AT The Retired Senior Volunteer Ramp Building Program

Jim Hill visits Jaxon Riley to talk about the ramp building program

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program’s ramp builders builds ramps alongside a few Phoebe Putney Health System employees. To date roughly 1,200 ramps have been built by the crew over the past 20 years.

In the Albany area, volunteerism is realized in part through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, or RSVP, a SOWEGA Council program. The group has a wheelchair ramp construction program.

“These ramps provide access to and from homes and provide safety in the event of fires or other emergencies,” officials with the Council on Aging said.