BANGOR — The University of Maine Center on Aging’s Senior Companion Program is seeking qualified volunteers throughout the state.

SCP provides volunteer opportunities for limited-income adults 55 and older. These volunteers, called senior companions, visit homebound older adults 15 to 20 hours per week to provide companionship.

Primarily funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service, SCP provides nontaxable stipends and partial travel reimbursement to senior companions.

In 2015, SCP had nearly 100 active volunteers who visited more than 325 people on a regular basis, enabling both the senior companion and the client to maintain independence, often in their own homes.

?For more information about the Senior Companion Program in Oxford, Franklin and Androscoggin counties, contact program coordinator Anna Saar at 207-743-6329 or [email protected].