Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE)

THANK YOU, Parker Street Ministries! This super group of volunteers did a great job sorting drinks and flopping bags to prepare for supplemental grocery week. Your hard work will bless the clients we serve each month. VISTE appreciates you!

Special thanks to EMERGE Lakeland for your help with personal care box deliveries. Our clients thank you for delivering these much-needed items. You made a big difference to our seniors in need!

Kudos to the Publix Super Markets Summer Interns! This great group of volunteers packed tomatoes, prepped personal care boxes, cleaned, sorted items, and bag flopped. They did it all for VISTE, “where volunteering is a pleasure”. VISTE and our clients THANK YOU for all your hard work!

Thank you, Farm Credit of Central Florida Interns! Supplemental grocery pick up clients appreciated your helping hands to load much needed groceries into their cars. Your assistance helps VISTE to meet our mission goals.

Two energetic and efficient groups from Saddle Creek Logistics Services packed supplemental groceries this past week. Thanks for going above and beyond to get the job done for our clients in need. We appreciate you! 💚

Last week, 800 lbs. of canned food and other nonperishable food items were donated at the annual Red, White & Kaboom event benefiting our community’s seniors in need. THANK YOU to T. Mims Corp., City of Lakeland and our wonderful teen volunteers from McKeel Academy! We are incredibly thankful for your continued support. Our community is the BEST!

VISTE celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2023 and is now looking forward to the next 40 years! Long-term sustainability for client programs is a key focus. HUGE THANKS to Publix Super Markets Charities for covering the cost of much-needed capital improvements – typically difficult to obtain through conventional fundraising, yet critically important to continue enabling local seniors in need to remain safe and independent in their own homes. Thanks to the Publix grant and All World Lift Truck Co., a new forklift was purchased to receive, store, and distribute donated food in our warehouse for the Supplemental Groceries program. The grant also covered the cost of a new vehicle from Regal Automotive to continue providing Transportation Services, mostly to medical appointments. Additionally, 5,000 insulated bags were purchased as part of our Hot Meals program. On behalf of the more than 4,500 elderly clients VISTE currently serves, THANK YOU!!

Happy Independence Day! Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, we can fulfill our mission of enabling our elderly neighbors to remain safely and independently in their own homes. We will be closed tomorrow, July 4th, for the holiday. We hope you all have a wonderful day with your family and friends! 🇺🇸

Thank you, SouthState Bank! What a group of rockstars! These volunteers worked diligently in multiple warehouse areas and delivered personal care boxes to some very grateful seniors. Your personal touch made a BIG impact!

Thin Mints, anyone? Troop #74852 blessed us with 221 boxes of delicious Girl Scout cookies. This is a treat to share with our clients! Special thanks to this sweet troop!