Neighborhood Falmouth (NF) is part of a growing national movement to promote continuing community residence for older Americans. Our organization is patterned after the first such effort, Beacon Hill Village, which began offering services in Boston in 2001. There are now some 200 independent “villages” in some phase of organization around the US, most sharing information and experience through the online VtV (Village-to-Village) Network. We seek members, volunteers, and donors to join our effort to make our homes safe havens as we age. Nearly 60 individuals and households formed our initial membership group at startup in April 2009, and we have grown to more than 80 members.

Neighborhood Falmouth members, staff, and volunteers collaborate to help mature Falmouth citizens continue to enjoy our multi-generational community from the comfort of their own homes. One phone call or email to the NF office connects members with staff and volunteers to help with light home maintenance, transportation, assistance with electronic items, emergency pet care, home monitoring, and daily telephone check-ins, just to name some of the services we provide. We see ourselves as partners with other service agencies in Falmouth, together helping members learn all that is available and encouraging and facilitating participation in existing programs. members learn all that is available and encourage and facilitate participation in existing programs.

Falmouth residents age 50 or older who pay NF membership fees become members of a corporation charged with electing a 15- to 25-member board of directors at an annual meeting. The board of directors selects five officers to oversee day-to-day operations. NF is incorporated under Commonwealth of Massachusetts law and has nonprofit status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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