Several volunteer opportunities available at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio offers the following volunteer opportunities this month. Persons interested may contact Chris Moser, [email protected], 419-358-1015 extension 263.
At Mennonite Memorial Home
Medical Transport drivers:
(Licensed driver to take residents to Bluffton Lima Findlay area doctors’ appointments)
New volunteers would join a list of volunteer drivers who are contacted about medical transport needs during the week. Typically, drivers are given at least a weeks’ notice. Drivers typically use the MHCO handicap accessible van or 15 -passenger bus. This program is restarting in April.
Bluffton Uptown shopping driver:
(Licensed driver to take MMH residents shopping uptown Tuesday at 9 a.m.)
Volunteers take residents shopping using the MMH 15-passanger bus. Trip usually takes a couple hours and makes 3-4 stops depending on interest of elders). This program is restarting in April.
Outside work:
Spring Cleaning - help pick up branches, yardwork
Fill bird feeders weekly
Power wash chairs and other items as needed
At Willow Ridge
Outside work:
Spring Cleaning - help pick up branches, yardwork
Fill bird feeders weekly
At Hilty Home
Outside work:
Power wash chairs and other items as needed
Stain Gazebo
“Our Daily Bread Mobile Meals” Driver: We are looking for back up volunteer drivers willing to deliver meals in the Pandora area at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, or Fridays.
At Maple Crest
Virtual Bible Study Leader: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month via Zoom at 3 p.m.: May and June
Outside work:
Spring Cleaning - help pick up branches, yardwork
Fill bird feeders weekly
Stories Posted This Week
Friday, October 16, 2026
- Production offers a modern take on the story of St. Clare of Assisi
- Bluffton volleyball edged in 5 by Van Buren
- Pirate girls soccer tie O-G
- October 16 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton Council recap: Officers honored for 25 years of service
- Bluffton Clean Up teams up with Troop 3256 Cub Scouts
- Ada FFA: Feeding the Farmers
- Nov. 7 Fall Community Day at Bluffton University
- Quarry Farm Nature Preserve news for Fall 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 13
- Bluffton area Women in Business meeting October 15
- Leo club glasses collection
- Night at the (Swiss Historical) Museum, October 24
- Woodcarving ornament workshop at Swiss Heritage Center
- Barefoot nature walks at the Nature Preserve
- Pirate volleyball seeded 4th
- Beavers sports roundup, October 6-11
- Bluffton leaf pickup scheduled for last week of October
- Pirate boys soccer shuts out Bellefontaine
- Watch an after school movie at the Bluffton Public Library
- Dunlap awarded OSBA humanitarian award