
through a NC DOT grant in
partnership with Centralina
Mobility Management.
 Do you have a valid NC drivers license?
Summer 2015