Organization Details

DOROT has provided thousands of seniors with food, friendship, and opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment. Every year, DOROT's programs serve more than 10,000 seniors and their caregivers who live on Manhattan's East and Upper West Sides. DOROT's telephone services are also available to seniors and volunteers throughout the Greater New York Metropolitan Area.

DOROT's mission is to achieve three goals: - Enhance the lives of older people through a dynamic partnership of volunteers, professionals and the elderly. - Foster beneficial relationships between the generations. - Provide education and leadership in developing volunteer-based programs for seniors,locally, nationally and internationally.

DOROT was founded by a group of university students who visited homebound elders on Manhattan's Upper West Side. From this grassroots movement, DOROT has provided food, housing, education and companionship to its seniors and those who car for them each year.

As DOROT evolves to meet the growing needs and numbers of our elders, our basic philosophy and approach remain fundamentally the same. Volunteers of all ages help deliver vital services to the frail elderly and forge loving bonds between the generations. They, in return, are deeply enriched by their experiences.

Address

171 West 85th Street
New York, NY 10024
(212) 769-2850

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